ANGKASA is committed to strengthening community cooperation through the Kariah Mosque Cooperative (KKM) and School Cooperative at the international level through knowledge-sharing and expertise-oriented efforts to empower the cooperative’s products and services.

ANGKASA in cooperation with ASEAN Cooperatives Organization (ACO) and ICA-AP Malaysia Business Office (MBO) organised the ‘2024 International Webinar on Mosque Community Cooperative and School Cooperative’ on 2 April 2024. Datuk Seri Dr. Abdul Fattah Abdullah, President of ANGKASA and ACO, emphasized the significant potential of cooperation in driving the development of the cooperative movement. He highlighted that both models of cooperatives possess unique strengths capable of delivering positive impacts to the community.

Moderated by Dato’ Kamarudin Ismail, Board member of ANGKASA and ICA, the webinar saw the participation of as many as 75 participants from five countries namely Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Nigeria.

Dr. Fattah shared Malaysia’s cooperative landscape, with 548 KKM and 2,485 school cooperatives benefiting over 2 million members. ANGKASA encourages these community cooperatives in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific to collaborate and promote this community cooperative model for the well-being of future generations.

The webinar highlighted the experiences related to SMEs in the Philippines by the Director IV of the Muslim Economic Affairs Bureau, National Commission On Muslim Filipino (NCMF), Engr. Rahmatol Mangampo Mamukid and of School Cooperative in Cambodia by Deputy Director of Norol Iman Schools, Dr. Faridah Yaakob. Dr. Mamukid highlighted ANGKASA-NCMF’s cooperation (through an MoU signed in Manila, Philippines on 6 November 2023) to elevate the socio-economic status of Muslim communities in the Philippines, focusing on improving the market for halal products. Dr. Faridah shared Norol Iman School’s success in fostering cooperative entrepreneurship among students. The school registered on 28 February 2023 is a secondary school in Kandal Province, Cambodia with 1,080 female students and 89 teachers and staff. The entrepreneurial culture culminated in the establishment of Norol Iman School Coop Mart, inaugurated earlier this year by Dr. Fattah.