About Us
The West Gojjam Zone Cooperatives Office serves cooperatives across the zone with dedication, transparency, and innovation.
Strengthening cooperatives, growing lasting member benefit
The West Gojjam Zone Cooperatives Office is a zone-level government institution working to strengthen, modernize and organize cooperatives across the zone, monitor their legality and financial health, and grow lasting benefit for members.
Our focus is not simply counting cooperatives, but building effective, competitive, legally sound cooperatives that create lasting value for their members.
Message from the Head of Office
Every cooperative that joins us is a family whose harvest, and whose future, we now share the responsibility for.
Since its inception, the West Gojjam Zone Cooperatives Office has developed into a robust public institution supporting numerous primary cooperatives, members, and farmers across the zone's districts.
Moving forward, the Office remains fully committed to its official mandate: serving the cooperative sector with integrity and ensuring that the growth and prosperity of local cooperatives and primary producers advance hand in hand with institutional development.
Mis Amarech Negrew — Head of the West Gojjam Zone Cooperative Promotion Office
Vision
To see competitive, self-reliant cooperatives across the zone creating lasting benefit for members by 2030.
Mission
To grow member benefit by organizing cooperatives and supporting them through capacity building, audit and inspection, market linkage and investment.
Our Values
Transparency, Accountability, Professionalism, Collaboration, Member-first focus
Our Objectives
- Organize and strengthen cooperatives.
- Provide training and capacity-building support to cooperatives.
- Conduct regular audit and inspection of cooperatives' accounts.
- Facilitate input supply and market linkage.
- Monitor the health of savings and credit services.
- Support cooperatives in moving toward investment and value-added activity.
- Ensure cooperative laws and directives are properly implemented.
- Create lasting economic benefit for members.
Regular savings
Non-regular savings
Loans disbursed to members
Loans repaid
Audit coverage
Inspection coverage
Other Services
Need support for your cooperative?
We're here to help your cooperative reach its goals. Contact the office to get started.