FAQ

Who is the Jordanian Cooperative Corporation?

An official institution established under Cooperative Law No. 18 of 1997. It has a legal personality with financial and administrative independence, and has branches in all governorates of the Kingdom.

The institution is managed by a Board of Directors headed the Minister of Agriculture, while its business, employees, financial and administrative affairs are managed by a General Director appointed by the Council of Ministers, and the appointment decision is accompanied by the Royal Decree.

What are the objectives of the Jordan Cooperative Corporation?

1. Raising the economic, social and cultural level of cooperatives and local communities.

2. Enhancing self-reliance to achieve economic and social benefits for cooperatives, and focusing on the optimal use of self-resources.

3. Spreading the cooperative culture in society through media, communication, education and training.

4. Developing the regulatory and legislative environment for the cooperative sector and applying the best correlated standards.

5. Building the institution’s capabilities and enhancing its reliance on its resources to enable it to carry out its tasks towards the cooperative sector in the best possible way.

What is the vision of JCC?

The vision of JCC stems from the National Strategy of the Jordanian Cooperative Movement (2021-2025), which is to create a prosperous, independent, comprehensive, self-reliant cooperative movement that takes into account global cooperative principles and values, and contributes effectively to the sustainable development of Jordanian society.

What is the definition of a cooperative society?

In pursuit of the concept of cooperation, cooperative societies are civil organizations established by a group of people voluntarily to achieve their economic, social and cultural benefits and needs by combining their efforts and pooling their own resources collectively, democratically and equally.

What are the types of cooperative societies?

Cooperative societies, in accordance with the provisions of the law, may carry out all activities and works as stipulated on its internal regulations issued by the provisions of the Cooperative Law and the regulations issued thereunder.

Cooperative societies are distributed according to their activities as follows:

1. Multi-purpose cooperative societies.

2. Consumer cooperatives.

3. Agricultural cooperatives.

4. Multi-purpose agricultural associations.

5. Professional cooperatives, i.e. workers in a specific profession.

6. Housing cooperatives.

7. Cooperative societies for mutual benefit, such as family societies.

8. Craft cooperatives for workers in handicrafts.

9. Tourism, transportation, savings and lending cooperatives.

10. Women's cooperatives.