P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 633
The Commission, together with the Cooperative League and the Cooperative Movement Institute of the University of Puerto Rico, shall hold every two (2) years a [biennial] conference on the Cooperative Movement and Social Economics, wherein the situation, needs, problems, and opportunities of the Cooperative Movement and social economics shall be discussed. The Conference shall especially discuss, but not be limited to, issues such as:
(a) Matters most recently affecting the Cooperative Movement.
(b) The expansion of the cooperative model beyond sectors in which the Cooperative Movement is already involved.
(c) The integration of the Cooperative Movement and all other third-sector components, that is, nonsectarian community-based and nonprofit organizations.
(d) Any issues as the Governing Board may deem pertinent.
(e) Other subjects which the Cooperative Movement itself may propose in order to empower its development.
The Commissioner shall call to the [biennial] conference at least sixty (60) days before the date the conference is to be held through two (2) newspapers of general circulation and in any other communications media as may be necessary and reasonable. The Commissioner shall also issue written notice to cooperative bases, to second-degree bodies, and to community-based and nonprofit institutions so as to encourage the most ample access and participation possible. The calling notice shall request the presentation of written position papers of a substantive or an academic content to enrich discussions at the conference. The Commissioner shall keep a record of position papers delivered and the recommendations thereby presented and publish a report wherein the outcomes of the conference shall be gathered. Provided, That the works and publications of the [biennial] conference shall neither substitute nor repeal the particular plans, strategies, and initiatives of the institutions that compose the Cooperative Movement itself.
History —Aug. 10, 2008, No. 247, § 10, eff. Feb. 1, 2009.