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**Eliza Sabayao** **Gerald Rallos** **12-Thoughtful-HE** **Non-State Institution** - Groups and organizations that operate outside the support of any state or government. - Independent of any state - Develop certain services needed by members of the society for their progress. *...

**Eliza Sabayao** **Gerald Rallos** **12-Thoughtful-HE** **Non-State Institution** - Groups and organizations that operate outside the support of any state or government. - Independent of any state - Develop certain services needed by members of the society for their progress. **I. Bank and corporations** **BANK** -Banks are financial institutions licensed to provide several financial services. -Also provide related services such as individual retirement accounts (IRAS), certificates of deposit (CDs), currency exchange, personal loans, and safe deposit boxes. **Types** - **Retail Bank** - focus on the general public Ex:Metrobank, EastWest Bank - **Commercial Bank** -- typically offers financial products like savings accounts for individuals and small businesses as well as certificates of deposit Ex: Philippine Bank of Communications - **Agricultural Bank** -cater to the financial needs of farmers and the farming industry Ex: Agribank - **Investment/Industrial Bank**-provide medium- and long-term loans and deposits to business industries Ex: First Metro Investment Corporation - **Central Bank** -the only one established through a government decree. Ex: China Bank , Union Bank - **Online Bank** Ex: Gcash, PayMaya **CORPORATION** - Corporations are legal entities with rights, privileges, and responsibilities. - A corporation is owned by a group of people called shareholders. Ex: Beneco ,BDO Unibank **Types** - **Business Corporation** - **Non-profit** -used by charitable, educational, and religious organizations to operate without generating profits Ex: Orphanages - **S Corporation** -- taxed through its shareholders. It can only have less than 100 shareholders - **C Corporation** -can have an unlimited number of shareholders **II. Cooperative and Trade Unions** **COOPERATIVE** These are an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations. Cooperative is an association of persons (organization) that is owned and controlled by the people/members. **Principles** 1. Voluntary and open membership 2. Democratic member control 3. Member economic participation 4. Autonomy and independence 5. Education, training, and information 6. Cooperation among cooperatives 7. Concern for the community **Types** - **Credit** -provides financial services to its members, including securing savings and creating funds for issuing loans. - **Consumer** -operates mainly to obtain and distribute products and commodities to its customers, both members and non members. - **Producer** -aid the agricultural or industrial production sector. **Sub types** -Agricultural cooperatives, which help producers or farmers in marketing their crops -Purchasing supplies needed for further production. - **Service -**concentrates on helping workers in the service-oriented occupations (i.e., health care, transportation, labor) by creating employment opportunities and other benefits to its members. - **Multipurpose** -serve more than one purpose **TRADE UNION** These are organizations with a membership composed of workers or employees who aim to represent the interests and rights of its members, both in the workplace and in society **Types** - **General union**- represents workers with a range of jobs and skills from different industries and companies. An example of this type of union is a trade union of drivers, janitors, and office workers. - **Industrial Union** -composed of workers from one particular industry across different levels of the hierarchy. A trade union of all employees who work in the mining industry (with different levels and positions) is an example of an industrial union. - **Craft Union**-seeks to represent skilled workers doing the same work who may be employed in different industries. A craft union of carpenters is one example. - **White-collar Union -**composed of professionals doing similar jobs across different industries. A trade union of teachers and professors is an example of a white-collar union. **III. TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCY GROUPS** Advocacy- an idea from an individual or group which aims to influence a political economic and social decision Transnational advocacy network includes actors working together internationally on an issue. Main goal is to challenge how the international field is being run. These are collections of actors beyond national borders with stable relationship committed to working on certain issues. **Emergence of transnational advocacy group** - Government - Conflict - State members and Domestic Advocacy Group (DAG) - DAG seeks help to the International Advocacy Group (IAG) - IAG responds and influence state behavior Ex: War on Drugs in the Philippines **Functions and strategies** - Information politics -true information-based - Symbolic politics -based on an alternative, and more empirically grounded, model of human decision making. - Leverage politics -ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens. - Accountability politics -responsibility of politicians to justify their decisions that involves the possibility of political sanctions by the citizens. **IV. Development Agencies** These are groups or entities that are tasked and committed to pursue certain developmental agenda of the state. Provide support for the state's economic growth and progress. Ex: National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) **Roles of Development Agency** 1. Strategic role (coordination) 2. Asset and investment role 3. Innovation, enterprise, skills, and employment role 4. Promotional role 5. Capacity-building role **V. International Organizations** Refer to institutions established by three or more states as voluntary members in order to promote cooperation and coordination among them. Countries come together through formal agreement or treaty. They define what agenda to pursue. Ex: United Nation, ASEAN , World Trade Organization ( WTO) **Types of International Organization** - **Intergovernmental Organizations** -is a more common type of international organization. In this category, member states do not surrender supreme power to the organization itself. This means that the decisions of the institution still depend on all of its members who have the capacity to vote, with one vote per state. - **Global Governance** -regulation and coordination of the states are only backed up by shared goals and not by a formal and legal authority**.** - **Supranational Organization** -state members can give sovereignty or a controlling power over the international organization they are a part of.