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Cooperative governance
“We expect to contribute
positively and continuously
to the quest for operational
excellence under the Corporate
Governance precepts, not only
by Unimed do Brasil, but by
the entire Unimed System as
well, consequently causing the
Unimed brand to grow stronger
and stronger and the medical
work more and more valued,
competitive and modern, on a
true stage of transformation”
Eudes de Freitas Aquino
President of Unimed do Brasil
Eight classes of the Corporate Gov-
ernance in Cooperatives training
were offered in 2014. The course
was offered to the Unimed System
cooperatives in several regions of
Brazil. In general, the classes were
composed by cooperated physi-
cians with administrative functions,
directors and officers. Besides the
courses offered by Unimed do Bra-
sil and by the Unimed Foundation,
we believe that quite an expressive
number of Cooperative Governance
courses were taught in the Unimed
System, in as much as cooperatives
are also autonomous to develop
their own training in the subject.
Due to the cooperativist industry particularities, the Brazilian Corporate Governance Insti-
tute (IBGC) introduces the Cooperative Governance concept as being the “set of internal and
external mechanisms and controls allowing members to define and ensure the cooperative
objectives execution, assuring its continuity and the cooperativist principles”. In this context,
Unimed do Brasil, being a cooperative, adopted the “Cooperative Governance” term with the
purpose of using it in the Unimed System, adapting the good Corporate Governance practices
to the cooperativist world reality. By adopting these practices, we display our commitment
to transparency. Accounts settlement, equity and corporate responsibility, seeking to avoid
conduct deviations and management deficiencies. One of the biggest challenges of organi-
zations, the exercise of Governance, if duly adapted to the organization industry, leads to the
achievement of reliable and perennial results, when all stakeholders be satisfied.