Cooperativa Médica Del Valle Y De Profesionales De Colombia (COOMEVA)

Avenida Pasoancho No. 57 50
Piso 3 - Puerta 6 / Presidencia Ejecutiva
Cali, ,
Colombia

With the inspiring leadership of Dr. Uriel Estrada Calderon, a group of 27 physicians founded the COOMEVA with intent to jointly offer financial services and insurance, under the nature of cooperative savings and credit. Gradually the successful model was attracting more partners - first medical, allied professions and then in 1967 opened to all kinds of professionals.

Combining a deep conviction to a dynamic cooperative entrepreneurial sense Coomeva was expanding its services , its territory and its social base, to today constitute a Cooperative Business Group. The 232,000 members benefit from the 16 companies that the Cooperative has been constituted in sectors as diverse as finance, health, insurance and recreational. 

The Cooperative maintains an intense participatory and democratic activity by more than 162 committees that involved about 876 leaders. The elections for delegates to the Cooperative in 2013 mobilized more than 17% of partners.

The business model by which the Cooperative is majority owned companies , allowing them through an integrated range of products and services , over 140 is offered with the aim of improving the quality of life associated over their life cycle . Furthermore Cooperative drives entrepreneurship of partners through entrepreneurship , training and financing. (from website May 2014)

In 2011, they represented 250,174 individual members.