This proposal on Credit Union Development in Asia 2008-2010 fits well into our collaboration with ACCU, and builds upon previous projects supported by Agriterra.

The project can be split up into the following different parts:
1. Consolidation of WECUMI – Women Empowerment in Credit Unions through Microenterprise.
This subproject is composed of the following four major development programs:
- Microenterprise Skills Development Training
- E-Commerce for Microenterprise
- Continuation of WECUMI
- Entrepreneurial Networking
- Regional activities on WECUMI

2. Marketing Credit Union in Countries in Transition, Cambodia and Laos, as a vehicle for Poverty Alleviation.

Expected output Cambodia:
- Train 50 Managers on Credit union tools and management
- Conduct 100 community level training sessions
- Conduct 3 exposure programs and train 20 credit union leaders in Cambodia
- Better legal environment for credit union development.
- Mobilized savings of US$ 150,000 from 20,000 members
- At least 2,000 cooperative leaders are trained to manage the village level savings and credit cooperative
- Change the concept of micro credit to microfinance with people’s participation.

Expected output LAOS:
-Three credit unions with Institutional Capacity, Manager, Office and at least 500 members
- Train 10 government office field officers on credit union [...]

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