In addition to offering innovative technology solutions, WOCCU's technical assistance programs equip credit unions and other types of financial cooperatives with the tools and techniques necessary to strengthen their financial management and deliver fairly priced financial services to large numbers of poor and low-income people. Unlike many microfinance technical assistance providers that focus exclusively on credit, WOCCU's approach emphasizes the mobilization of member savings as the primary source of financing. This savings-based approach allows credit unions to reach great scale in financial service provision and instills a level of financial discipline that ensures long-term sustainability.
At the second-tier level, WOCCU builds national credit union networks that enable safe and sound institutions to reach greater efficiencies of scale, employ new technologies and provide a broader array of services and service points to members. WOCCU also works closely with credit union leaders, national government officials and policy makers to create appropriate and effective regulatory environments for credit unions.
WOCCU has a long and successful history working with multinational, bilateral and private partners to develop and strengthen member-owned credit unions and their national/regional systems around the world. WOCCU has implemented more than 275 long- and short-term technical assistance programs in 71 countries with funding from various donors, such as:




