As part of attracting more people to be co-op members, IT specialists who had been part of the “it@coops Project” have focused on developing and/or enhancing their co-op website as a means of promoting co-op products and services and at the same time, encouraging increased deposits and savings from actual and potential co-op members.
To culminate the AWCF-InWEnt “it@coops Project” which was implemented in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines since 2004, the it@coops Steering Committee held their 6th Steering Committee Meeting at Meralco Management and Leadership Development Center (MMLDC) Foundation, Inc., Antipolo City, Philippines on 22-23 November 2007.
Staff of co-operatives from Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines who were trained as Information Technology (IT) Specialists by the "Information Technology for Southeast Asian Co-operatives (it@coops) Project" gathered together for the "Regional Forum on it@coops: Empowering Co-operatives through Information Technology" held November 19-21, 2007, Antipolo City, Philippines.
As implementation of the it@coops project is on its last year, the project stakeholders decided to hold its 5th it@coops Steering Committee Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany from 2-4 July 2007 with InWEnt as the host organization.
As part of regularly monitoring the progress of the implementation of the it@coops project, the project stakeholders headed by the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF), held its annual it@coops Coordinators Meeting last 9-11 May 2007 at Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
As the implementation of the project it@coops is on its last year of implementation, InWEnt decided to conduct an evaluation. It is assessed if the project was able to meet its goal of “addressing poverty alleviation by benefiting members of Southeast Asian co-operatives ...
Representatives from InWEnt and the AWCF visited Indonesia by the last week of January 2007 to see for themselves the progress of the different ICT-enabled business development centers (BDCs) ...
The Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) participated in the recently concluded Asia Source II held at Yawitra Resort, Sukabumi, Indonesia from 22-30 January 2007.
Fourteen people from five organizations attended the IT@coops Steering Committee held at Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City, Philippines from 9-11 November 2006.