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ICT Capacity Building on IT@COOP Project by Ms. Kruewan Chonlanai - Brief Description, Accomplishments, Challenges, Solu

This article provides a brief description of CULT, a national organization with a network of credit unions in Thailand, along with significant accomplishments, challenges, and solutions of the ICT Capacity Building on IT@COOP Project led by Ms. Kruewan Chonlanai.

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ICT Capacity Building on IT@COOP Project by Ms. Kruewan Chonlanai - Brief Description, Accomplishments, Challenges, Solu

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  1. Sharing of ICT Capacity building on IT@COOP Project by Ms. Kruewan Chonlanai Project Manager, it@coop Thailand Head, GM Office of CULT 1st vice President of AWCF

  2. Part 1 :Brief Description of CULTPart 2 :Significant AccomplishmentsPart 3 :Challenges and Solutions

  3. Part 1 : Brief Description of CULT

  4. What is CULT? • CULT is a national organization with a network of 1,277 Credit Unions, with more than 759,977 individual members, from all over Thailand (as: December 31, 2007)

  5. Vision Credit Union Institution for Socioeconomic and Human Development

  6. Part 2 :Significant Accomplishments

  7. ICT Capacity Building on IT@COOP Project in Thailand

  8. IT@COOP Project Background • Information Technology for South East Asian cooperatives • provides poverty-oriented cooperatives in Southeast Asia with IT skills and stimulates virtual

  9. IT@COOP Project Background • Cooperation by the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) and InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany • Supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

  10. IT@COOP Project Background • implemented by the Credit Union League of Thailand (CULT), Thailand, the Forum for Indonesian Cooperatives Movement (FORMASI), Indonesia and the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO), Philippines

  11. Significant Accomplishments • Analysis of Training Needs • Signed MOU • ModulesDesigns(24 Modules) • Selected Pilot Co-ops and participants • established IT Training center with 20 Laptops • Social Marketing Workshop • Conducted Training on Trainer on IT(TOT on IT) for 100 day with 20 participants • Transfer Knowledge and Skill to Co-ops members • Member Services on IT • Evaluation and Monitoring

  12. 1. Analysis of Training Needs • Interview • Questioners

  13. 2.Signed MOU • AWCF • Credit Unions • Participants

  14. 3. ModulesDesigns • Soft Skill Modules • IT Technical Skill Modules 24 Modules

  15. Soft Skill Modules were : • Orientation on IT • Gender Awareness • Training on Trainer for IT • Business on IT • Setting up & Managing an ICT Service & Support Center for COOPS • Project Management • Field Visit on BDC

  16. IT Technical Modules were : • Introduction to Computer & Operating System • Internet & Email • Msn messenger • MS Word • MS Excel • Adobe PhotoShop • MS PowerPoint • MS Publisher • Database Management by Access • Web Design and Develop • Free Open Source software • Software Maintenance • Advance Hardware/Software Maintenance • PC Networking

  17. 4. Selected Pilot Co-ops and participants • 10 Primary Credit Unions and CULT • 20 Participants

  18. 5. CULT’s ICT Training Center was established with 20 Laptops

  19. 6. Conducted Social Marketing Workshops • To inform and get commitment from Credit Unions about it@coop project

  20. 7. Conducted 100 days Training with20 IT Specialists,

  21. 8.Transfer Knowledge and Skill to Co-ops members • Conducted TOT 2nd wave for 15 days with 14 participants for 5 Modules • Conducted IT training for Member/staffs/BOD of CUs and Community

  22. A total of 1,241 participants for co-ops staff/BOD/members as 64% women and 36% men were trained since January - November 2007 have been trained by IT Specialists

  23. 9. IT Training Center Services • CULT provides computer room (70 USD/day) and laptops (7 USD/set/day) can be rented • Conduct training/ to be trainer /Services on IT • Voucher System for member • Services for Web design for CUs • Web Hosting Services

  24. 10. Evaluation and Monitoring • Visited and Meeting with BOD of CUs • Collected the performances of IT specialists, monthly reports • Database of IT Training and services • IT Networking

  25. Part 3 :Challenges and Solutions

  26. IT Specialists respond a lot of tasks to do not only IT Specialists tasks IT specialists should transfer their knowledge and skill to others. Finally, they will have a team of IT experts who can assist IT specialists at same time The ICT policy of credit unions should be enacted obviously Challenges Solutions

  27. How to encourage farmer (member of Credit Union) to access information technology and what kind of technology to support them to connect with daily life and daily work Use the various media or promoting channels to encourage the farmer such as community radio and training Challenges Solutions

  28. For more information, please contact : Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. 40, Ramkhamhaeng Road, Sapansoong, Bangkok 10240, Thailand Tel: 66-02-373-0020 Fax : 66-02-373-0022 WWW.cultthai.coop Contact person : Ms. Kruewan Chonlanai E-mail : cult@cultthai.coop , kruewan9@hotmail.com

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