Women Cooperative Product Development Center : WCPC of the Credit Union League of Thailand , Ltd.
The Women Co-operative Product Development Center (WCPC) of CULT is a business and social organization. WCPC supports Thailand's women's groups, especially those that base in Credit Union's(CU) developing MSMEs through facilitating technical assistance and coordination in product development; designing and packaging; quality control; business counseling; and promotion and negotiation with big and established buyers. It promotes production opportunities; sharing of ideas; teamwork; and systematic, quality, and sustainable industry and production among the women's groups, entrepreneuse. It builds the women's entrepreneuse and leadership skill. Nowadays, WCPC supports 20 MSMEs and 129 groups (women, with some men) with over 697 kinds of products.
Vision
The WCPC will provide women the opportunity to share ideas about product design and development and will help to develop their individual business.
Mission
1. To market products made by women and other groups 2. To facilitate purchase of raw materials and machines for production 3. To assist women's groups in creating, developing, and packaging their products 4. To provide women's groups, entrepreneurs, and their support groups with opportunities for training and development in leadership, enterprise management, and gender 5. To develop their network and create opportunities for exchanges in experiences, good practice, and lessons learned among various women's groups 6. To contribute to the increase of income of groups and their individual members
Objectives
1. To be a center for marketing, design, and quality control of products made by women 2. To promote products made by women by establishing linkages and network with other organizations, marketing groups, and government 3. To promote products made by women in domestic and international markets
