As the world's leading advocate, platform for knowledge exchange and development agency for credit unions, WOCCU collects credit union best practices from around the world and makes them available to regulators, policymakers, second-tier credit union organizations and individual credit unions in developing countries.

The Best Practices area of WOCCU’s website grows and evolves as WOCCU continues to compile tools and standards based on its experience in credit union development programs and contributions from its members.

In response to the high demand for information on these key topics, the areas of focus are: operations, governance, legislation/regulation, PEARLS Monitoring System and information systems. WOCCU's Technical Guides are also a valuable source of information on best practices in credit union development.