Background

Training Centre of excellence for Cooperative or simply PULAKOP is located in Kinarut, Papar, Sabah which is 25 km from Kota Kinabalu, with an area of as large as 15 acres. It starts on 14 December 1999 and completed on 22 August 2003 and commenced operations on 1 September 2003. PULAKOP is under the Department of cooperative development (DSD). At that time, which is now converted to a Cooperative Commission of Malaysia (SKM), an agency of the Ministry of domestic trade, co-operatives and consumerism (KPDNKK).

The objectives

The objectives of PULAKOP are:

a. Improve knowledge and skills of the workforce CERTIFICATE in accordance with the policy of ' knowledge workers ' Government through continuous training organised so that they can carry out their tasks more efficiently and effectively in accordance with the National Cooperative Policy ' perlaksaan ' in efforts to develop the cooperative movement.

b. enhancing the quality CERTIFICATE in administration and management through training.

c. enhancing the knowledge and skills of members and employees of cooperatives through continuous training organised in the field of pengkoperasian and other related areas so that the cooperative principles and philosophy and good governance are practised throughout the cooperative movement in line with the implementation of the "National Cooperative Policy".

d. Increasing the active involvement of members in the management of democratic cooperatives.

Function

PULAKOP function was organised, courses, seminars and workshops as well as provide specific study tour activities for officers and employees of the Co-operative Commission (SKM) as well as to members and employees of cooperatives.

Mission

To make the PULAKOP as the leading Training Center in the country to train SKM officers, members of cooperatives and other groups involved in the co-operative movement.