ICOS and ICOS Skillnet have formed a Strategic Partnership for Innovating the Training of Trainers of the European Agri-Food Cooperatives (ToTCOOP+i) relating to Co-operative Director Training.

The project is funded through the Erasmus + Programme and draws funding from the European Social Fund (ESF), through the European Commission.

Erasmus + has secured €14.7bn in funding for the period 2014-2020 for project across Europe.

Partner involved in the project are:

Various Aspects of the Project:

• Development of a best practice guide for all aspects of the programme
• Development of a Training Needs Analysis
• Identification of Competencies for Trainers
• Identification of Competencies for Directors
• Development of Learning/Training Standards to meet these competencies
• Development of a Director Training Programme
• Development of a Train-the-Trainer Programme
• Development of an e-learning platform to initially support trainers, but then to potentially work as a CPD support for directors
• The Training of Trainers
• The training of trainers to deliver the content to Directors