Coopnet

Cooperative training series, volume 1.

In 1993 the ILO Cooperative Branch under the global ILO/DANIDA Programme for Cooperative Development in Rural Areas launched the inter-regional programme COOPNET (Human Resources Development for Cooperative Management and Networking) to respond to new developments in cooperative human resource development (HRD). The COOPNET programme builds on the experience the Cooperative Branch gained in technical cooperation at the national and at the inter-regional level, particularly with the MATCOM project (Material for Cooperative Management Training).

COOPNET facilitates networking among existing cooperative HRD institutions and their networks, as well as other organizations/institutions related to cooperative HRD. The programme focuses on strengthening the capacity of local and national institutions to develop their own HRD programmes to promote cooperative development. The programme's immediate objectives include improved HRD policies, curriculum development, training methods and materials, cooperative entrepreneurship as well as improved methodologies for training needs assessment and new approaches to evaluating the impact of HRD on the performance of cooperatives.

This first volume of the COOPNET Cooperative Training Series comprises eight documents on various aspects of cooperative training. In the second volume in the series, an additional six documents on other training aspects have been compiled.

All the 14 COOPNET training documents have been prepared by Mr. K. K. Taimni, COOPNET Regional Coordinator for Asia, and edited by Ms. A-B. Nippierd, COOPNET Consultant.