Coopnet

Cooperative training series volume 2.

In 1993 the ILO Cooperative Branch under the global ILO/DANIDA Programme for Cooperative Development in Rural Areat 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 second volume of the COOPNET Cooperative Training Series comprises six documents on various aspects of cooperative training from improving the effectiveness of the training delivery system to guidelines for the training of trainers. The first volume in this COOPNET series comprised a total of eight documents on other aspects of cooperative training ranging from the systems approach to training to training needs assessment and curriculum design.