Digital technology to empower trainers: BigBlueButton provides an optimised environment for online teaching
- 06/03/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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Unprecedented series of e-meetings: more than 100 experts already on board in January 2025 The COLEAD Training Department has embarked on a major transformation in 2025 with the launch of a series of innovative information sessions, available in English and French. These sessions aim to strengthen the skills of trainers by providing them with concrete tools to enrich their teaching practice and to fully exploit the potential of digital technology in distance learning. The first session, dedicated to BigBlueButton, marked… +New training for trainers on triple concordance skills assessment
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
New training for trainers on triple concordance skills assessment As part of the FFM+ programme, the 29th of April marks a significant step forward in training methodology as COLEAD launches a new Training of Trainers programme. This initiative is designed to enhance trainers’ skills in assessing learners’ actual skill acquisition based on the innovative principles of triple concordance. This approach ensures a robust and comprehensive assessment strategy that is vital for both learners and trainers. A multinational initiative The upcoming… +Training in digital learning for our Pacific experts
- 28/02/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN, News
In early February, the Fit For Market SPS programme held its first training of trainers on “Training and Communication Skills” for the Pacific. Phase 1 of the training focuses on mastering teaching methods, and phase 2 is devoted to digital tools and specific skills needed for distance learning. Four Fijian experts participated in Phase 1. To put the learning into practice, due to the COVID-19 health measures, the training was hybrid: Fijian facilitator Aftaniwa Tawake and the three Fijian trainers/trainees… +COLEACP training-of-trainers: “From face-to-face to distance learning”
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, News, Nigeria, Pacific, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
In 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions, it became urgently necessary to develop digital tools and distance learning methods. COLEACP mobilised quickly, and in April 2020 a training course on the basics of digital training was organised urgently for COLEACP’s ACP experts and the training department team, in partnership with the Digital and Multimedia Teaching Support Centre at the University of Lausanne. The transition to digital involves mastering new tools, learning new teaching methods, and operating a platform to host the… +Togo: Training on Food Safety Management for ICAT’supervisors
- 03/11/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
A training course on Health Quality Management was organised from 26 to 29 October 2021 for supervisors of the Institute for Technical Advice and Support (ICAT). The training, which took place face-to-face in Lomé, was organised through the STDF project to strengthen Togo’s SPS system. It involved 15 participants and focused on product traceability, good hygiene practices, risk analysis, the principles of self-checking, regulatory requirements, and document management. The supervisors who took part in the training are now better able… +Launch of training-of-trainers in management and business development
- 03/05/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
By nature, farmers are entrepreneurs, and are used to taking and managing risks. But why do some businesses succeed and grow, while others don’t? Why have some managers been able to seize the opportunities that come their way, but not others? How do some companies manage to adapt to new realities or integrate new production standards, and remain profitable, while others disappear? Managing and developing a company is a global approach that requires many skills. Whatever the size of the… +