Presentation about My.COOP

1. MODULE 1
My.COOP
Managing your agricultural
cooperative

2. My.COOP in a nutshell
Training Package ToT Distance Learning Programme
Modules, trainer’s manual and a mobile An online training of trainers programme to
learning toolkit on the management of support participants in the design and the
agricultural cooperatives for existing and delivery of the My.Coop training package.
potential managers and their trainers.
Community Partnership Initiative
On the My.COOP platform My Coop is the result of a collaborative effort
www.agriculture-my.coop users can involving cooperative development agencies,
discuss, share news and download My.COOP cooperative colleges and universities,
material institutes and agencies of the United Nations.

3. My.COOP Partnership
Initiated by the ILO Cooperative facility for Africa and the ILO’s
Cooperative branch, the partnership involves:

4. What’s in the Package?
Module
Basics of an agricultural
1 cooperative
Module
Cooperative Service provision
2
My. Coop package consists of:
Module
 4 Modules Supply of Farm Inputs
3
 a Trainer’s Manual
 a Mobile learning toolkit Module
Cooperative Marketing
4
Trainer’s Manual
Mobile Learning Toolkit

5. Content of the Modules
Module 1 Module 2
Basics of an agricultural cooperative Cooperative service provision
Topics Topics
1. Basics of an agricultural cooperative 1. What are the needs of the members?
2. Challenges for cooperative 2. What services to provide?
3. Cooperative Governance 3. Selling the service
4. Management, capital formation and
finance

6. Content of the Modules
Module 3 Module 4
Supply of farm Inputs Cooperative Marketing
Topics Topics
1. Procurement of Inputs 1. Marketing services
2. Storage ad stock management 2. Strategic marketing
3. Selling the service 3. Certification

7. For whom is My.COOP?
My.COOP has been designed for
• Existing and potential managers of agricultural cooperatives
• Members involved in managerial tasks.
• Organizations and individuals that train agricultural cooperatives.
My.COOP material is not developed for people who are starting an agricultural
cooperative for the first time.

8. Where is My.COOP available?
My.COOP package is available online at www.agriculture-my.coop
where you will also find:
 Translated and adapted My.COOP training material
 Information on partners
 Distance learning programmes for Training of Trainers

9. Distance Learning Programme
for Training of Trainers (ToT)

10. What is My.COOP distance learning programme?
An on-line training of trainers programme to support
participants in the design and delivery of the
My.COOP training
Learn about:
•Contents on cooperatives
•Participatory facilitation
techniques

11. Who is this ToT distance learning programme for?
The My.COOP ToT is for organizations and individuals that train
managers of agricultural cooperatives. These can include:
Trainers working in cooperative Cooperative officers and
Leaders and managers of colleges, universities, non- extension staff of government
cooperative structures, such as governmental organizations departments and agencies.
unions, federations and (NGOs) and other public and
confederations private training providers;

12. What ToT participants will be able to do?
adapt and design
contextualized
My.COOP training
activities
plan and
implement
My.COOP training After completing
address a wide
from an initial the ToT package diversity of
learning needs participants will
assessment until the
learning styles
final evaluation of be able to
the My.COOP
training workshop
explain My.COOP
content to the
target audience
taking adult
principles into
account

13. Join the My.COOP community
Go to the main page of www.agriculture-my.coop and click on the link
request a My.Coop account.

14. Contacts
ILO’s Cooperative Branch: coop@ilo.org
ILO My.COOP courses: mycoop@itcilo.org
www.agriculture-my.coop