African applicants invited for organic agriculture training in Sweden, Uganda

Persons from the organic agriculture sector in Africa are being invited to apply to the Organic Agriculture Development (OAD) training program, financed by Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Swedish consulting company Grolink is organizing the training for the seventh time.

The OAD course is an advanced level training in organic sector development, covering topics like policy development, standards setting, market development, organisational development of organic sector institutions, etc.

The target groups for the training are managers in regional or national institutions; persons with key positions in the private sector, including NGOs working with various aspects of agricultural and rural development such as policy making, regulations, support mechanisms and institutional development. Mainly, the applicant should have a position which allows him/her to play an influential role in the development of organic agriculture in the home country.

The main training sessions are July 25th - August 19th, 2008 in Sweden, followed by a second part to be held in Uganda from January 22nd to February 4th, 2009. The deadline for submitting applications is February 20th, 2008.

Persons from the following countries are eligible to apply for the training: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Eritrea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, The Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia and Uganda.

For enquiries, contact Åsa Renman at doa@grolink.se