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What people say about our training:

'This was an excellent course - the best I have attended in 8 years in the industry'
'Excellent course - congratulations!'
'The workshop was well-structured and the exercises achieved great participation and much information was obtained from them'
'Very well prepared course and good time-keeping'
'You are an amazing team of instructors - professional and with a good sense of humour'
'Thankyou for sharing your wide knowledge'

The IOAS offers training on:

  • conformity assessment in organic agriculture
  • management of organic certification
  • other custom courses as requested

In 2009 the IOAS implemented the following training events:

  • A 3 day training course on 'Conformity Assessment in Organic Agriculture' in conjunction with government authorities in Mexico in October 2009.
  • A 3 day training course on 'Accreditation against the European Regulation (EC) 834/2007' for the national accreditation body in Romania, RENAR.
  • A 3 day open training course on 'Management of Organic Certification' in Florida, USA

49 people attended the courses from 7 countries.

The training events offered for 2010 will appear here soon.

If you are interested in hosting or in attending an IOAS training event please contact us.

 

Last updated: 04/02/2010

Course participants 2006

Participants of the course in October 2009, Mexico

Comprehensive course manuals have been developed for all courses.

You can purchase the IFOAM/IOAS Training manual on assessment of certification bodies from the IFOAM web site.

  Please watch this space for future IOAS training events.

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