Gender: COLEAD trains its experts to fully integrate gender into their training programmes

As part of the Fit For Market Plus programme, COLEAD has just launched a new training course for trainers dedicated to ‘Strengthening facilitation and communication skills for gender mainstreaming in the agri-food sector’.

This five-week programme brings together 16 carefully selected experts, supported by two educational and two technical experts. The course is directly aligned with the practical implementation of COLEAD’s Gender Strategy, which aims to embed gender equality at the heart of sustainable agri-food value chains.

The objective is clear: to train gender experts who can design, facilitate and evaluate truly impactful training courses that can change practices and promote greater inclusion. The approach favours group dynamics and active collaboration to improve the quality of support and prepare for field initiatives that are better adapted to local contexts.

This training course represents a significant milestone in COLEAD’s commitment to promoting fairer and more inclusive food systems where women and young people are given their rightful place, in line with the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and the Global Gateway.

This activity is supported by the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, implemented by COLEAD within the Framework of Development Cooperation between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union. This publication receives financial support from the European Union and the OACPS. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of COLEAD and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the OACPS.