The Organic Leadership Course (OLC) program is intended to facilitate the development of leaders in organic agriculture, giving them the opportunity to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to lead and assist the development of the organic movement in a global and/or local context. The content and approach of the course is not to develop topic specialists, i.e. agriculture or extension experts, certifiers, etc. – but to facilitate a deepened understanding of all the facets of organic agriculture and build a regional and global network of capacitated change agents.

The OLC has three pillars, two Face-to-Face (F2F) sessions, a multitude of webinars and course assignments (development plan).

The Training of Trainers (ToT) is a shortened version of the OLC. The ToT and is designed to support trainers, who will in turn train trainees as multipliers (rural service providers, lead farmers, extension agents, etc.) in strengthening organics.

This ToT program focuses on both the methodology of training and capacity building, in order to assist and guide the trainers in bringing their message and content across to trainees in the most effective and efficient way. The ToT is based on the needs of the participants, the range of understanding and skills, and the requirements thereto. The ToT looks at actual content, curricula, and technical topics, organics inspires the training. The ToT is a short 5-day program, which focuses on developing the capacity of the trainers to:

1. Train and inspire their target audience.
2. Strengthen cross-cutting methodological competencies.
3. Introducing key components of organics.
4. Plan and implement their own training programs (Both ToT and “end-user” programs)