1. Tailor-made courses for co-operatives

• Capsule courses (short duration)
• General management training programmes
• Leadership courses
• Book-keeping and accountancy
• Legal framework of co-operatives
• Decentralised training courses

2. Education and training for potential co-operators and entrepreneurs

• Co-operative model
• Co-operative principles and values
• Benefits of co-operative
• Basic of co-operative management

3. Talks on co-operative to various groups

• Educational institutions
• Youth clubs
• Trade unions
• Women’s organisations
• Socio-cultural groups
• NGO’s and NSA’s (non state actors)

4. Specialised courses for officers of the Ministry

• Auditing
• Accounting and auditing standards
• Co-operative legislation
• Arbitration and liquidation
• Induction programmes on co-operatives

5. Consultancy services

• New types of co-operatives
• Re-engineering existing co-operative societies/institutions
• Facilitating brainstorming sessions-moderation
• Amalgamations and mergers

6. Workshops and seminars on co-operative issues

• Sectoral workshops
• Seminars for members of co-operatives
• National seminars and workshops
• International seminars

7. Research

• Promoting research work in the co-operative sector
• Impact assessment studies in the co-operative field
• Applied research

8. International linkages and exchange programmes

• Study tours
• Training abroad
• Affiliation/establishment of links with internationally recognized co-operative institutions
• Implementation of agreed programmes under bilateral and multilateral commissions