GLOBALG.A.P. Academy with new Platform offers new workshops and announces new online courses to be available soon

GLOBALG.A.P. Academy has planned several new products and learning solutions for 2020 (including online courses to be available anytime from anywhere in the world).

The GLOBALG.A.P. Academy (excluding certification body training) now operates on a new consolidated learning platform designed to provide learners with a one-stop learning center for all GLOBALG.A.P. capacity building training programs and courses.

Register on the new platform, book and pay for GLOBALG.A.P. workshops directly online from anywhere in the world. Academy learners will also be able to download their workshop materials, complete their exam directly on the platform and get the results straight away. Learners can now pay directly online for their training via PayPal, in addition to bank transfer and credit card.

GLOBALG.A.P.’s range of training solutions open to the public has now been expanded to include 2 new workshops:

The GLOBALG.A.P. Producer Workshop - ideal for anyone interested in understanding how the GLOBALG.A.P. system and the IFA work to apply safe and responsible practices on the farm,  in particular for producers or technical experts of producer groups. The 2-day workshop introduces the IFA principles and provides a detailed explanation of the control points and compliance criteria (CPCCs) that producers must comply with in order to get certified.

The GLOBALG.A.P. Quality Management System (QMS) Version 5.2 & Internal Inspector Training (IIT) is aimed at staff responsible for implementing QMS for Option 2 producer groups, Option 1 multisite producers with QMS, internal inspector and auditors, and certification body inspectors. The 2-day workshop provides a detailed description of the requirements for setting up a GLOBALG.A.P. QMS as well as a training for internal inspectors in charge of monitoring and checking the QMS.

For 2020, GLOBALG.A.P. has planned 36 new public workshops offered in several parts of the world and in several different languages. The aim is to make GLOBALG.A.P. training by GLOBALG.A.P. approved trainers accessible to more and more people around the world.