Diploma helps develop co-op skills

THERE is an increasing demand on the leadership skills and knowledge of directors and executives of the country’s dairy co-operatives, according to the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society.

ICOS president Padraig Gibbons said this is due to the competitive business environment combined with rapid changes in the EU and global marketplace for dairy produce arising from CAP reform and the proposed WTO changes.

He was speaking at the launch by Mike Feeney, executive director with responsibility for food in Enterprise Ireland, of the fourth ICOS-UCC diploma in corporate direction.