Institute of Continuing Co-operative Education (ICCE)

Welcoming Note

Prof. Gervas M. Machimu

Director – ICCE

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Overview

The Institute of Continuing Co-operative Education (ICCE) history dates back to 5^th January 1963, when the Co-operative College Moshi started its operations catering for the training of human resources in the cooperative sector under the then Ministry of Co-operatives and Community Development. The main objective was to provide cooperative education to co-operators and the public. To achieve this objective, the Co-operative Education Centre (CEC) was established in July 1964 by an agreement between the Government of Tanganyika on behalf of the Co-operative Union of Tanganyika (CUT) and the Nordic Co-operative Consortium.

CEC aimed to carry out cooperative education through distance and field interventions to members, staff, committee members and employees of primary cooperative societies. As the policies and practices changed over time, CEC adjusted its programmes accordingly and expanded its operations from headquarters in Moshi to newly established Cooperative Wings (now called Regional Offices) in both Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Island (Zanzibar). In 1993, CEC was transformed into the Directorate of Field Education (DFE) and operated up to 2004. Then the DFE changed to the Institute of Continuing Co-operative Development and Education (ICCDE). The current ICCE came into being in 2014 following the transformation of MUCCoBS to Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU).

These offices are in Mtwara, serving (Mtwara and Lindi regions); Mbeya (Mbeya, Rukwa and Songwe regions); Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions); Shinyanga (Shinyanga, Simiyu and Mara regions); Mwanza (Mwanza, Geita, and Kagera regions); Iringa (Iringa and Njombe regions), Dodoma (Dodoma and Morogoro regions); Coast (Coast, Dar-es-Salaam regions; Unguja and Pemba Islands); Singida (Singida and Manyara regions); Tabora (Tabora and Katavi regions); Ruvuma, Tanga and Kigoma. The ICCE continues to provide education and training to cooperatives, grassroots economic groups and the public at large in collaboration with various academic units of the University, such as faculties, directorates and departments.

Core Functional Areas

Design and administer residential and distance learning programmes;
Develop and broadcast educational programmes through mass and social media;
Facilitate formation processes of cooperatives and other member-based organizations;
Establish linkages, partnerships and collaborations in providing education and training to the cooperative movement.
Promote cooperative development through educating the rural and urban communities on cooperative theory and practice;
Organize and conduct gender-responsive programmes aimed at creating favourable conditions for sustainable development for all;
Enhance entrepreneurial and innovation culture and practices among cooperatives, communities and other member-based organizations;
Enable the community to fight poverty through training and institutional support through linkages, networking, advisory and consultancy services to the community and member-based organizations;
Facilitate organization and technical support in production, value addition, collective bargaining and improved marketing of goods and services from cooperatives and other member-based organizations;
Develop skills, knowledge and right attitudes through training, mentoring, coaching and advisory service to foster effective management and organization of cooperatives and other member-based organizations;