The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is Preparing to Launch a Certification Scheme for Trainers in Essential Theory and Practice of Seed Conservation

Demand for training across the global MSBP partnership is high, while capacity for training delivery is limited, with travel restriction and languages constituting additional barriers for people to access training.

The new certification scheme aims to certify qualified individuals, endorsed by their organization, who will train others and provide them with training materials, tools, support and mentoring, as well as a robust assessment and evaluation framework. In this way, high quality training can be offered to wider audiences, and local trainers can modify, and re-share edited materials, improving the ability for sharing of regional or national best practice within a global conservation training effort.