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  • 2025-02-27
Diploma in Cooperative Development 2025/2026 Academic Year Commencement and Student Registration

The commencement and student registration of the 2025/2026 academic year Cooperative Development Diploma for Cooperative Development Officers of the Southern, Northwestern, North-Central and Eastern Provincial Cooperative Development Departments took place on 27.02.2025.

Our Events

Appointed new Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NICD

  • 2022-01-13

Research Methodology program for Co-operative development officers 2022

  • 2021-12-22

The National Cooperative Development Institute, marking the commencement of its studies in the year 2022

  • 2022-01-19

Planting program of 75 coconut saplings

  • 2022-02-03

21st Century Co-operative

  • 2022-08-25

Co-Operative Commissioners Program

  • 2022-10-07

Celebrating National Reading Month and launching of New Entry Magazine - October 2022

  • 2022-10-16

National Institute of Co-operative Development Officers One-day Training Program - 202210.29

  • 2022-10-29

The relaunched official website of NICD

  • 2022-11-18

COOP VISION 2022 Trade Fair of Cooperative Societies and Entrepreneurs

  • 2022-12-14

3-Day Workshop on Insecticides

  • 2022-12-05

Library and information services continue to advance modern technology

  • 2022-12-29

National Institute of Cooperative Development to start its duties in the year 2023.

  • 2023-01-02

International Training Programme on Management Strategies to Develop

  • 2023-01-23

Published New Books

  • 2023-03-03

International Faculty Development Training Programme on Developing Case Studies for Teaching & Learning Process

  • 2023-03-27

Training Workshop on Adaptation of Cooperative Societies for Food Security and Workshop on Identifying Training Needs

  • 2023-05-11

General Convocation 2023

  • 2023-07-28

NICD Halloween 2023

  • 2023-10-31

English Activity Camp

  • 2023-11-30

Commencement of duties in the year 2024

  • 2024-01-01

Development planning and training program

  • 2024-01-05

Capacity Development Workshop for Board of Directors

  • 2024-01-19

Inauguration of diploma courses for the year 2024

  • 2024-01-28

EDU FIRST EXPO 2024 Educational Exhibition

  • 2024-02-09

Research Symposium 2024

  • 2024-07-26

Preparation of a five year strategic plan for the National Institute of Cooperative Development

  • 2025-02-09

Credit Management Training Workshop held for the Credit Sub-Committee members and bank staff of the Kotapola MPCS.

  • 2025-02-23

Accounting Assistant Staff Training of the Dumbara Sanasa Society commenced on 22nd February 2025.

  • 2025-02-22

Inauguration of the diploma courses 2025

  • 2025-02-24

A professor and a group of postgraduate diploma students from the Vaikuntha Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM), Pune, India, a partnership institute with the National Institute of Cooperative Development, visited Polgolla on an observation tour.

  • 2025-02-28

Diploma in Cooperative Development 2025/2026 Academic Year Commencement and Student Registration

  • 2025-02-27

The two-day training workshop for field officers of the Dumbara Sanasa Society

  • 2025-03-01

Field Study Tour

  • 2025-03-01

Diploma in Banking Management (Distance) Course Inauguration Ceremony

  • 2025-05-31

Internet and email for Business Enhancement workshop

  • 2025-06-14

Program to establish one thousand production cooperatives

  • 2025-06-12

Cooperative Practical Accounting Program

  • 2025-06-20

Inauguration of the Diploma in Business Management as a distance learning course

  • 2025-06-22

Internal Auditor Training Program held for Cooperative Society Officers on 21st and 22nd June 2025

  • 2025-06-22

A training program on project preparation for the executive officers of the Tissamaharama MPCS

  • 2025-06-17

A brief meeting between Dr. Shantha Jayaratne and the trainees who completed the diploma courses of the National Institute of Cooperative Development was held at Rochdale Hall today (26.06.2025).

  • 2025-06-26

Mobile Photography Course held for Cooperative Societies on 26.06.2025

  • 2025-06-26

Capacity Development Workshop held for the Kalawana MPCS on 28 and 29 June 2025

  • 2025-06-28

The National Institute of Cooperative Development, the only state institution for cooperative education, held a simple ceremony and Shramadana today in Polgolla to celebrate the 103rd International Cooperative Day (July 05, 2025).

  • 2025-07-03

Observation tour of the Mawanella Sanasa Society Association

  • 2025-07-15

Entertainment program for Diploma Candidates of the Diploma in Banking Management Course for the academic year 2025

  • 2025-07-15

Financial Intermediation Training and Mentoring Session held on 16/07/2025 to develop the professional knowledge of the 2025/2026 Bank Management Diploma Course trainees.

  • 2025-07-16

One-day training program on Public Relations and Communication was held on 18.07.2025 for officers of the MPCS Pelmadulla

  • 2025-07-18

Ratnapura District Council meeting and MPCS Kahawatta awareness program to introduce the institutes courses and take IT courses to the Ratnapura district 2025.07.18.

  • 2025-07-18

Cooperative Practical Accounting Second Program - Dambadeniya MPCS 2025.07.18 and 19

  • 2025-07-18

Hon. Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, Wasantha Samarasinghe, visited the National Cooperative Development Institute on 30.07.2025 and met with the staff of the Institute.

  • 2025-07-30

Inaugural program to register Deputy Postmasters for the second Computer Applications Assistant Course (NVQ LEVEL 3) to be held in 2025.08.03.

  • 2025-08-03

Training program on the use of spreadsheets for the office environment. Conducted on 12.08.2025 for officers of the Minuwangoda Various Services Cooperative Society.

  • 2025-08-12

Training workshop to be held on 14th and 15th August 2025 for the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of Dumbara Sanasa Bank.

  • 2025-08-14

Program on Strengthening Dairy Cooperatives

  • 2025-08-27

3rd nyeleni Global forum 2025 Sri lanka

  • 2025-09-06

The 6-day Third Nayeleni Global Forum in Sri Lanka concludes

  • 2025-09-13

NICD conducted a Sales Management Training Program for the Managers of Coop Cities, Mini Coop Cities, and Branches of the Rideegama Multipurpose Cooperative Society.

  • 2025-09-20

Board of Directors Staff Development Training Workshop

  • 2025-10-19

Capacity development training program

  • 2025-10-19

Two-days workshop on capacity development

  • 2025-10-15

Forum of Resource Personnel 2025

  • 2025-10-24

International Training Program on “Establishing & Strengthening Agricultural Producer Co-operatives”

  • 2025-11-03

International Training Program on “Establishing & Strengthening Agricultural Producer Co-operatives”

  • 2025-11-04