The five-day course concludes tomorrow at the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) academy in Rarotonga and is being conducted by Didier Chambaron – the head of education and training programme for the OFC Technical Department – with the assistance of CIFA technical staff.
Chambaron says the content of the course will provide each participant with the capability to coach players at a senior level.
“I hope my time in Rarotonga will be valuable to the participants,” he says.
“I am confident the programme we have put in place will help develop them in terms of coaching processes and game understanding. I am here to support the development of coaches and to raise the quality to the best standards each individual is capable of.”
The ‘C’ Licence is part of OFC’s FIFA-funded coaching accreditation pathway, which outlines the necessary requirements for coaches to progress from a ‘D’ Licence to an ‘A’ Licence and covers all levels of the game including grassroots, youth and senior football.
Based on extensive research, the scheme has been developed by the OFC Technical Department and is similar to those used by confederations in other parts of the world but with a unique Oceania flavour.
‘D’ Licence courses have been run in all of OFC’s 11 member associations and the ‘C’ Licence will be implemented throughout 2012 by Chambaron and OFC Technical Director Patrick Jacquemet.
Chambaron was responsible for holding the inaugural ‘D’ Licence course, the first step on the accreditation pathway, in Vanuatu last year and believes the scheme will be of great benefit to the development of coaches in the Pacific.
“The players in the region have a lot of potential but we need to improve the level of the coaches,” Chambaron says. “If we can do that then the players will improve very quickly.”

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