In a four week e-learning phase with a subsequent face-to-face meeting participants will acquire extensive knowledge and practical skills in the field of Country of Origin Information Research. The next Blended Learning Course by the COI Training Network will be held in May / June 2010.

The Researcher is published three times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information.