2013 edition of the COI Training Manual

COI Training Manual, 2013 edition

In October 2013, ACCORD published a revised edition of the training manual on the methodology and quality standards of COI research. Compared to the 2004 edition, the 2013 version has been rewritten, has a more readable format and includes more examples.

See the start page of this website for the 2024 edition of the training manual.

You can download the 2013 edition below:

English: Austrian Red Cross/ACCORD: Researching Country of Origin Information - Training Manual, 2013 edition
Korean version, translated by UNHCR Korea
Japanese version, translated by CDR, University of Tokyo
Russian version, translated by UNHCR Ukraine
Spanish version, translation courtesy of UNHCR
German summary version, published by Informationsverbund Asyl & Migration

For the first edition (2004) of the training manual (available in English, German, French, Italian, Romanian, Russian and Spanish), see this page: COI Training manual, 2004.

For more on COI research methodologies and quality standards, visit our blog on ecoi.net.