What is ECF?

ECF is the professional association of all levels and specializations coaches.

ECF creates and spreads standards of coaches certification, coaching technologies, coaching programmes certification, coaching schools accreditation.

- 8th February 2002 Yury Galata along with the group of professional coaches organized International coaching association activity. Registration number 50008064961, Riga, Latvia.

- 20th February 2002 the International coaching association starts collaboration with the founder of coaching Thomas Leonard.

- 20th February 2002 as a chairman of the International coaching association Yury Galata gets the rights from Thomas Leonard for two exclusive CoachVille missions in Latvia, Riga and Russian Federation, Moscow.

- from 2002 till 2004 the organization supported and spreaded CoachVille coaches training professional standards using Internet, conferences, exhibitions, coaching professional training programmes, seminars and coach-club. More than 3000 people are introduced to CoachVille certificated professional coach training materials on the markets of Russian Federation and Latvia.

- 26th September 2005 the International association of coaching in Latvia received the status of ”European Coaches Federation” – ECF. Registration number 50008064961, Riga, Latvia.  

- 7th January 2008, based on the coaches experience, ECF studied the reasons of clients high results, developed and approved improved 3D–CEC COACHING(TM) standard for professional coaches training and certification.