The Irish Franchising Skillnet was launched in 2008 it is the training network for those involved in the Franchise sector in Ireland and it is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd. funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills. 

It offers access to training under themes such as In house training, Open Programmes, Development of Open Programmes and Certified Accredited Programmes and access to specialist trainers to the Sector who have been openly procured.