Institute of Continuing Professional Development
The Institute of Continuing Professional Development is the main institute concerned with continuing professional development in the United Kingdom. It provides CPD qualifications.
The institute has defined CPD to be:
"a process by which a professional person maintains the quality and relevance of professional services throughout his/her life."
The ICPD is part of the Continuing Professional Development Foundation, an educational non-profit charitable trust that has provided CPD since 1981, based in London, England.
The institute has corporate affiliates.
A Fellow of the institute can use the post-nominal FInstCPD.
In 2008, a new "Member" grade was launched.
A Member of the institute can use the post-nominal MInstCPD.
The CPD Institute cooperates with the Institution of Analysts and Programmers and the Chartered Institute of Building on professional development.
The institute has a newsletter.
It also runs a group on LinkedIn.
