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Approved Professional Development Centres

CII Approved Professional Development Centre status is available to training providers based outside the UK. The scheme is for centres delivering training towards CII qualifications only.

The scheme focuses on two key areas:

1. Quality

  • Effective evaluation of teaching
  • Up to date teaching materials and learning support
  • Suitable teaching facilities

2. Professionalism

  • Credible and competent tutors
  • Robust management systems
  • Student support services

Benefits

  • An internationally recognised quality benchmark for Training Centres
  • Assists in enhancing the reputation of your insurance and financial services training
  • Helps raise the profile of your courses to CII customers, helping you gain a competitive edge

The process

You will need to make sure you meet the Approved Professional Development Centre standards (PDF).

Fees

The approval benchmarking fees reflect the scope of the work involved. We would be pleased to provide a bespoke fee in our proposal.

What we offer

On achieving the CII Approved Professional Development Centre award we will:

  1. Provide support on promotional wording for press releases and PR opportunities
  2. Provide appropriate wording and the CII logo to use on programme material and certificates for delegates completing the Approved Professional Development Centre programmes
  3. Issue an Approved Professional Development Centre certificate and formally present this to your organisation

Existing Clients

If existing clients would like to enquire about the accreditation of a new programme this can be done by contacting the CII Approvals team directly at CIIApprovals@cii.co.uk