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Accredited and Approved Professional Development Centres

CII Accredited/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

  • Provides an internationally recognised sector kite mark for your professional development centre, through independent verification and benchmarking of the quality of your programmes
  • 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

 

Accredited/Approved Professional Development Centre standards

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

Fees

The accreditation 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 Accredited / 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 Accredited/Approved Professional Development Centre programmes
  3. Issue an Accredited/Approved Professional Development Centre certificate and formally present this to your organisation

How to apply

Further information on the CII APDC scheme is available on our Accreditation Collaboration Portal
You can request a personalised quote by selecting the submit enquiry button at the top of the page. 

Existing Clients

Existing APDC clients can manage their accreditation reviews via the Accreditation collaboration Portal. Click here to log in.

NOTE: If you have forgotten your password to log on to the system you can click on the 'can't access your account' link to request a password reminder. Ensure you have bookmarked this page and selected 'Remember me' for ease of access to the system.

If existing clients would like to enquire about the accreditation of a new programme this can be done via the submit enquiry facility or by contacting the Accreditation team directly.

Contact Us

Please contact CII Accreditation Services at ciiaccreditation@cii.co.uk

View organisations that have been awarded CII Accredited/Approved Professional Development Centre Status