Association of Heads of Institutions and Departments of Continuing Professional Education and Employers (CPE Association)

Association of Heads of Institutions and Departments of Additional Professional Education and Employers (CPE Association)

The non-profit partnership “Association of Heads of Institutions and Departments of Continuing Professional Education and Employers” was established on May 30, 2003 to help resolve problem issues in the field of professional development and vocational specialist retraining.

The CPE Association activities are purported to develop and advance the CPE framework system. The key areas of activity are as bellow:

• CPE quality improvement;
• Promotion of interaction of the CPE system with employers and their associations, recruitment agencies and employment services, professional communities;
• integration and coordination of activities of the CPE institutions and departments;
• representation and protection of the rights and interests of CPE organizations in the legislative and executive authorities of state power, local self-government and public associations;
• development of international cooperation with foreign educational institutions, their unions and associations.

The CPE Association membership includes educational organizations of CPE, higher educational institutions or their structural divisions running continuing professional programs, as well as public associations and individuals. Members of the Association are technical and humanitarian educational organizations, including those that train specialists in medicine, culture, and agriculture. Currently, the CPE Association is represented in 41 cities of 38 regions of the Russian Federation with 104 members.