Continuous Professional
Development Initiative
About the Initiative
The Continuing Professional Development Initiative, aimed to support and encourage practitioners in the architecture and design sector to enhance and improve their professional outcomes. Through this initiative, the commission provides regular educational hours annually to each practitioner in the sector to enrich knowledge and strengthen expertise.
Initiative Goals
Knowledge Enrichment
Enhancing the architecture and design sector in the Kingdom by implementing various continuous professional development offerings aimed at improving practitioners' skills. This contributes to elevating competency and achieving excellence both locally and internationally.
Encouraging Innovation
We are committed to fostering innovation and developing professional skills by offering high-quality training and development programs to ensure the highest levels of performance and professional excellence in the Kingdom.
Maintaining Professional Competency
We aim to ensure ongoing professional growth by strengthening competencies and developing practitioners’ skills and abilities, in alignment with the demands and challenges of their professional practices across the sector's various disciplines.
Supporting Lifelong Learning
We strive to cultivate a culture of lifelong learning in the architecture and design sector, ensuring practitioners can compete globally by staying current with the latest trends and technologies in the field.
What is Continuous Professional Development (CPD)?
“CPD is a combination of approaches, ideas and techniques that will help a professional maintain and improve the knowledge, skills, and behaviors they need to carry out their work. The skills, knowledge and experience can be gained through both formal and informal activities.”
With CPD, you can:
Develop Your Skills and Abilities
Ongoing improvement of your skills and competencies through CPD offerings enables you to effectively meet the requirements of your role and enhances your professional growth.
Enhance Personal and Professional Growth
CPD supports your lifelong learning journey by providing regular and informal educational opportunities, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and enriching your professional character
Expand Your Professional Knowledge
CPD allows you to broaden your expertise by offering a blend of strategies and concepts that ensure you stay current with the latest developments in your field.
Target Audience
Practitioners in the
architecture and
design sector
Strategic Partnerships
As part of the commission’s efforts to achieve the goals of this initiative, leading organizations in the field of Continuing Professional Development, both locally and internationally, have been identified to organize and support related activities. Strategic partnerships have also been established with specialized global entities to develop and deliver CPD offerings on contemporary topics in architecture and design. Among these prominent organizations is:
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Register Your Interest
Take the initiative to register your interest and gain priority access to the platform, enabling you to benefit from the available CPD offerings