Continuing Professional Development (CPD) or Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is the means by which people maintain their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives. It is continuing education (CE) as applied to professional development. CPD obligations are common to most professions.

Who is responsible for continuing professional development?

Whose responsibility is CPD? CPD is everyone's responsibility. If you work within an organisation then there is a shared responsibility between yourself and your manager (or your manager and your employees) to empower and support your staff to develop.

Who is the CPD?

The Commission on Presidential Debates (the “CPD”) is a private, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization. As a 501(c)(3) organization, it is eligible under federal law to serve as a debate sponsor.