Thames Valley Professional Institutes Partnership has a mission to ensure professionalism contributes to the region's thriving economy. TVPIP provides:

Support and promotion for Continuing Professional Development, professional education and training, with schools, colleges, universities and training centres.
Recognition of the contribution professional institutes make to the region's thriving economy.

Networking opportunities for personal contact and other forms of interaction between the potential and actual members of any participating institute.
Collaboration between institutes through joint meetings, promotion of and participation in each other's events.

Raised profile of professionalism, encouraging individuals to become professional within their chosen disciplines and elevate their status.
Communication networks between institutes, in order to foster mutual understanding of their objectives, approaches and benefits.
Point of contact to professional organisations for external regional governmental and administrative organisations and the media.
Framework for an online knowledge community for any professional to contribute to and benefit from.

Our core delivery channel to our institute members and their branch members, is the internet. Our web site is maintained centrally and by Institute representatives. Site features include: Aims of TVPIP; Our members; Links to member sites; How to join; TVPIP rules; Events programme; Distributed site admin; User registration; P2P bulletin board; Our sponsors; How to support us; Links to resources.

Between our management team, our members and their membership, we have an extensive network of professional and business contacts. Through our management meetings, representation at many joint events throughout the year, and our web site bulletin board, we offer unrivalled opportunities for networking within and across professional disciplines.

Using the communication lines and contacts we have built up between our institute members, we are able to co-ordinate better event programmes and joint events to minimise costs, maximise attendance and maximise networking opportunities.

TVPIP has agreed operating rules, and a management team of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Six to ten management meetings are held per year, to which all institute representatives are invited, in order to play an active role in the partnership.

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