Over the last 12 months, CIHT can look back on many successes and achievements. We are very proud to have been able to deliver consistently across our strategic objectives during a time when we have continued to experience economic, social and political uncertainty.
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In 2022, in consultation with our membership, we developed our most recent overarching strategy. Here we identified three strategic priorities (promoting learning, influencing the future and promoting the value of membership) for CIHT to work on over the next few years. Below we have summarised some of the key activities in support of these that we have delivered on throughout 2024.
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Encourage and support members to achieve recognised professional qualifications |
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Demonstrate and promote the value of qualifications to professionals and employers |
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Embed CPD as an essential requirement for our members at all stages of their career |
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Provide mentoring and professional development opportunities to our members |
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Develop and deliver a digital learning platform for our members |
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Shape and contribute to transport policy across the UK & internationally |
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Maintain and develop relationships with national, devolved and regional governments, industry and the public |
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Encourage research and debate on a long-term vison for sustainable and integrated transport infrastructure |
Released raft of new policy projects including: |
Identify and share good practice through exchange of knowledge and information |
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Provide thought leadership on key highways and transportation issues |
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Help shape a long-term vision for the profession that will equip it to attract, retain and develop diverse talent |
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Provide equitable services and support to members wherever they are located |
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Build on our provision of international, national, and regional high quality, accessible events, seminars and networking opportunities |
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Launch a comprehensive membership strategy to achieve sustainable growth across all grades, diversify our membership profile and meet the future needs of the sector |
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Have a membership and governance structure and composition that is more representative of the society we serve and suitable for a modern professional body |
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The tables above are some of the examples of activity we have been delivering on your behalf. We are fortunate to be a professional body that represents people and organisations working in highways, transportation and infrastructure, who through their work, make a real difference to society and the economy. We are proud to be part of this and we look forward to supporting you through the work of the Institution.
For 2025, we will be expanding many of the activities above and looking to deliver even more for you as members. We will publish the results of our Training Research project that will report in the spring, we will have many more courses coming on CIHT Learn, we have policy activity looking at health and transport, decarbonisation and last-minute delivery and the culmination of our CLIMATES project led by Professor Glenn Lyons). From an influencing angle, we will feed into the upcoming industrial and integrated transport strategy. For events, we will run our Masterclass series throughout the year, our Emerging Professional Conference in April and the return of our National Conference in June.
We will be working more on our key themes of climate action, equality, diversity and inclusion (for example, through a new EDI digital hub; and professionalism (a new mentoring platform, academic route pilot, and updates to our good practice and professional development framework).
If you want to find out more or discuss anything in more detail, please contact e: communcations@ciht.org.uk
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