PURPOSE

The Professional Development Definition Program is to identify professional development and information sessions required by the federal real property community across Canada. In addition, the Program will evaluate, assess and, where feasible, incorporate provincial, territorial and municipal requirements in the professional development and information sessions. The outcome of the Program will be to provide a mechanism for real property professionals in all levels of government to remain current on issues, methodologies and best practices applicable to government operations and to provide a channel for industry to access government professionals and determine where and how their services might be applicable to government operations.

OBJECTIVES

The Professional Development Definition Program shall:

• Consult the federal, provincial/territorial and municipal real property community to determine professional development needs;
• Determine potential suppliers for the development needs based on existing programs from the community; and,
• Arrange for development, where necessary, and delivery of the training or information sessions.

RELATIONSHIPS

The Professional Development Definition Program reports to the Second Vice President. The members work closely with the Professional Development Delivery Program under the President and the Community Development and Outreach Program under the First Vice President. The Professional Development Definition Program receives assistance from the Executive Secretary.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Program strives to fulfill its mandate through the following activities:

• The role of the Program is to provide professional development opportunities to real property professionals working in a government environment and to provide an interface for the private sector to access and network with those professionals. The prime focus is at the federal level but it is recognized that Other Levels of Government (OLG) also have a vested interest in the activities of the Program;
• The Program, through national and regional contacts, is responsible for opening lines of communications with OLGs as appropriate to determine their interests in the Program’s activities and to determine what products might be available to meet overall professional development needs;
• Establish linkages with the professional development arms of industry organizations, i.e., BOMA, IMFA, National Executive Forum on Public Property, etc. to determine if there is potential for synergistic development of professional development training or information sessions;
• Develop, distribute and tabulate results of a professional development needs assessment survey;
• Develop and maintain Service Level Agreements with educational institutions such as Seneca College and CCIM;
• Offer Town Hall Sessions in collaboration with federal public sector real property departments;
• Develop a professional development strategy and outline the planning, coordination and delivery of workshops, training and information sessions across Canada; and,
• Produce a Professional Development Definition Program Report for inclusion in the RPIC Annual Report.

SECRETARIAT

The Willow Group will be responsible to support the Real Property Annual National Workshop Committee, including the following:

• Develop and maintain a workshop budget and critical path;
• Prepare minutes of the Workshop Committee’s meetings which are approved by the Chair prior to distribution to Committee Members;
• Manage all logistical requirements, including facility, food and beverage, audio visual, simultaneous interpretation, gala dinner facility, transportation, entertainment, etc.;
• Manage promotional requirements, including pre-press production, translation and graphic design for distribution via print, e-mail and web;
• Manage the development of the program based on direction from the Committee;
• Liaise with speakers, i.e., sending confirmation of their participation, obtain a/v needs, obtain presentations, expenses, special requirements, etc.;
• Manage the Tradeshow including development of a sales kit, solicitation and selling of exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities, coordinating staging requirements, ensuring that exhibitors and sponsors are satisfied;
• Manage the registration of delegates including all financial aspects (create a registration dbase, issue an invoice, confirmation or receipt to registrants, produce registration reports as required, produce financial reports as required, produce names tags;
• Manage on-site needs, including volunteers; and,
• Any other such duties as shall be required from time to time.