Career Development & Consultations Academy

The Career Development & Consultations Academy (CDC), in Cairo, was founded in 1993 by professionals devoted to the mission of education and training, with the objective of designing and delivering training, consultancies and academic services in Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa through 3 Departments and 2 specialized units.

CDC is a private sector organization employing a small core staff and maintaining a large register of highly qualified expert instructors and consultants who can be called upon to deliver programs and consultancy projects under CDC Academy management and quality control.

The President of CDC Academy leads the organization and is responsible for strategic planning. The Executive Vice President is responsible for legal matters and estates. The Managing Director is responsible for all other aspects of management. The different Departments of CDC Academy each have a Director responsible for the execution of policy and strategy and a Coordinator responsible for day to day management.

CDC Academy has a mission statement (attached) which captures its strategy and vision as well as a Quality Policy (attached) which captures in brief the purpose of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001. In addition, CDC prides itself on a unique quality of service and spirit of community.

The core staff of CDC Academy consists of one hundred plus Consultants, Subject Matter Experts, Materials Development Experts, Training Experts and a Research and Evaluation Expert all with excellent track records in their fields. As part of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2015, CDC Academy has rigorous selection procedures for its staff and subcontractors and monitors performance closely. Fitness to purpose is the key and both Consultants and Experts are matched to clients with very great care.

In order to ensure the capability to deliver and as a resource for future developments, CDC Academy maintains a “Prospective Faculty” list of highly qualified experts in addition to those regularly employed. CVs of CDC Experts will be provided upon request.

CDC Academy is currently situated on 2B El Nady Mosque Street in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt. Programs are delivered wherever is most suitable for the client: on clients’ premises, in hotels. Programs can also be delivered within Egypt or as In-house programs outside of Egypt.

The Faculty of the Management Development Department (MDD) of CDC design and conduct programs, workshops, seminars and conferences that are designed in response to market research surveys, and specially tailored to enable participants to develop their own potential, refine their job-related skills and make successful career moves. CDC Faculty also offers expert consultations in response to needs assessment surveys. Workshops, seminars, Diploma programs, and short courses are conducted both in CDC training rooms in Cairo and in-house in the organizations that request them both locally and out of Egypt. Tailored workshops and courses are designed to meet the particular needs of each organization. Training programs are conducted in either English or Arabic and in some cases, may be conducted in English but with the Instructor also an Arabic speaker. In the case of Language Development, all courses are conducted by qualified and trained either native or near-native speakers of English.