1.Introduction - Identity of KEDIVIM I.U. Strategic Business Planning

The Strategic Plan / Strategic Business Planning (S.B.P.) of the Training and Lifelong Learning Centre of Ionian University was approved at the 6th Meeting of the Training and Lifelong Learning Centre, following the invitation of the President of the Training and Lifelong Learning Centre (KEDIVIM/4390/08-12-2023).

The S.B.P. of KEDIVIM of Ionian University is the product of analysis, mapping and critical review of the current situation of the KEDIVIM (internal analysis - internal regulation of operation, Government Gazette 2499/18-04-2023), as well as analysis of its external environment to identify impacts and opportunities for development. Therefore, the formulation and delineation of the KEDIVIM Strategy is developed following a kind of diagnostic SWOT analysis, in the context of which the strategies and the corresponding action plans towards the achievement of the strategies are defined.

The S.B.P. of KEDIVIM of Ionian University covers the period 2023-2026 and aims to maintain and improve the distinctive position of the Centre in the lifelong learning environment of the region and the country. The Centre's S.B.P. is updated on an annual basis, in order to include the new data that are formed on the one hand at the level of the Institution (e.g. Study Programmes, collaborations, etc.), and on the other hand at a wider regional, national, European and international level. In this context, the Centre's Strategy is obviously expanding, is reviewed annually and responds to contemporary challenges for lifelong learning at the social and economic level.

2. Vision & Mission & Values

The vision of the Centre is to become one of the main providers of further education, continuing education, training and lifelong learning in general at a national level and especially in the context of the subjects that the Ionian University treats. The Centre's mission is to contribute substantially to the promotion of the Ionian University to become a reference point in the national and international arena for the production, exploitation and dissemination of knowledge and culture, but also to broaden and deepen relations with the society of the Ionian Islands, but also with the Greek society and the European civil society in general.