The Educational and Scientific Institute of Continuing Education at the State University “Kyiv Aviation Institute” is the basis for implementing the concept of continuing education, which is aimed at realizing the right of every person to lifelong learning, taking into account their personal needs, priorities of social development and the needs of the economy.

The reasons for the currentization of continuing education in Ukraine are: an innovative model of social development, the expansion of the information and communication environment, the growth of the role of human and social capital, the demographic situation, and the aging of the population.

The implementation of the concept of continuing education will provide the domestic economy with qualified personnel, competitiveness in the labor market, the correspondence of the labor and education markets, the satisfaction of the highest need of the individual – self-realization, the reduction of unemployment and social tension in society, and therefore – the national security of Ukraine.

In its activities, the Educational and Scientific Institute of Continuing Education aims to respond promptly to the challenges of society, introducing new approaches to organizing the content, forms and methods of continuing education and covering all components of adult education: formal, non-formal and informal education.

The main activities of the Institute are aimed at:

• ensuring the continuity of training of specialists in various sectors of the economy, primarily in the aviation and transport sectors, employees of state authorities, heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations of both state and private ownership;
• innovative renewal in the provision of educational services;
• modernization of the content of postgraduate education according to modern innovative programs;
• introduction of new forms of organizing students’ educational activities and effective educational technologies.

The tasks of the Institute are:

• advancing the qualifications, retraining, course training, specialization, internship of specialists in various sectors of the economy, employees of state authorities, heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations through full-time, part-time forms of study and part-time with elements of distance learning;
• participation in providing methodological, informational, and advisory assistance to regional centers for advanced training of transport workers, educational institutions, institutions, and organizations that provide training in the postgraduate education system;
• conducting scientific research, the results of which should be used to ensure continuity and individualization of training, its relevance and practical orientation, and the introduction of innovative technologies for implementing adult education programs.