The Moroccan Project Management Association (MPMA) is born !

In June 2015, Moroccan Project Management Association (MPMA) was born. At this occasion a press conference was organized in Casablanca to which IPMA was invited. Journalists from TV, written and electronic press were invited by the board of MPMA to the Palace d’Anfa, a five star hotel in Casablanca. The elected President Ms. Nawal Gharmili-Sefrioui […]

ISO 21504 Guidance on portfolio management published

In 2007 the British Standards Institute BSI initiated the development of an international standard on project management, which was finalized and published 2012 as ISO 21500 Guidance on project management. This was only a beginning. All participants of that committee as well as IPMA as Category A Liaison expressed their interest to continue the journey. […]

IPMA Family Contributes to International Sustainability Goals at the United Nations

From June 23-25 a summit at the United Nations in New York was held to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the UN Global Compact. Business Leaders, Heads of Industries, NGOs and Academia convened to discuss the future of business in a changing world. GPM Global, a strategic partner of IPMA attended for the third straight […]

How to balance financial resources in projects through fundraising

The increasing demand in humanitarian aid and charity projects raises the question of funding and new concepts for financial resources. For example, IPMA supported it Member Association in Nepal immediately after the devastating earthquakes. The question is how to address the topic and how to find right resources / channels to raise funds, especially in […]

Designs, Methods and Practices for PM Research

Project Management is a pretty young discipline, but its development is dynamic and in the same time ambiguous. This is why the research of project management is so important. Some people argue project management evolves through its practice, others point out that it lacks a foundation in theory and research. Ideally, both approaches should be […]

GAPPS Background for IPMA

I was privileged to attend the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) Thought Leadership Session in Manchester as a  Green Project Management (GPM) Global member representative.   Reinhard Wagner commented after the recent GAPPS Thought Leadership Forum “a strategic repositioning of GAPPS, being the Global Standards Experts in the field of projects, programmes and project portfolios.”  This was my […]

IPMA activity in Ethiopia and Kenya

There is a lot of work to be done in both countries and it is no question in my mind that professional project management is an absolutely crucial element in the inevitable build up of infrastructure in both countries, to make sure that limited resources are used as efficiently as possible and projects are planned […]

Projects and Project Management in Finland

After returning from a visit to Finland I´d like to continue our series of reports from IPMA Member Countries. Finland is a sparsely populated country in the north of Europe. Most of the 5.5 Million inhabitants live in the south of the country, whilst Lapland in the north only accounts for 3.5% of the population, […]

New IPMA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct available

It is with great pleasure that I tell you about a project I have managed for the Research Management Board of IPMA. A successful project outcome has now been delivered, a Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (CoE) for IPMA. The modern project manager operates in a complex environment and is often faced with difficult […]

IPMA’s third project management conference in Algiers!

Project managers from all over Algeria met for the third time during a conference initiated by IPMA (Training Aid programme) in Algiers and organised by INSIM and Advantages Event Maghreb to promote project management as a way to translate visions and strategies into Reality. The third conference in Algeria took place on 23rd of May […]