The Challenge of Project Leadership

I believe the challenge of effective leadership in projects to be one of the most urgent the profession of project management has faced in recent times. Today, we throw the word ‘leadership’ around as though it is expected, as though it is something all project managers can do without having to think about it or […]

Increase competence mobility and how to share it with people’s country of origin: the case of Algeria

While Algerian Project Management Association is applying for IPMA membership, the French think tank Cread (Centre de recherche en études appliquées pour le développement) in collaboration with the ILO (International Labour Organisation) in Geneva has recently published a book with the title “From brain drain to competence mobility’. The book gives an interesting analysis on […]

Doing the right projects and doing them right

Most of the organisations worldwide recognise the increasing importance of projects. For example, the private enterprises struggle for a competitive advantage through projects, public administration needs to deliver more with less (financial) resources and even the Not-for-profit organisations need to demonstrate their donors the sustainability of their spending. Thus, more of the same, using the […]

From Ryadh to Jeddah: IPMA moves forward in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

After having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Project Management Chapter of the Saudi Council of Engineers of Riyadh in 2015, IPMA is now promoting the IPMA standards in the city of Jeddah. The objective is to respond to the request made by Saudi Council of Engineers to better understand the benefits of IPMA […]

Projects and project management in Kuwait

Recently, IPMA was asked to come to Kuwait and support the creation of a national project management association. The State of Kuwait is situated at the tip of the Persian Gulf.  It is bordered by Iraq and Saudi-Arabia. Already in the 17th century people settled in the area which is nowadays the metropolitan area of […]

Megaprojects in the desert: the case of Morocco

During my visit to Morocco with IPMA Executive Board, I had an opportunity to enjoy beautiful Moroccan gardens, one of which (Majorelle Garden) was owned by a famous French fashion designer, Yves Saint-Laurent. Interestingly, in the past Moroccan houses were called riad which means garden in Arabic. These houses had a fountain in the center, […]

Projects and project management in Morocco

The Executive Board of IPMA started into 2016 with a meeting at Casablanca, dedicated to an exchange of experiences with board members of the Moroccan Project Management Association (MPMA). The association was formed last year  and is moving forward to start activities in 2016 and beyond. The Kingdom of Morocco is a country of the […]

The Gordian knot of global collaboration

Globalisation has been an imperative for all of us in the last couple of centuries, starting with the discovery of “new worlds”, the increase in global trade and the growth in many countries associated with it. There has always been a downside through globalisation, namely competition, which also imposed many challenges to our countries. For […]

Projects and project management in Korea

My first trip in 2016 brought me into the Republic of Korea a fascinating country with a long history and an exciting cultural heritage. The history of Korean can be traced back 700,000 years ago, when the first people started settling in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. Nowadays, still many historical sites in Seoul and […]

Embracing change in 2016

Last year was a very busy and successful year for IPMA. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary during the World Congress in Panama, the first World Congress ever held in Latin America. Our federation of national PM Associations has grown significantly in the last decades, the 50th Anniversary Book shows the development since the beginning in […]