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Reported by Miles Shepherd in Krakow, Poland.

Young Crew members are moving through into leadership positions in the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Formed more than 10years ago by Dr Daniel Scheifele to prepare the next generation project managers for key positions in industry and in IPMA, Young Crew has gone from strength to strength with its distinctive approach to learning and development coupled with establishing professional networks among young project managers. Effective workshops have been held in Berlin, Budapest, Delhi, Shanghai and now Krakow.

The effectiveness of the program is shown by the appointment of Margrét Jóna Þórarinsdóttir as Iceland’s Representative at IPMA’s influential Council of Delegates. Maggý is currently a member of the Young Crew Board. Another indicator is the appointment of Andreas Perez-Madsen of Denmark as the Chairman of the Young Crew Board; Andreas is a member of Young Crew so we are seeing a move aimed at self determination by Young Crew.

Young Crew traditionally meet at the IPMA World Congress and as we went to press, the Workshop was taking place at Krakow’s Hotel Symposium with more than 60 delegates from 21 countries.

IPMA’s 21st World Congress on Project Management is being held in the historic city of Krakow in southern Poland during June 18-20, 2007. Special events both before and after the Congress also occur, including the 2007 meeting of IPMA’s Young Crew, as reported in this article. The local host organization for the IPMA 2007 World Congress in Krakow is Project Management Association Poland (SPMP). The Congress Chairman is Stanislaw Sroka, who is also President of SPMP. For other information, visit the conference website http://www.ipma2007.com/

Founded in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the world’s oldest project management professional organization. IPMA is an international network of national PM societies that serve the specific development needs of each country in its national language. IPMA provides an umbrella organization to represent them at the international level. IPMA is a global organization with over 40 national representative societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA’s internationally acclaimed 4 Level Project Management Certification Programme continues to grow, with over 50.000 professionals having now achieved IPMA Certification. The IPMA annually presents project management awards to teams that achieve great feats in project management. IPMA maintains its continuous presence in the global PM arena through regular hosting of International Symposia, Expert Seminars and its Annual World Congress. The president of IPMA for 2007-2008 is Veikko Valila. Additional information is available at www.ipma.ch

Miles Shepherd International Correspondent UK based in London Mr. Miles Shepherd is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in London, UK. . Miles has over 30 years experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, rail and business projects for the EU. Past Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Additional information about Mr. Shepherd can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/. Miles can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uka