A seminar entitled "Basic Training of Certification Assessors" will be held in Chios, Greece during 31 May - 1 June 2008. It will be held immediately following the 4th SCPM and 1st IPMA/MedNet Conference on Project Management, which will be held on the Greek Island of Chios during 29-31 May 2008. The seminar will be a featured workshop for the conference; the seminar leader will be Mr. Gilles Caupin, past president and Chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and past Chair of the IPMA Certification Management Board.
This important seminar will provide participants with a better understanding of PM certifications around the world, an understanding of the IPMA certification system, and improved assessment abilities. On Saturday, May 31, topics to be covered include an overview of PM competence, PM certifications, the IPMA certification system and the National Certification Scheme structure; PM Competence Baselines; and the Certification Assessment Process. On Sunday, June 1, participants will delve into more detailed certification and assessor requirements, scoring, validation, revalidation, and IPMA certification policies and strategies.
For anyone planning to become an IPMA certification assessor, this seminar will be extremely valuable. To register or for more information, visit
http://pmgreece.gr/content.php?cid=events:scpm-TrainingSeminars or contact
2008@pmgreece.gr.
Mr. Caupin will also deliver a keynote speech on the topic of
“Certification of the PM competences in the Mediterranean Area," during the PM-04 conference.
Gilles Caupin is a diplomed engineer with over 40 years of experience in project management. He has been heavily involved for many years in the development of project management professional associations and PM certification in the world. He is one of the founders and a past-President of the French project management association, past-Chair and Distinguished International Fellow of the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC), past-Chair and Honorary Fellow of IPMA, and past-Chair of the Global Project Management Forum initiative. He is presently Secretary General of IPMA Mediterranean Network, as well as first assessor and international validator for several IPMA certification bodies around the world. He is also a Global Advisor for PMForum (
www.pmforum.org) and a PM Ambassador™ (
http://www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm).
The PM-04 Conference is a joint venture between the Scientific Conferences on Project Management (SCPM) which have been organized in Greece since 2001 and the 1st IPMA / Mediterranean Network (MedNet) Conference. The conference will support the IPMA/MedNet objectives of fostering closer cooperation, business relations and know-how exchange between Mediterranean and neighbouring countries. The theme of the conference is “Project Management Advances, Training & Certification in the Mediterranean”. The International Conference is fully supported by IPMA/MedNet (
http://www.ipma.ch/resources/events/Pages/default.aspx).
The Network of Project Managers in Greece, PM-Greece, is a professional project management society affiliated with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), the global network of national PM associations. PM-Greece was founded in 2005 to link together people from universities, contractors, construction management companies, designers, specialized software houses and others with an active interest in the application of project management procedures and practices in Greece. PM-Greece is one of the largest PM organizations in Greece, with strong relations with major Greek universities and industrial organizations. For more information, visit
http://2008.pmgreece.gr or contact Dr.
J.P. Pantouvakis (Conference Chair,
http://paris.pantouvakis.gr) or Dr.
K. Kirytopoulos (Local Co-Chair,
http://www.kirytopoulos.eu).
