The IPMA International Project Excellence Awards program is moving winners forward in 2009!  Nominations for IPMA's 2009 Project Excellence Awards are invited now - the application deadline is 14 February 2009.

Pass on your own experience in Project Management. Gain recognition and prestige for your project, team and organization. Learn the Project Excellence Model. Apply for the IPMA Project Excellence Award 2009 and meet with the best Project Managers at the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in Helsinki in June.

In order to raise project management skills and to recognize the best managed projects in the world, IPMA introduced the IPMA International Project Excellence Award. The Award identifies examples of excellent project management and acknowledges innovative projects. The Award is based on IPMA's Project Excellence Model, a framework for evaluating project achievements and improving project management.

Those participating in the Award process will receive an in depth analysis of the submitted project by experienced assessors resulting in comprehensive feedback on all areas of project management that will identify strengths as well as areas for improvement.

In addition, the Award offers a unique opportunity to benchmark a project against other world class projects with the possibility of receiving international recognition for project success.

A full description of the IPMA Project Excellence Model and the application procedures are available on request from award@ipma.ch.

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 federation of 44 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA's Annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year.  The president of IPMA for 2009/10 is Brigitte Schaden.  Additional information about IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.