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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Latvian Project Management Association Announces National Project Excellence Award Winners
The Latvian Project Management Association has announced two winners of the Latvian National Project Excellence Award for 2009 - one Project in the Medium Projects category and a second one in the Big Projects category. The Award Ceremony was held on 27th May, 2009 during the 9th International Project Management conference "Professionalism. Efficiency. Excellence," organized by Latvian National Project Management Association.

Starting from 2008 Latvian National Project management association announces application to Latvian National Project Excellence Award. The projects are assessed according to the principles and criteria's of "Project Excellence" model provided by IPMA.

The winner of the Latvian National Project Excellence Award in the Medium Projects category is the Project "Renovation of the Old Bridge across the River Venta and Establishment of an Attractive Tourism Territory in the Heart of Kuldiga."

Project initiator was the Kuldiga City Council. Project Team Members included the Kuldiga City Council, The European Regional Development Fund, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Central Finance and Congracting Agency, construction designers "Inzenierbuve" Ltd., landscape architect Guntis Kalnins and building contractors "MA-Taka" Ltd. and "AVA" Ltd. Project supervisors were "VCI" Ltd., and "Celu Inzenieri" Ltd.


The winner of the Latvian National Project Excellence Award in the Big Projects category is the Project "Bio-Venta biodiesel plant in Ventspils, at 21F Ziemelu Street."

Main parties of the project included The Client: Bio-Venta Ltd.; Construction supervisors from the client's side : Mrs. Ludmila Ovcinnikova and Mr. Janis Gaigals; Project manager from the client's side: Mr. Janis Adamsons; Technical Designer: Siltumelektroprojekts JSC; and General Contractor: Constructus Ltd.


The Latvian National Project Management Association (LNPMA) is a non-profit registered professional body of project and business managers with the aim of strengthening project management in Latvia. LNPMA is the Latvian national member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), Switzerland, the global federation of over 45 national member project management societies. The aim of LNPMA is to popularise and explain the importance of project management sphere for providing competitiveness of products and services in local and foreign market. For promoting this purpose LNPMA organizes seminars, educational services as well as annual international project management conferences and project management days in different regions of Latvia . LNPMA also has published journal "Project Management".For more information, visit http://www.lnpva.lv/index.php.


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