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Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in Helsinki

Asociacion Mexicana de Ingenieria de Proyectos (AMIP), the Mexican Project Engineering Association application for membership in the International Project Management Association (IPMA) was unanimously approved by the IPMA Council of Delegates at the council meeting on March 28th 2010 in The Hague, Netherlands. The AMIP IPMA membership is a result of the IPMA LACC Project which is introducing Latin American countries to IPMA membership and operations. AMIP was represented in Council of Delegates meeting by Dr Benjamin Figueroa Sandoval, AMIP President, Dr Oscar Figueroa, AMIP Board member, and Mr Jorge Peart, AMIP Board member and Chairman of the AMIP Certification Body.

Dr Figueroa Sandoval, AMIP President, has been head of the Rural Development Office from the Ministry of Agriculture in Mexico, as well as General Director of the Colegio de Postgraduados, a teaching and research institution for agricultural sciences. Dr Figueroa has a vast experience in project managing in education, research and development in agricultural areas for rural development. At the moment he is leading several research and development projects in the states of San Luis Potosí and Campeche, Mexico. Dr Figueroa Sandoval can be contacted at Benjamin@colpos.mx.(photos courtesy Jouko Vaskimo)

Mrs Brigitte Schaden, IPMA President, says "I am so happy to see Mexico coming back to the IPMA family. I am sure that with this new and active member association IPMA has a strong and visible partner in Middle America. It's so important for us to provide our services there. The market demand for our competency-based 4 Level Certification System is increasing. For IPMA it's a must to give the project managers in Mexico the advantage to get certified in a mature way." Mrs Schaden can be contacted at Brigitte.Schaden@ipma.ch .

Mr Miles Shepherd, IPMA Council of Delegates Chairman, commented that the accession of the Mexican Association marks another major step for IPMA: "We know and value the work done by Dr Martínez-Almela who has introduced us to our colleagues in Mexico and so it is with great pleasure that we welcome this latest member of the world-wide IPMA family. We look forward to their active participation in the development of project managers and the profession in Latin America and we will support them in this important work." Mr Shepherd can be contacted at Miles.Shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk.

AMIP was warmly welcomed in to the global family of IPMA Member Associations by all participants of the IPMA Council of Delegates.

In the photograph (from left to right): Mr Jorge Peart, AMIP Board member and Chairman of the AMIP Certification Body, Dr Benjamin Figueroa Sandoval, AMIP President, Dr Jesús Martínez-Almela, IPMA LACC Project Manager, Mrs Brigitte Schaden, IPMA President, and Dr Oscar Figueroa, AMIP Board member.

Founded in 1965 and registered in Switzerland, International Project Management Association (IPMA) is the oldest project management professional organization in the world. IPMA is an international federation of more than 50 national project management societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA 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 2010 is Mrs Brigitte Schaden. For further information on IPMA please navigate to www.ipma.ch.