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February 2006
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IPMA EXECUTIVES MEET WITH IRISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Mary Harney with IPMA President Adesh Jain and Ed Naughton
Mary Harney with the IPMA Executive Board
The IPMA Executive Board had a successful private briefing with Ireland Deputy Prime Minister Mary Harney during the IPMA Executive Board meeting in Dublin last Friday.
According to IPMA, President Adesh Jain explained that IPMA represents 40 national project management associations and operates the world's most sophisticated project management certification system which provides a complete career path in the discipline. It has certified over 50,000 professionals of whom 1000 are residents of Ireland. IPMA Vice President Ed Naughton described IPMA's core message: effective project management is the key driver in the achievement of productivity goals.
Mary Harney stated that she recognizes project management is a business skills
set that applies to all sectors of the economy, public and private, profit
and non-for profit. Her own area of responsibility, the Department of Health
and Children, spends €12 billion annually and she greatly appreciates the
need to achieve value for the money by doing the right projects and doing
the projects right.
Mary Harney was first appointed Deputy Prime Minister, or Tánaiste, in 1997. She was re-appointed Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in June 2002, making history as the first woman to hold the title of Tánaiste
and also to serve a second successive term. She was appointed as Minister
for Health and Children in September 2004.
Source: IPMA. Photographs republished with permission