IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the start of the new edition of Project Management Championship 2023. Are you a student enrolled at university with a knowledge of fundamental project management concepts? 

If yes, it's your turn to take the challenge!

HOW TO REGISTER

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- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (open from March 20 until April 27, 2023)

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time starting from March 20th until April 27th, 2023. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published on Friday 28th of April 2023

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with Baker Hughes - Florence - May 12, 2023

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, organized in collaboration with Baker Hughes, on May 12, 2023. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the national winning team of PMC 2023.

3° STAGE: International Final - Valencia (Spain) 2-3 June, 2023

The national winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final that will take place in Valencia (Spain) on 2-3 June, 2023.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

PM Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world.

WEBSITE TO REGISTER: https://www.ipmapmc.com/ 

Nell’ambito della collaborazione di ANIMP e della Sezione IPMA Italy con l’Accademia abbiamo il piacere di segnalarvi l’iniziativa "A multidisciplinary approach to embrace complexity and sustainability" organizzata da MeRIT Megaprojects Research Interdisciplinary Team del Politecnico di Milano in collaborazione con l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Polo di Piacenza.

L’evento si terrà nei giorni 9 e 10 novembre 2022 presso lo Spazio Convegni “Carlo De Carli” del Politecnico di Milano – Campus Bovisa.

L’incontro mira a promuovere il dibattito sui Megaprojects tra tutte le categorie di stakeholder coinvolti nella filiera di un megaprogetto e si pone l'obiettivo di riunire esperti - accademici e professionisti - con background e prospettive diverse, per aprire un dibattito e una discussione multidisciplinare sull'argomento.

IPMA Italy, in particolare, porterà le testimonianze di grandi aziende che prenderanno parte alla tavola rotonda “Beyond Megaprojects – The Stakeholders’ perspective on Megaprojects”. Una panoramica sulle prospettive degli Stakeholder per porre l’attenzione sui fenomeni complessi responsabili delle criticità e dei problemi a volte comuni che possono impattare l’esecuzione di un progetto e la sua sostenibilità. 

PROGRAMMA

Il programma è disponibile nella LOCANDINA.

ISCRIZIONI E SPONSORIZZAZIONI
Per partecipare è necessario iscriversi compilando il form disponibile sul sito Merit dell’evento: LINK.
Le quote di iscrizione sono riportate sul form.

Sito web: www.merit.polimi.it 

The Italian Qualification Round to attend the competition IPMA Project Management Championship is ended on May 22, 2022.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce four winning teams who will participate to the National Final on May 27, 2022, organized in collaboration with BTO Research.

The winning teams are:

1° - Politecnico di Milano

Team: Luca Brusasco, Riccardo Bicego, Alessia Boscarato, Valerio Campinoti 
Score 74%

2° - Università degli Studi di Brescia

Team: Federico Maifredi, Michele Ferrari, Riccardo Monti, Nicola Paolino
Score 73%

3° - Politecnico di Torino

Team: Paola De Lellis, Luca Alfonso, Biagio Iaconi, Anna Neirotti
Score 71%

4° - Politecnico di Torino

Team: Alessandro Gobbi, Mirco Bartolomei, Andrea Bova, Annalisa Bronzino
Score 65%

During the next few days each team will receive an invitation by email with all the details about the National Final, that will take place in Milan on Friday 27 May 2022 (9:30 - 17:00).

We remember that the winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Berlin between June 10-12, 2022.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the start of the new edition of Project Management Championship 2022. Are you a student enrolled at university with a knowledge of fundamental project management concepts? 

If yes, it's your turn to take the challenge!

HOW TO REGISTER

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- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (open from April 20 until May 22, 2022)

The deadline to register has been extended till May 22, 2022.

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time starting from April 20th until May 22, 2022. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published on Monday 23rd of May 2022.

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with BTO Research - Milan - May 27, 2022

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, organized in collaboration with BTO Research, on May 27, 2022. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the national winning team of PMC 2022.

3° STAGE: International Final - Berlin (Germany) 10-12, 2022

The national winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final that will take place in Berlin on 10-12 June, 2022.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Project Management Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world.

IPMA Young Crew Italy ti invita a partecipare alla prossima edizione di GeCCo Global eCollaboration Competition. 

L'evento si terrà nei giorni 5-6 marzo 2022.

Puoi scaricare qui la BROCHURE

PERCHE' PARTECIPARE

Partecipando all’IPMA GeCCo Global e-Collaboration Competition puoi mettere alla prova le tue conoscenze in project management e le tue doti multiculturali interagendo in una competition internazionale con altri partecipanti provenienti da diverse nazioni.

I partecipanti, suddivisi in team, dovranno risolvere un business case online di 24 ore no-stop e avranno anche l'opportunità di partecipare a sessioni formative.

ISCRIZIONI E DEADLINE

Per iscriverti contatta il Local Organizer per l'Italia, Giorgio Riccomini, all'indirizzo email Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 

Dopo avere ricevuto conferma dal Local Organizer potrai inviare la tua candidatura compilando l' Application Form

Termine candidature: 5 febbraio 2022

REQUISITI PER PARTECIPARE

- Essere residente in uno dei Paesi partecipanti alla Competition GeCCo 2022;

- Avere un’età compresa tra 18 e 35 anni;

- Avere una conoscenza teorica di base della disciplina project management. L’esperienza può essere un plus ma non è obbligatoria. È necessario conoscere i termini, le definizioni, i tools e le metodologie di project management;

- Una buona conoscenza della lingua inglese;

- Un pc e una connessione internet disponibili.

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Building a new reality in a sustainable manner in the era of digital transformation

This is the third time in the 57 years of IPMA that we have held our Council of Delegates in a virtual way, still conditioned by the global pandemic. A situation that has lead to all of us continuing to learn how to adapt to these circumstances of necessary change and transformation.

As we shared throughout this year at various IPMA events worldwide dealing with this pandemic period, resilience—the ability to respond to the crisis—has helped many organisations survive a turbulent year, but resilience is as much about reconnaissance as it is about recovery. During the days preceding our Council meeting we have made a great effort together with our Russian Association delivering our 32nd World Congress. It was postponed from last year and will this year take place in a blended format, on-line as well as face-to-face in the City of Saint Petersburg. The motto of the congress is “Project Management in the Digital Transformation Era”.

Digital transformation goes much further than IT modernization, from cloud computing to digital optimization and to the invention of new digital business models. In general, it refers to the use and management of digital technology to evolve or create new PM and business processes and consequently whole project portfolio practices, applied methods and methodologies, tools, techniques and associated competences. Digital transformation of our profession means the process of assessing customer needs and leveraging technology to improve project deliverables as well as end-user experience and satisfaction. End users being our customers, employees as well as other relevant stakeholders such as the society as a whole. IPMA thinks it is important that this transformation should also take place in a sustainable manner.

Digital transformation management is about evolving businesses by experimenting with new technology and rethinking the current approach to common issues. Because it’s an evolution, a transformation doesn’t necessarily have a clear end point. It’s a continuous process where management continuously adapts to a constantly changing environment. For this a clear strategy, programmes and projects are needed for any organisation that means to continually seek out ways to improve the end user experience.

Sustainable digital transformation is crucial because it allows Organisations to adapt to ever-changing environments and continually improve how they operate. I am convinced that the strategy to improve and sustain digital transformation in an organisation consists of addressing three pillars: 1. customer experience/satisfaction; 2. operational processes (focusing on PPPM evolution) and 3. business models.
An effective digital transformation approach will create a framework to follow throughout this ever-evolving process, taking into account knowing what the organisation hopes to achieve in terms of monitoring, controlling and tracking along the way.

The IPMA ICB4© (Individual Competence Baseline) addresses Change and Transformation in the Competence Area of Practices as follows:

Newly developed capabilities only deliver benefits when they are put to use, and when they are supported by the organisations and people receiving them. Change (as improvement of a current situation, keeping the past in mind) and transformation (the emerging development of new situations, based on a vision of the future) provides the process, tools and techniques that can be utilised to help individuals and organisations make successful personal and organisational transitions resulting in the adoption and realisation of change.

IPMA Chairman Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing now addressing the level of change and transformation management required by a portfolio will largely depend on the amount of disruption created in individuals’ and groups’ day-to-day lives, plus attributes such as culture, value systems and history with past changes. Change and transformation do not primarily happen ‘by design’, and are not usually a linear process. The individual needs to regularly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the changes and adapt the change or transformation strategy. The individual also needs to take into account the change capacity and capabilities of people, groups or organisations in order to help them successfully adapt or transform.

We will continue our work worldwide and see the future in a much more transformed, digitalized and sustainable way, addressing our new reality.

Jesus Martinez Almela, IPMA Council of Delegates Chairman

National Final of Italian IPMA Project Management Championship took place on July 15, 2021 in collaboration with BTO Research.

Students’ teams had to solve out the business case “BRIDGE project! New challenges for the company!” acting like they were the Project Management Office with the aim of strengthening the INNOVATION IN ACTION! Practice’s market positioning by creating a better link (bridge) between companies needs and the academic and research environment and properly managing strategy, roles and responsibilities, communication plan, etc. in order to ensure the success of the project.

It has a been a great experience for all students that were enthusiastic and glad to have this opportunity.

At the end of the day the Jury announced the winning team that is going to represent Italy at the International IPMC Final in Serbia (virtual event) between September 10-12, 2021.

Members of the winning team are:
• Vincenzo Messina
• Emanuele Musso
• Vito Terranova
• Matteo Zemello

They all comes from Politecnico of Milano.

A special thanks to BTO Research, the company that supported us in organizing the event and together with Young Crew Italy prepared this case study giving to students the opportunity to learn and improve their personal and professional skills.

The Qualification Round of IPMA Project Management Championship 2021 is ended on July 7, 2021.

IPMA Young Crew Italy is pleased to announce the six winning teams who will participate to the National Final on July 15, 2021, organized in collaboration with BTO Research.

The winning teams are:

1° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Federico Canti, Edoardo Beani Seri, Riccardo Del Frate, Pablo Dell’Orto
Score 77%

2° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Marco Roncatti, Sonia De Santis, Giuseppe de Leo
Score 69%

3° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Emanuele Musso, Vito Terranova, Vincenzo Messina, Matteo Zemello
Score 68%

4° - Università di Bergamo
Team: Annalisa Pagani, Giacomo Salvemini, Andrea Panunzi
Score 59%

5° - Università di Bergamo
Team: Samuele Carlessi, Claudia Piffari, Giorgio Termali
Score 50%

6° - Politecnico di Milano
Team: Stefano Rovelli, Andrea Simone Galbussera, Alessandro Pignati
Score 35%

During the next few days each team will receive an invitation by email with all the details about the National Final, that will take place on July 15 (9:00 - 15:00). 
We remember that the winning team of the National Final will participate to the PMC International Final in Serbia (online event) between September 10 and September 12, 2021.

IPMA Italy is thrilled to offer the opportunity to participate to the PM Championship competition to the students in the project management field.

Online registration for the Competition have been extended till July 7, 2021.

REGISTRATION

To subscribe you are asked to write an email to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. and Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. with:

- names of participants (3 or 4 students for each team) nominating a Team Leader;

- name of your University;

- name of your Team;

- contacts (email and phone number) of all participants.

After, you will receive a communication for confirmation with all the details to proceed to the Registration to the first stage (Qualification Round).

1° STAGE: Qualification Round (open from June 10 until July 7, 2021)

Each team, composed by 3/4 people, is allowed to take the Qualification Test (100 questions in 100 minutes) at any time from 10 June to 7 July 2021. To access to the online platform and answer the test, registered teams should follow the instructions indicated by email after their registration request. Remember:

> Each team can attempt to take the test only one time;

> Questions are in English language;

The results of the Qualification Round will be published within the 9th of July 2021.

The winners are the first six teams with the highest score. In case there will be two teams with the same score at n.6 we will admit the first one that took the test in chronological order.

2° STAGE: National Final in collaboration with BTO Research - Online - July 15, 2021

The winning teams of the Qualification Round will participate to the National Final, that will be in collaboration with BTO Research, on July 15, 2021. The National Final consists of a business case study, organized by IPMA Young Crew Italy in collaboration with the company. Teams have to solve out the case study and, after, present themselves and their project solutions in front of a Jury.

At the end the Jury will announce the winning team.

3° STAGE: International Final - Serbia (Online) from September 10 until September 12, 2021

The winning team will be invited to participate to the International Final of Project Management Championship, that will be online, from September 10 to September 12, 2021.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Project Management Championship is an international 3 stage competition supported by IPMA and organized by National IPMA Member Associations with their Young Crews. PM Championship objectives are to enhance student involvement in the field of project management, to rise the interest in professional project management at a national and international level, as well as to advance the dialogue, the knowledge sharing and know-how between research and the business world

We are pleased to announce the 2° IPMA GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE WEEK, that will take place from April 26 till April 29, 2021.

The yearly IPMA virtual event focus on prevailing topics of and around project management.

IPMA brings together best practices from all around the world to build sustainable business practices.

Project Managers play a significant role in building a better world because developments are usually realised through projects.

After a very successful start in 2020, where the IPMA Global Best Practice Week focused on competences desperately needed for the post-pandemic challenges, this year it focuses on resilience.

EVENT'S PROGRAMME: https://bpw.ipma.world/programme/

REGISTRATIONS

For individual and corporate registration to the event write an email to Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. 

Special discount for IPMA members.

Ticket includes:

- Live access to all event’s streams (Masterclasses included)

- Post-event recordings – valid for 3-months

- PDFs, PPTs and other materials available to download

- Digital Proof of Participation – after the event

Link: https://bpw.ipma.world/registration/

IPMA has completed the March Council of Delegates meeting online. As the World has been
locked down several times, we have seen at first hand the diculties experienced nations and
regions. The SARS-COV2 Covid-19 pandemic brutally exposed our vulnerabilities in every area.
One lesson we can learn is that we need to build our ability to adapt and withstand future crises.

During this pandemic period, resilience – the ability to respond to the crisis – has helped many
organizations survive a turbulent year. Resilience is as much about recognition as it is about recovery.
The resilient actions taken by organisations include investing in workforce initiatives such as reskilling
or redesigning work, diversifying operations, and developing technological capabilities to drive new
business models. Successful organizations adapted to remote working, kept employees safe, both
mentally and physically, and took actions to maintain trust between leaders and employees. They
also valued diversity, equity and inclusion and made commitments to improve the environment and
strengthen their communities.

We, at the International Project Management Association (IPMA), currently with 72 national
Member Associations worldwide, share with our members the skills and abilities needed to reach and
maintain resilience. We are the oldest network of project management professionals worldwide and
are 56 years in existence. We represent a professional network of people that promote excellence in
projects, programmes, and portfolios, supporting the development of individual, organisational and
project management technical and behavioural competences. IPMA has global standards in place that
define these competencies.

All these hard and soft human competences are needed at this diŠcult time. A time where regional and
local networks must collaborate more closely, addressing the specific challenges of the region or local
environment and helping to minimise the impact of the crisis. Today we must be more disciplined and
rigorous than ever while maintaining our humanity in the face of the pandemic challenges.

This past year shows that we are what we say at IPMA: we are proud to be part of the IPMA Family,
a family of professionals who build relationships for life. We develop our relationships so that they exist
far beyond mere institutional relationships. We stand ready to tackle the diŠcult challenges of the
future – together.

The Covid-19 crisis will provoke both ideological and economic earthquakes and we are moving towards
a new horizon. Some things will benefit from the shock waves; they thrive and grow when exposed to
volatility, randomness, disorder, stressors, and uncertainty. These will cause new concepts and strategies
to arise. This is our understanding of antifragility. This is the stage beyond resilience or robustness. The
resilient resist shocks and stay the same; the antifragile moves, reacts, responds, and gets better.

IPMA Chairman Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing now is to continue
taking care of our physical and mental health. We at IPMA have had to adapt and adjust everything
very quickly to the new situation over the last 12 months. IPMA structures, operations, projects,
regulations, events, certification, and our relationship with our Associations and key stakeholders have
adjusted. They all have the same objective: to win this battle against Covid-19 and build a resilient,
antifragile, and sustainable tomorrow. We can only do this together. We will continue as IPMA to focus
on developing competent professionals, committed to sharing valuable insights for our common good.
We will continue our work that began over 50 years ago and see the future in a much more virtual world
addressing a new reality.

CoD Communique 27032021

Free tickets available!

The Future of New at the IPMA SIG Innovation and Change Conference

La conference si terrà online il 18 febbraio 2021 dalle ore 15:00 alle ore 19:00.

Come possiamo gestire le trasformazioni oggi in atto?

Come possiamo rendere i progetti che gestiamo elementi catalizzatori di innovazione e cambiamento?

Quali competenze dovranno avere i Project Leader del Futuro?

A queste ed altre domande daremo risposta durante la conferenza, in cui verranno presentati case studies di progetti portatori di innovazioni e si approfondiranno i main topic: Creativity At Work, Building Innovation, Change Portfolios.

TOPICS

- Designing the Future: Leveraging Design Thinking in Projects, Michael Lewrick

- Innovation Dos and Don'ts for Projects, Susan Reed

- New Ways To Tell Old Stories: David Dobkin on Innovation in Hollywood, David Dobkin

Il programma dettagliato e maggiori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito dell'evento:

https://sig.ipma.world/future-of-new/

ISCRIZIONI

IPMA Italy ha riservato 5 biglietti gratuiti ai propri soci e certificati con certificazione IPMA (D, C, B, A) in corso di validità.

Per richiedere il coupon gratuito potete scrivere una mail a Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo. indicando i vostri dati.

Confermeremo le prime cinque richieste che verranno accettate in ordine cronologico.

Il form di iscrizione è disponibile sul sito dell'evento: https://sig.ipma.world/future-of-new/ 

IPMA Young Crew Italy ti invita a partecipare alla prossima edizione di GeCCo!

A 24 Hours Online Case Study Competition

Quest'anno la competizione si terrà nei giorni 6-7 marzo 2021

Partecipando all’IPMA GeCCo Global e-Collaboration Competition puoi mettere alla prova le tue conoscenze in project management e le tue doti multiculturali interagendo in una competition internazionale con altri partecipanti provenienti da diverse nazioni.

ISCRIZIONI E DEADLINE

Per iscriverti contatta il Local Organizer per l'Italia, Claudia Giacalone, all'indirizzo email Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.

Dopo avere ricevuto conferma dal Local Organizer potrai inviare la tua candidatura compilando l' Application Form

Termine candidature: 5 febbraio 2021

Il termine per le iscrizioni è stato prorogato fino a lunedì 8 febbraio 2021.

REQUISITI PER PARTECIPARE

- Essere residente in uno dei Paesi partecipanti alla Competition GeCCo 2020-2021;

- Avere un’età compresa tra 18 e 35 anni;

- Avere una conoscenza teorica di base della disciplina project management. L’esperienza può essere un plus ma non è obbligatoria. È necessario conoscere i termini, le definizioni, i tools e le metodologie di project management;

- Una buona conoscenza della lingua inglese;

- Un pc e una connessione internet disponibili.

Visita il sito ufficiale: website

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Il 30 novembre si è concluso il Delta Assessment di Terna Plus, società del Gruppo Terna, che ha ottenuto la certificazione delle competenze di project management della propria organizzazione nella categoria "Competence Class 3".

16 interviste condotte con più di 750 domande che hanno coinvolto tutta l'azienda nell'elaborazione del processo di assessment, conclusosi con successo.

IPMA Delta è l'Assessement che può certificare un'organizzazione per le sue competenze complessive in project management.

L'obiettivo è quello di accertare le performance dell'azienda nella disciplina del project management per proiettarle verso nuovi livelli di target attesi. 

Ci congratuliamo con il gruppo Terna Plus per il grande risultato conseguito.

Sotto è disponibile il Comunicato Stampa dell'azienda.

COMUNICATO STAMPA

IPMA DELTA

IPMA Delta® is based on IPMA Organisational Competence Baseline (IPMA OCB®) as well as on IPMA Individual Competence Baseline (IPMA ICB®) and IPMA Project Excellence Baseline® (IPMA PEB).

The world has been locked down after last March. Life in many countries is coming to a standstill due to SARS-CoV-2, who generated the pandemic Covid-19.

What makes this pandemic different from other ones is that we did not want to recognize and investigate this known risk further. The risk was always there. And available in a global world where information (authentic and fake) is transmitted practically in real-time. Assimilating this information is not an easy task for many people, especially in uncertain times. Most governments around the world reacted late and even
badly, at least at the wrong time. We need a common strategy for these types of latent risks, a portfolio that defines priorities and programmes that align the projects necessary to address the challenges.

We cannot leave our politicians, our institutions, our companies, and other responsible groups alone. Now is the time when we must share even more benefits of our profession. A profession in which success is based on personal and social skills (people-focused), understanding of(perspective focused) and technical skills (practice focused). For this, we need a common strategy, more and better projects, programmes, and portfolios. And above all, we need more competent directors/managers of these projects, programmes, and portfolios.

At the International Project Management Association (IPMA), we, currently with 72 national Member Associations worldwide, are going to do it. We are the first network for the project management profession worldwide, active for more than 56 years. We represent a professional network that promotes excellence in projects, programmes, and portfolios, supporting individual, organisational, and project management competences. IPMA has global standards in place that define all of these.

All these competences are needed at this difficult time. A time where regional and local networks must collaborate more closely, addressing the specific challenges of the region or local environment minimising the crisis impact.

All of us today must be more disciplined and rigorous than ever. In our respective fields as professionals and individuals, we must protect others by protecting ourselves. It requires us to prioritise others above ourselves. We must stay together by contributing facts, not fictions, reality instead of falsehoods, and simply doing the right things. One day at a time.

It is time to show that we are what we say at IPMA: proud to be part of the IPMA Family, a family of professionals who build relationships for life, far beyond institutional relationships. Ready to tackle difficult challenges of the future.

The COVID-19 crisis will provoke both ideological and economic earthquakes: we are moving towards a new horizon. We need to begin to build just now, at this very moment, with the social, economic, and political measures taken to solve this global crisis in each country and region. Hiding out and thinking that „it will clear itself soon” or „that everything can be solved with individual responsibility and selfdiscipline only” may not be the right approach for many individuals. But now, even more than ever, programme and project management, and portfolio direction are more necessary to be implemented. Naturally, by competent project managers. A new global scenario and „a new world” is coming, and we cannot ignore it. We are here – 72 nations, to help in this process and to do it sustainably.

IPMA President Dr. Jesus Martinez Almela highlights that the most important thing at the moment is to take care of your and our physical and mental health. We at IPMA have had to adapt everything very quickly to the new situation: structure, operations, projects, regulations, events, certification, relationship with our Associations and key stakeholders with the same objective: to win this battle against COVID-19 and build the desired, common and sustainable tomorrow. We can only do this together. We will continue as IPMA to develop competent professionals, committed and used to sharing valuable insights for our common good. Just as we have done for more than half a century. And now even in a much more virtual world, addressing a new reality.

Jesus Martinez Almela, IPMA President
VIRTUAL IPMA COUNCIL OF DELEGATES MEETING, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2020