The Association for Project Management

APM - the Association for Project Management - is Europe's largest national project management association and its range of qualifications for project management professionals is recognised throughout the world. The Association was founded in London in 1972 as INTERNET (UK) and changed its name later to the Association of Project Managers, before adopting its current title in 1997. APM's vision sees the promotion of project management as the means of managing enterprise and change across all business sectors, and its aim is to provide a comprehensive framework for professional project management development for the benefit of both individuals and organisations alike.

APM's membership has grown from 110 in 1972 to more than 12,500 today, spread around the world in 77 countries, and the Association is continuing to attract new members at a rate of 9% per annum. Amongst the 12,500 members are over 250 corporate members, including some of the largest Blue Chip companies in the country and some Government Departments. APM is thus an extremely broad church, which accommodates and represents the professional project management interests of individual and corporate members across every sector of industry - if a business manages its activities through project management, then APM is interested in the individuals working in that company and the company itself, and offers them a professional home.

APM is a forward-thinking, progressive and enthusiastic professional association that has been at the forefront of developments in professional standards for those involved in project management since the 1980s. Much of the progress that has been made within the profession derives from the original thinking and bright ideas that were first debated and discussed within APM's network of 12 UK and 2 overseas Branches or at meetings of the Association's 14 Specific Interest Groups, or SIGs. APM is proud of its active, diverse membership, and their wealth of experience and talent is an essential ingredient in the evolution of proven methodologies and best practice in project management that continue to find their way, through the Association's readily available books and publications, to the wider public.

The Association continues to be very active in establishing further qualifications that are the benchmarks for professionals in project management. In Summer 2002, APM will introduce its Practitioner Qualification and in Autumn 2003, it will launch its Membership Qualification. New, multi-level Specific Qualifications in Risk Management, Contracts & Procurement and Earned Value will also be introduced during this timeframe. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) remains at the heart of APM's professional development activities and members are expected to maintain their knowledge base and competence at acceptable professional levels.

APM's services to members include the monthly magazine, Project, attendance at Branch meetings and meetings of other allied professional bodies, access to the activities and thinking of the SIGs, provision of the APMP foundation level examination in project management, assessment of Certificated Project Managers, accreditation of training courses and the organisation of many training events, seminars and conferences around the UK and, through the 2 overseas Branches, in Hong Kong and Singapore.

APM is naturally proud to promote the profession of project management within this country, and to play a leading role within the International Project Management Association (IPMA), as project management takes an increasingly global approach to business development and the management of change in an increasingly global market place.

For further information, please contact:

The Association for Project Management
150 West Wycombe Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP12 3AE

Tel: 0845 458 1944
Fax: 01494 528937
E-mail info@apm.org.uk 
or visit the Association's comprehensive website at
www.apm.org.uk