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Contents
• What is PMAF?
• For whom?
• Knowledge and skills
• Profitability
• Networks
• International certification
• Exercising social influence
• International operations
• Become a member
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What is PMAF?
• PMAF is a non‐profit organisation
• Mission: PMAF is a promoter of networking‐based project
activities and project management that
• strengthens Finnish society by developing the profitability and results of
corporations, private sector projects and public projects
• improves project competences
and skills among Finns
• Vision 2020:
• A promoter of networking‐based
project activities and
• a pioneer in project
management
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What is PMAF?
• PMAF is IPMA’s member association
in Finland
• IPMA
• over 50 associations around the world
• over 60,000 members in total
• PMAF has operated for over 32 years
• 2,700 members representing 600
organisations
• over 150 organisational members
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For whom?
• Individuals
• Operations directed at top management,
decision‐makers in the field of projects,
project professionals, project owners,
service and product suppliers, researchers,
young professionals and students
• Organisations
• Target group comprises private sector
corporations and organisations as well as
municipalities and state‐owned
organisations
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Knowledge
• ”Projektitoiminta” magazine
• ”Project Perspectives” magazine
• Member newsletters
• IJPM journal, 8 issues
• Books on the subject matter
• www.pry.fi
• Members’ meeting place
• Events and groups
• Research activities
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Skills
• Project activities and their development
• PMAF develops project skills
• PMAF and its network members offer all the services
and products needed for PM in organizations
• The skills on offer are listed in the Directory of Service
Providers
• Project days and other events
• Perspectives, experiences and tools
• Special Interest Groups (SIG) and
Comparison of Project Practices groups
• Specialised expertise in various areas, benchmarking
• Best and worst practices
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Skills 2
• IPMA Advanced Courses
• Skills enhancement for senior project managers,
consultants and trainers
• PE Awards
• Project Excellence Awards
• Assessment of Projects
• IPMA Delta
• Assessment of organisations
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Profitability
• Projects are an effective way of
managing and developing
organisations
• Good project skills create competitive
advantage, ensure profitability and
produce cost savings
• Competent people and organisations
motivate everyone to perform at
a high level
• A developed project culture makes an
organisation interesting and appealing
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Networks
• Domestic
• 2,700 PMAF members
• PKV and SIG groups
• Young Professionals Crew
• Partners and other organisations
• International
• IPMA (International Project Management Association)
• 50 associations with a total of 60,000 members
• Nordnet, ICEC, IACCM, PMI, IRNOP
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International certification
• PMAF certifies project management
professionals under the IPMA system
• Certification
• develops individuals’ competences and skills
• provides international and objective project
management qualifications
• develops organisational competence and
competitiveness
• The assessment of three competence areas
makes IPMA certification unique!
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Exercising social influence
• Developing Finnish society
• Project skills to become a new
core competence for Finland
• Project training in Finland on a
broad basis and across all levels
of the education system
• Project skills as citizen skills
• Improving the profitability and results orientation
of public administration projects
• state and municipal organisations
• Promoting R&D in the project sector
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International operations
• Developing international project activities
• Taking advantage of international networks
to bring knowledge in the field of projects to
PMAF and its members
• International speakers in Finland
and Finnish speakers abroad
• Exercising influence through
IPMA and PMAF
• PMAF members attending the IPMA World
Congress are eligible for the member discount
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Become a member!
• It’s easy to join PMAF!
• Attractive membership fees!
• individual membership EUR 50 (+ 23% tax)
• organisational memberships even cheaper
• Member services are free to all members!
• member discounts for chargeable services
• We invite you to join PMAF –
let’s identify the most economic
membership option for your needs!
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