Facts and figures about the IAPM

The IAPM was founded in 1997 as a loosely structured international network for project managers. The first international meeting was held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1999. Further annual meetings have been held in Houston/ USA (2001), Berlin/ Germany (2002), Budapest/Hungary (2004) and New Delhi/India (2005). In 2010 the IAPM published the "PM Guide 2.0" as the basis for IAPM certification.

Then, the project management professionals and scientists formally established the IAPM. It elected the Principality of Liechtenstein as the location of its headquarters and certification body.

Since the IAPM was founded, a large number of large and globally recognized companies have put their trust in IAPM certification. Companies that regularly have their project personnel certified by the IAPM include Rheinmetall, Diehl, Edeka, Siemens Healthineers, CANCOM and LIDL.

The IAPM is a registered trademark (CTM trademark and DE trademark) and its business processes and quality management system conform to the international standard ISO 9001 (standard for quality management systems).

The Federal Ministry of the Interior's Procurement Office in 2018: Evaluation of certification procedures, certification frameworks and certificates for project managers

As part of the public tender issued by the Federal Ministry of the Interior's Procurement Office for 'consultancy and support services in project management', the specification for the procurement procedure was published.

The tender is divided into three lots:

Individual project management
Large-scale and multi-project management
Project management of security-relevant initiatives

The Procurement Office establishes the equivalence of standards and methods to be applied in the delivery of consultancy services across all lots in the tender documentation. For comparison purposes, this explicitly includes the certification procedure, certification framework and project management certificates of the International Association of Project Managers (IAPM).

In short, project managers responsible for managing a corresponding federal project must hold a current and valid project management certificate. The IAPM certificate, "Certified Project Manager (IAPM), is recognized as being equivalent to certificates issued by other organisations.

Performance specification 1 (in German language)

Performance specification 2 (in German language)

Performance specification 3 (in German language)