FERMA Press Release "Certification"

1. Press release
1 October 2013
FERMA and members agree to risk management
certification project
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations
(FERMA) and the presidents of its member associations have
agreed in principle to create a European certificate of
professional competence for risk managers, FERMA Vice
President Michel Dennery announced today (Tue) during the
FERMA Forum 2013.
Michel is the head of the FERMA working party on
certification. He said: “We reached consensus on the
certification project with the presidents of our associations at
a meeting held here at the FERMA Forum in Maastricht. We
now have to discuss the practical issues, and we will be
working with the member associations to do that.
“This is a really exciting project for FERMA. Certification will
take time to develop and there are plenty of details to be
discussed but we believe European certification can bring real
value to our member associations and their members.”
Michel emphasised that FERMA will use the education and
training programmes already under way or in development by
its member associations to create a framework of best
practice. Eight associations already have an education program,
through their own education body, such as AMRAE Formation,
or through partnerships with universities or high schools.
“We are looking to create a framework to leverage the work
that our members are doing.FERMA has never intended to
become an education body,” he emphasised. “On the contrary,
our intention is that the educational institutions will use this
European body of knowledge to ensure that their diplomas
meet the profession’s expectations.”

2. Each association has been asked to nominate one of its
members to work with the FERMA certification technical
committee composed of FERMA board member Isabel
Martinez and technical advisor Marie Gemma Dequae. Both of
them have extensive experience of higher education.
The next step is for this group to define the scope of the
certification. “This will obviously take more than a few
months, but we hope to have a first draft of the knowledge
and competences within a year,” said Michel. “Some
associations have already provided material for the group to
work on, so we are not starting with a completely blank
sheet.”
At the same time, Carl Leeman, the President of the
International Association of Risk and Insurance Management
Associations (IFRIMA), said that IFRIMA will pursue the
development of an international certificate in consultation with
FERMA and US and Latin American risk management
associations. A working group from these associations will
meet in January to discuss the next steps.
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About FERMA
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations
(FERMA) brings together 22 national risk management
associations in 20 European countries. FERMA has 4,200
individual members representing a wide range of business
sectors from major industrial and commercial companies to
financial institutions and local government bodies. These
members play a crucial role for their organisations with
respect to the management and treatment of complex risks
and insurance issues.

3. Member associations are from the following countries:
Belgium (BELRIM), Czech Republic (ASPAR CZ), Denmark
(DARIM), Finland (FinnRiMa), France (AMRAE), Germany
(DVS/BfV), Italy (ANRA), Luxembourg (ALRiM), Malta
(MARM), Netherlands (NARIM), Norway (NORIMA), Poland
(POLRISK), Portugal (APOGERIS), Russia (RusRisk), Slovenia
(Sl.RISK), Spain (AGERS and IGREA), Sweden (SWERMA),
Switzerland (SIRM), Turkey (ERMA) and United Kingdom
(Airmic).