IPMA - Achievement Awards

PM World Journal IPMA Achievement Awards – making a difference.
Vol. II, Issue V – May 2013 Ewa Bednarczyk & Alan Tupicoff
www.pmworldjournal.net Report
© 2013 IPMA www.pmworldlibrary.net Page 1 of 5
Report from the PM Profession
IPMA Achievement Awards – Making a Difference.
Alan Tupicoff- Australia
Ewa Bednarczyk- Poland
IPMA Excellence Award provide opportunities for industry recognition, at both the
project and individual level, and for project teams and project managers to celebrate
their achievements.
Get familiar with 3 new IPMA award categories:
 Community Service/Development Projects
 Internationally Funded Humanitarian Aid Project
 Project Manager of the Year
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) current Project Excellence
awards program is the largest, most prestigious global recognition program devoted
solely to the advancement of the project management (PM) profession. In 2013, IPMA
have expanded the program to include its new Project Achievement Awards.
For the first time in its history, IPMA will be recognising project management
achievement within the sectors of “Internationally Funded Humanitarian Aid Projects”
and “Community Service / Development Projects”. Coupled with these awards will be
an award to recognise the individual career achievements of Individual Project
Managers.
Projects within the Humanitarian and Community Service sectors are often the
projects which make a real different in the social, cultural and economic development
of many of the world’s most vulnerable people. Project mangers working within these
sectors are often required to have highly developed communication and innovative
ways of delivering often sensitive and complex projects in remote locations.
By recognising the importance of such projects, IPMA is not only seeking to recognise
achievement by project management teams responsible for the delivery of these

projects, but also to facilitate further development of project management skills to
improve the effectiveness of delivering a sustainable environment to the people in
these regions.

The creation of the Individual Project Manager Award not only recognises an
individual’s career achievements, but also gives organisations a platform to boost
employee morale, engagement and performance by providing a pathway to seek
international peer recognition. For the organisations, it allows the potential for
recognition of the level of their PM maturity within the organisation as well as the
ability to seek positive publicity for the management of projects delivered.
Why should you apply?
Some of the questions that are often asked about such awards programs are “what is
in it for me” and “it seems too difficult to submit an entry”. In response to these
questions, there needs to be an examination of the aspects of these awards namely:
 Awards are judged against a standard set of criteria which are based on the
recognised competency standards
 Awards are judged by “industry peers” based on the written submission
 Entries are judged against similar projects within each award category
 Submissions are based on the outcomes of normal “project close-out reviews”
 Provides recognition for well managed, innovative project delivery
 Reinforces the importance of the most valued resource in project delivery – the
members of the project teams
How often have the achievements of project teams been not celebrated and been part
of an organisations marketing for future works. These awards offer a pathway to seek
the recognition of achievement and then to be able to demonstrate an organisations
real capacity to deliver projects.
For the global project management community, the Awards reinforces and showcases
IPMA’s position as the largest global federation of national based sovereign project
management associations and most influential global advocacy body for the
advancement of the PM.
What steps you need to take:
 Submit application free of charge until 10 June (avaiable on the IPMA web site)
 Present your achievement to the international panel of judges
 Prepare yourself to a participation at the IPMA World Congress in Dubrovnik.
For more information please visit: http://ipma.ch/awards/achievement-awards/ or
contact the IPMA Award Office Manager Ms. Ewa Bednarczyk award@ipma.ch
About IPMA
Founded in 1965 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project
Management Association (IPMA) was the world’s first project management
professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more than 50 national
PM societies in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. IPMA offers an
International Competence Baseline standard, a four-level project manager

certification, expert seminars and global knowledge. IPMA’s annual world congress is
one of the most important meetings of the world’s project management experts and
leaders each year. The president of IPMA for 2013-2014 is Mr. Mladen Radujkovic.
Chair of the IPMA Executive Board is Mr. Roberto Mori. Additional information about
IPMA is available at www.ipma.ch.
About the Authors
Ewa Bednarczyk
Krakow, Poland
Ewa Bednarczyk currently works for the International Project
Management Association (IPMA) where she has administered the
IPMA International Project Excellence Award Office since 2007. She is responsible for the
coordination of the projects’ assessment process, including organization of the assessors
training, assessors’ team composition, preparation of the Jury and final reports. She is the
first contact person for the current and potential applicants and those who are interested in
the Project Excellence Model. Moreover she supports the establishment of national Project
Excellence Awards among IPMA member associations around the world. Ewa is also a
partner in a company pm2pm sp. z o.o. which offers project management training in
Poland. Pm2pm mainly trains candidates for the IPMA certification. In year 2010-2012
Ewa served as the IPMA-Pl Vice President responsible for the Polish Project Excellence
Award. Ewa graduated from the Kraków University of Economics and Avans Hogeschool
in Breda. She is an IPMA Level-D certificate holder. In her free time she regularly plays
squash and treks. Her favorite destination is Nepal. Ewa is also an occasional
International Correspondent for PM World in Kraków, Poland. She can be contacted at:
award@ipma.ch.

Alan Tupicoff
Australia
Alan Tupicoff is the Director of ATsolve, an Australian based
training and consulting company specialising in contract and project management. The
company delivers Prism (GMP) training courses within Australia, New Zealand and South
Pacific. He has extensive experience over more than 35 years, in all aspects of building
and construction within both private and public sector. From 2003 to 2011, Alan was a
National Director of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), and is an AIPM
Fellow. Alan has also lectured in aspects of contract and project management within the
Vocational Training sector, and continues an active involvement in the Asia-Pacific
Federation of Project Management (apfpm) and International Project Management
Association (IPMA) - project management awards programs. Alan can be contacted at
ajanfam@gmail.com.

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