The American Academy of Project Management (AAPM) this month launched the first Certified International Project Manager (CIPM) training program in the UAE. The AAPM is owned by the US Board of Standards stakeholders.
 
Training organization provided by IIR-ME, a total of 34 delegates from around the region attended the program in Dubai which was acclaimed as a tremendous success by all concerned.
 
The Speaker for the AAPM who was the leader on the program, could hardly conceal his delight at the number of delegates who attended the first course.  ‘We knew  that CIPM would be a popular program in the booming markets of the Gulf, but the response has been fantastic. .  
 
Mike Wilkes, Regional Business Development Director for the American Academy was equally pleased. ‘ We had delegates from a cross section of GCC industries, from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE’  We couldn’t have hoped for a better start to our Project Management training program.’
 
A total of 34 project professionals form around the Gulf attended and all were presented with their individual CIPM Certificates and AAPM membership packs on the last day of the course.  
 
The next CIPM program will take place in Dubai with AAPM Approved Providers from June 29th to July 3rd 2008.  Details can be found on http://www.aafmgcc.com/cipm/