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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUMMIT: Managing Projects in the International
Development, Relief and Conservation Sectors
INTRODUCTION:
LINGOs
(Learning
for International NGOs)
in partnership with NPOKI (NonProfit
Organizations Knowledge Initiative)
and PM4NGOs (Project
Management for NGOs)
will host a one-day Project Management Summit focused
on managing projects in the international development, relief and
conservation sector. This event will be held twice with the intent of
convening participation in both Europe and in the United States.
LONDON, UK
Wednesday, September 16,
2009
Venue: The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road, London, UK N7 6PA
WASHINGTON, D.C. Tuesday, September
22, 2009
The Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston
4610 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22203-1606
IMPORTANT - note that the venue for the DC event has changed to the Holiday Inn
Attendance is free of charge (lunch/snacks provided), but seating at each
event is limited
(100). We anticipate a high level of interest and ask that
participants register to attend via the registration buttons found on this
page.
The event sessions (see details below) are designed to address the interests
and challenges of a variety of stakeholders that are critical to the project
management success in international organizations. While some sessions
will focus on staff development, career pathing and certification schemes;
others will focus on project management information systems, intranet
integration and organizational process design. Given the event’s
cross-functional approach to the topic, the intended audience for the event
would include representatives of a variety of organization departments,
including (but not limited to) Overseas Operations, Human Resources,
Management Quality and support departments.
FORMAT AND CONTENT
The one-day program will launch with a keynote presentation by John Cropper of
Oxfam UK (see bio below), who will provide a survey of the current state of
project management in the sector. Subsequent sessions will explore three central
themes:
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Project Management
Staff Capacity Building Resources:
“What are some of
the capacity building resources available to international organizations to
help staff improve their project management competencies (technical,
leadership, personal, other)?
Michael Culligan
of LINGOs will facilitate this session which will explore:
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Free and highly
subsidized project management learning resources available to project managers
working in the areas of development, relief and conservation;
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Approaches to
ensure that resources are available to, and accessible by, national staff
located in field offices;
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Informal
Learning options that exist for iNGO Project Managers.
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Project Management
Certification:
“What options exist for project managers to pursue professional
certification credentials which are contextualized to the international
development, relief and conservation sectors?”
The PM4NGOs Initiative
(an inter-agency working group aiming to improve project management capacity and
impact) is working with APMG to develop a contextualized certification scheme
for project managers working in the field of international development, relief
and conservation. This session’s objectives will include:
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A facilitated conversation on the challenges of introducing/adopting
certification credentials in the international development, relief and
conservation sectors;
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An introduction to the contextualized certification scheme, including a mapping
of curricular content for both Level One and Level Two contextualized
certifications;
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A review/discussion of the draft content to be included in Level One and Level
Two contextualized certification examinations.
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Project Management
Systems:
“What solutions,
tools, and best practices are currently in use by international
organizations to manage portfolios of projects?”
This
participatory session will include presentations by organizations that have
developed/deployed project management information systems designed to improve
project efficiency and impact. Topics addressed will include:
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A current state
analysis of project management information management in the sector;
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An exploration
of organizations’ experiences adopting Project Management Information Systems in
the international development, relief and conservation sectors – including
enterprise-wide, stand alone and intranet based systems.
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Keynote Bio |
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John Cropper is an industry leader in Project Management with extensive
management experience in the charity and educational sectors. MBA, MA
and Prince 2 Practitioner qualified, at Oxfam, John manages a 17
country, $8.5 million programme focused on raising the voices of poor
and marginalised women in decision making processes that affect their
lives at local and other levels.
In addition to his experience managing field-focused programmes, John
also has worked with teams in the Oxfam headquarters office to design,
procure and install systems that include:
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The
implementation and embedding of Oxfam’s programme and project
management system.
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The
selection and piloting of Oxfam’s supply chain management system.
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