PMItoday - June 2009

Registered Education Providers Also Show Growth

raining programs in PMI’s
Registered Education Provider
(R.E.P.) program provide a major
part of the courses and training
within the project management profes-
sion all over the world.

The R.E.P. program, now 10 years old, has grown from a system to identify trainers who could prepare practitioners for the PMP^®examination and help them maintain their credentials to a program that now serves the diverse training needs of organizations and individuals. The program educates more than

800,000 students a year in both online and face-to-face courses. There are over 1,100 training providers in 60 countries around the world and

more than 5,000 courses available.

A database on PMI.org simplifies matching training and courses to the needs of practitioners, and an online request for proposal program helps organizations obtain training and professional development programs that will help them with their own talent gaps.

R.E.P.s provided an average of 30 hours of training per student, for a staggering total of 24 million training hours per year!

R.E.P.s provided an average
of 30 hours of training per
student, for a staggering total
of 24 million training hours
per year! Although 2008 sta-
tistics were not available at press time
for this supplement, the vast majority of
R.E.P.s expect to increase the volume of
training they deliver by 25-30 percent
over the previous year.

Sixty-one percent of R.E.P.s are “global providers,” which means they offer multiple courses to the public. Universities and organizations’ internal training departments can also be R.E.P.s. All R.E.P.s are reviewed and audited to assure the best quality training.

To find a course offered by a R.E.P., use the convenient database located at

www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/ Pages/Find-a-Registered-Education-Provider.aspx.

PMI Educational Foundation Helps to Fill the Talent Gap

he PMI Educational Foundation
is helping to bridge the talent gap
by using donations to deliver
programs that will empower
the future of project management.

The Foundation is expanding educational opportunities for future project management practitioners by:

■ Helping primary and secondary school students become successful in life by learning through projects;

■ Helping secondary school students learn about project management as a career option and life skill;

■ Helping teachers learn about project management and project-based learning for their professional development; and

■ Helping students realize their dreams by funding more and greater-value academic scholarships.

Primary and Secondary School and Community Programs PMIEF is implementing and expanding project management and project-based

PMI Educational Foundation

learning programs in primary and secondary schools and community-based organizations around the world. The Foundation is working to build partnerships with organizations that share a similar vision of helping children become successful in a world where the best employers are looking for creative and innovative students who have been prepared by learning

21st century skills, which include project management.

The Foundation is also building resources that are available to PMI members, PMI communities and organizations so they can reach out to their communities and schools to introduce, teach and promote project management as a life skill.