23 Nov Prof. dr Vladimir Obradović elected for the IPMA Vice president
Prof. dr Vladimir Obradović, president of Serbian Project Management Association – IPMA Serbia was elected for the International Project Management Association – IPMA Vice President, for the period 2023-2025. From January 1st 2023, prof. Obradović will be dedicated as a vice president to the finance and administration, projects and events remit.
IPMA is a federation of about 70 Member Associations (MAs). MAs develop project management competences in their geographic areas of influence, interacting with thousands of practitioners and academia, and developing relationships with corporations, government agencies, universities and colleges, as well as training organizations and consulting companies. IPMA has spread from Europe to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and North and South America.
IPMA helps professionals increase and improve their competences in project, portfolio, programme, management, offering a wide variety of services, which are tailored to the local context. On a yearly basis, IPMA organizes a number of events and celebrates outstanding project management achievements by nominating and recognizing individuals and projects. IPMA provides professional certification for project, programs and portfolio managers, consultants, coaches and trainers in the field of project management, as well as the certification of organizations. The association also promotes and international registration of worldwide educational and training programs, and delivers a number of projects aimed to promote and develop the project management profession. Along with developed standards, research activities and publishing, IPMA activities are oriented to support individuals, projects and organizations that have excellent results in project management.
The election of the vice president was organized at the IPMA Council of Delegates. The Council of Delegates counts all MA’s representatives, from all over the world and reflects the global nature of IPMA.
Prof. Obradović has been active in IPMA for more than 18 years now. Recently he led the “IPMA WoS indexing” dedicated to enhancing the quality of research and publishing activity at the global level. Also, he was the Chair of the 10th IPMA Research Conference “Value co-creation in the project society”.
The Vice president position is a great honor and an extraordinary opportunity for professor Obradović, as well as for IPMA Serbia. We congratulate prof. Obradović and thanks to IPMA Family for support.