Dear member,

We wish you all a very happy 2 0th Anniversary of PMI Belgium Chapter. During the first PMI Europe Conference in June 1997 in Paris, the idea was born to create a more local chapter for the Benelux countries. After significant preparation work by the founding Board of Directors, the PMI Benelux Chapter was officially recognized by the Project Management Institute as an independent component in the fourth quarter of 1998. We are proud to celebrate our history and continuity. We sincerely thank all the volunteers and the executive board members from 1998 onwards who have given their precious time, energy, knowledge, experience and dedication to help our chapter grow to where we are today. We also thank all our members as the chapter exists because of the members, by the members and for the members. Last but not least, we also thank all our current and old chapter sponsors who have always supported us through this journey.

The month of October is especially busy for the volunteers. It started with the long awaited PM Fair 2018 which was a huge success. Thanks to the PM Fair team for their hard work, their creativity, their enthusiasm and above all their facilitation skills which has proven that Facilitation is the ultimate PM Skill. You will be read more about the PM Fair in the article below.
We are now preparing for the next Chapter event that will take place on 24th October followed by Volunteer day event on 27th October and we hope to see you there .

 

PM Fair 2018 - Thank you all participants

On 5th of October we had our 19th edition of the PMI Belgium Chapter Annual Congress, The PM Fair 2018 . The congress was also the celebration moment of the 20th anniversary of the Chapter. We were 220 participants for this session; a BIG THANK YOU for your participation; your enthusiasm for taking part in all activities; all your smiling faces during the day. All of your positive feedbacks are confirming that you adopted this new PM Fair concept.

 

 

Once again, the Volunteering Team has made a tremendous job during the last 10 months for setting up an outstanding event. We would like to congratulate all speakers and volunteers who made this event such a great success. Without their contribution this congress would simply not exist. The contribution of the sponsors to this event is also of great importance as they support a part of the costs and also took part in the animation of the Inspiration Hall. Thanks to all our sponsors for their unwavering support.

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Leave a footprint of your experience as PMI Volunteer

On 28 February, 2012 the Project Management Institute launched a new system to manage their volunteers called VRMS (Volunteer Relationship Management System) ( https://vrms.pmi.org).
This project contributed highly to the value of the volunteers as the they are now able to collaborate with others in volunteering assignments both locally or globally.
We strongly advise to update your VRMS profile with the latest information, so your contribution to the project management society can be valued.

In case you have questions on the use of VRMS you can download a user’s manual in the Document section of the PMI Belgium Chapter website. This manual describes how to

register, how to update your volunteering history, how to search for volunteering opportunities, how to apply for an opportunity and how to claim PDUs after completing a volunteering assignment.
Time worked as a volunteer can be claimed through the Continuing Certification Requirements System (https :// ccrs.pmi.org) in the category “Giving Back”. This is the same category that you use to report PDUs on your “Work as a Practitioner” and “Create Content”. Be aware that the number of PDUs you can claim through “Giving Back” is limited to:

• 25 PDUs (applicable for the PMP, PgMP, PfMP and PMI-PBA certifications)
• 12 PDUs (applicable for the PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP and PMI-SP certifications)

Should you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Director or Associate Director of Volunteering on volunteering@pmi-belgium.be

Upcoming events

Chapter Event- 24th October

Venue:

VDAB, Virginie Lovelinggebouw (VAC)

Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein 70

9000 Gent

Read more about Chapter Event – 24th of October 2018

 

2nd Volunteering Day for the PMI Belgium Chapter

As announced in the previous newsletter, the 2nd volunteering day will take place
on Saturday the 27th of October 2018
from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Venue:

Thon Hotel Brussels Airport

Berkenlaan 4

1831 Machelen

Read more about Volunteering day event

Volunteering opportunities - We still need some help!

 Below you can find a list of all opportunities that are still open today. If you are able and willing to help please apply for one of these roles through VRMS (vrms.pmi.org) or send an email to volunteering@pmi-belgium.be.

Reference	Description	Date
16408	Registration desk @ VDAB event on 24/10/2018	24/10/2018
16409	Catering help @ VDAB event on 24/10/2018	24/10/2018
16410	Photographer @ VDAB event on 24/10/2018	24/10/2018
15613	Satellite Event – leader (generic)	Not defined
15614	Chapter Event – facilitator (generic)	Not defined

 

Interview with Jan De Baere on Sense and Nonsense of Estimates

Frank Turley, the director of professional development interviewed Jan De Baere this month to learn about the different techniques of estimation. Jan De Baere is an Agile Enterprise coach and well known international speaker. One of the subjects he often speaks about is estimation. He also specialises in the organisational & leadership part of business agility.
Click here to read the interview.

New PMI Belgium Website

Parisa Golshan, our social media and website expert has done fabulous work to design a new modern version of our website. The new PMI Belgium website is available on the same old url: www.pmi-belgium.be. We hope that you will enjoy this new version. The migration have been completed, there might be a problem in the view of some pages which will be solved during the next weeks. We thank you for your patience.

 

PMI Belgium Board