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Project Management at the European Parliament (EP) celebrates a nearly 20-year-long journey. It was first introduced as PMME4P in 2003 and after multiple evolutions (WEM4EP, BPMEP, IPM4EP) ENGAGE was born and released, as a generic Project Management Method in 2016. Today, the ENGAGE methodology is the recommended approach for managing projects at the European Parliament and is proudly developed and supported by the Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support DG ITEC.

The European Parliament continuously seeks to improve its effectiveness and its efficiency when it comes to implementing its strategic and its operational goals. Over the past 6 years, the European Parliament has made a significant investment in this direction through the creation of the ENGAGE Project Management Methodology, and its establishment as the de-facto EP corporate methodology and organisation-wide promotion and support.

ENGAGE is based on well-established methodologies such as the European Parliament’s PMM4EP, the European Commission’s PM² as well as PMI’s Standard and the PRINCE2 methodology. 

About the Speaker

Nicos Kourounakis is a Management Consultant, a Trainer and an Author. Over the past 12 years, he has been leading consulting projects at major EU Institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank, and several EU Agencies across Europe. He is also a founding member and the President of the PM² Alliance.

Nicos has also been involved in international projects in Canada, the United Kingdom, and across Europe, working both with large organizations as well as with smaller ventures and start-ups.

He is the Author of the PfM² Guide for Portfolio Management (December 2021) and the PgM² Methodology for Programme Management (June 2022), and the Co-Author of several European Commission Publications such as the PM² Project Management Methodology Guide (2012, 2016, 2018), the Agile PM² Guide (2014), the PM²-PPM Portfolio Management Guide (2017), the ITSRM Guide on IT Security Risk Management (2020) and the ENGAGE 2.0 Methodologies of the European Parliament (2022).

He holds an MBA from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, a MASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada, and a BSc in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has also achieved several Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA-D, PM² and Agile PM². https://www.pm2alliance.eu/user/nicos.kourounakis/