Objective
This project has been developed by Meeting Professionals International [MPI], an organisation of meeting professionals specialising in planning and managing meetings. Meeting professionals require a wide range of general administrative and communications skills. Skills training is largely dependent on materials developed in North America for the North American meeting industry and which are therefore not entirely relevant to Europe. In 1995 MPI launched the Certificate in Meeting Management [CMM], the first professional educational programme in the European meeting industry, but with limited recognition. Today, in a context where corporations are increasingly using meetings and events to communicate with their publics and where conferences are often vital to advancement in many sectors, there is a need for structured professional training with a strong European dimension.
This project aims to address this need through the development and testing of training material and programmes over a two-year period. Materials will include textbooks focusing on meeting planning, organisation and management, and a CMM handbook designed on the case study format and with sections on examination preparation. Current CMM curricula will be adapted for university coursework with provision for work experience and academic training in areas such as hospitality management, communication theory and business administration. Trial courses will be organised during 1998 and feedback used for further curriculum development.
Impact
The project is expected to lead to enhanced training and to greater efficiency in the meeting industry across Europe.
Contract number : S/97/2/00247/PI/II.1.1.b/FPC
Domaine : Continuing vocational training
Contents :
Vocational qualifications
Forecasting training needs
Investment in training by entreprises
Products :
Training programmes/ curriculum
Certification frameworks/ systems
Group training with tutor
Public :
Trainers, designers & managers of training programmes
Managers/ Owners of SMES
Students
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701 50 Orebro
Sweden
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