PMI Colombo, Sri Lanka Chapter is the official representative Charter of the Project Management Institute in Sri Lanka, and primarily contributes to the sustainable development of Sri Lanka by introducing best practices of PM. Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s leading not-for-profit membership association for the project management profession, with nearly 1 Million members and credential holders in more than 185 countries. The worldwide advocacy for project management is supported by globally-recognized standards and credentials, extensive research programmes, and professional development opportunities. These products and services are the basis of greater recognition and acceptance of project management’s successful role in governments, organizations, academia and industries. The origin of the Project Management Institute (PMI) in Sri Lanka was a result of an increased awareness of the importance of project management due to the fast pace and global orientation that demands the professions today. The PMI Colombo Chapter, Sri Lanka (PMICSL) was formed and a public launch was successfully executed at JAIC Hilton in September 2004. The impressive number of membership and the positive response from them enabled the PMI Colombo chapter to achieve charter status in January 2005. Since then PMICSL has helped to produce more than 250 PMP certified professionals by initiating/facilitating conducting training programmes leading toward PMP Certification. The recognition of PMP credentials by ICTA - Sri Lanka has resulted in 100’s of public and private sector professionals receiving project management related training. PMICSL hosted the first SAARC Project Management Conference on Sept. 24-26 at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, in collaboration with Project management Institute (PMI) chapters in the South Asian region. The PMI Regional Conference 2012 organized by PMICSL, which is an event targeting a network of professionals, national and international, marked in the PMI Asia Pacific calendar for 2012, was held on 27th to 29th April, 2012, at Kings Court Ballroom, Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo.
