PMI Belgium: Historic Background

Since the early nineties, PMI members residing in the Belgium - Luxembourg area were part of a large chapter called Norden.

At a 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 of a 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.

Since that start-up, our chapter has grown to one of the largest in Europe.At the end of July 2001, the chapter had more than 500 members and more than 300 certified individuals.

In November 2001, the new PMI Netherlands Chapter was founded and as a result of this split our chapter was renamed PMI Belgium Chapter from January 1, 2002 onwards. The PMI Belgium Chapter has members in Belgium and Luxembourg.

At this moment, the foundation of PMI Luxemburg is under review.