PM4SD is a structured project management methodology based on PRINCE2®, Projects in Controlled Environments, the de facto project management standard used both in the public and private sector worldwide.

THE FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM (FEST) has developed the PM4SD certification in partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University and it is  in charge of maintaining and disseminating the methodology worldwide, APMG INTERNATIONAL, is the certification and examination body.

• Executives
• Programme managers
• Project managers
• Team managers
• Aspiring project managers
• Project assurance
• Project support
• Operational line managers/staff

• Policy makers
• Destination managers
• Tourism researchers and academics
• Students
• Public and private tourism organisations
• Trade bodies
• Training organisations
• Donors

The PM4SD™ Foundation training course is a three-day intensive course.

Through dynamic lectures, case studies and small group interaction, you will be prepared to take your tourism management skills to the next level and enhance your contribution to sustainability.

The Foundation training will provide you with the knowledge and understanding to work effectively within a project management team to successfully deliver a sustainable tourism project.

The Foundation level is also a pre-requisite for the practitioner certification.

The Foundation training will provide you with the knowledge and understanding to work effectively within a project management team to successfully deliver a sustainable tourism project.

The foundation level is also a pre-requisite for the practitioner certification.

The PM4SD™ Practitioner training course is a two-day intensive course.

Practitioner is the senior PM4SD qualification, suitable for Programme and Project Managers already certified at Foundation level. Building upon the Foundation course, you will:

• Understand the relationships between the roles, management products, principles, components, techniques and processes;
• Be able to apply the principles, components and processes to a project;
• Be able to create and assess management products

You will understand how to tailor PM4SD effectively to a project within an organisation environment supporting PM4SD.

The PM4SD classes will stimulate new sustainable tourism project ideas through dynamic lectures, case studies, and small group interactions.

You will take your tourism management skills to the next level and you will be qualified as a PM4SD™ Practitioner, meaning you will be qualified to coordinate small, medium and large scale tourism projects and also as a trainer.

"Leadership and Management in Sustainable Tourism" is the PM4SD annual event. The PM4SD summer school is the perfect place to share best practices on how to deliver effective sustainable tourism programmes and is considered one of European tourism’s leading events.

It brings together key people from across the industry: donors, policy makers, industry representatives and project managers, as well as academics and entrepreneurs.

The summer school event was initially created in partnership with as Leeds Metropolitan University and NECSTouR the European Network of Sustainable Regions), It is now managed by FEST in partnership with the European Travel Commission, the patronage of the European Parliament and the participation of European and International Organizations, such as UNWTO, UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, the Travel Foundation.

PM4SD training courses are delivered by Accredited Training Organisations (ATOs), certified by APMG International.

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