Proventures - PMI Global Registered Education Provider(REP)
The R.E.P. Program is designed to enhance the ongoing professional development of PMI Members, Project Management Professionals (PMPs), and other project management stakeholders through participation in various learning experiences and activities related to the field of project management. Established in 1999 as a service to PMI members and stakeholders worldwide, the Registrered Education Provider Program was initially envisioned as a means of identifying project management training available in the global marketplace.  From less than fifty registered providers in its first year, the R.E.P. Program has grown to over 700 training providers in 56 countries, on six continents across the globe in 2006. 

REPProject Management Institute's Registered Education Partner ( REP ) program “Recognizes” training providers who agree to follow PMI established criteria. They check and validate the course design, capability of faculties and approve them. The approved courses are published in PMI searchable database for the benefit of PM community. These are organizations approved by PMI to offer project management training for Professional Development Units (PDU).

The following are key criteria and requirements that REPs need to meet: 

  • Must be a legal entity
  • Must have offered project management training for at least one year
  • Must submit at least one sample course for review
  • Must have a PMP review the content of each course submitted into the REP database
  • Must show evidence of appropriate course selection, design and delivery
  • Must show evidence that content of courses is substantially consistent with PMI standards or is clearly noted as offering an alternate theory
  • Must show evidence of instructor qualifications appropriate to topics taught
  • Must use PMP certified instructor to deliver PMP exam preparation courses
  • Must make accurate representations of course objectives
  • Must be reviewed by a designated PMI reviewer before acceptance as an REP and once every three years thereafter

Progressive Ventures is one of the few organizations that received PMI's REP status in the year 2001. Currently Progressive Ventures provides a number of corporate and public training programs and workshops in the domain of Project Management.  PDU oriented training Programs from Progressive Ventures are published in the PMI database. 

*Source - www.pmi.org