The Major Projects Association cuts across every business sector and every type of major project including manufacturing, defence, IT, infrastructure, engineering, construction and business change. Membership of the Association provides networking opportunities at the highest level to develop and disseminate better practice in initiating and carrying out major projects.
It is run exclusively by its members and is paid for by means of a single annual membership subscription, which covers the cost of attendance at most of our events and programmes. Each year a number of events are held – most of these are confidential problem solving seminars on current important topics selected by the members. All seminars are written up in detail and the resulting confidential seminar reports are made available to members via our website.
Our Professional Development Programme offers opportunities for people at different points in their career to learn more about the particular challenges of working on major projects.
Benefits of Membership
• Ability to learn from experience of others – we facilitate introductions, requests for help and match mentors with mentees
• Ability to network and influence those involved in developing, funding and delivering major projects from a diversity of professions and organisations
• Platform for members to showcase individual/organisational expertise – as presenters, panellists, bloggers and through member-led webinars
• Early access to improvements (e.g. evaluation of new methods, models, practice) through participation in research/studies enables
• Members gain recognition as thoughtleaders in development of best practice approaches and techniques
• Being recognised as part of an organisation which is pushing boundaries of good stewardship and practice – through our strategic initiatives on EDI, environmental sustainability and explorations into ethical issues relating to major projects.
• Highly cost-effective development for member employees through our professional development and community of practice activities.
• Participation in the board, committees, working groups and ambassadors network provides further personal development opportunities and raises the profile of member employees
• Ability to develop/enhance peer networks through our events and working groups