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EUROPE - France
101/109, rue Jean Jaurès Number of members: 2.200 History: founded in 1975. The association published the first issue of its magazine Arseg Info in 1987, now published each month for more than 3000 practitioners. The first edition of our exhibition Proseg, now Siseg, occurred in 1993. In 2010, Siseg will be hold on the 16, 17 and 18 March in Paris, expecting 250 exhibitors and 10000 visitors (link : www.sisegexpo.com). The website has been created in 1997 and get now more than 20000 inquiries each month. Several chapters have taken place throughout the years around the country in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux and Nantes. Since 2005 François Delatouche is Chairman of Arseg. He is in charge of Real Estate and Facility Management for Bouygues Telecom. Current activities: Arseg is organized in 4 departments related to its activities. The first one is “communication”, handling with the editorial content of our magazine, web site and newsletters as well as institutional communication and major events. The second one is “studies and professional tools” in charge of the KPI database “Buzzy Ratios”, education and training programs and the current awareness newsletters. The third one is “marketing and development” implementing the membership growth and retention policies. Finally, the last one is the “life of the network” throughout the country via the coordination of the activities of the different active clubs and chapters. |
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EUROPE - United Kingdom Number of Members: 12,600 (as of September 2008) History: Founded in 1993 Current Activities: Information, research, networking, publishing, training, events |
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AUSTRALIA Number of Members: 1,900 History: FMA Australia provides a range of member services including networking and professional development opportunities, a national annual conference - ideaction including the opportunity for members to develop special interest groups associated with particular expertise or sectors of the facilities management (FM) industry. Through taking a leading advocacy role on behalf of its members FMA Australia:
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UNITED STATES Number of Members: 19,500 History: At the time, many facility professionals were members of other international organizations, but those groups could not supply the information needed to manage the offices of the future. The first step toward the formation of a more specialized organization occurred in December 1978 when Herman Miller Research Corp. hosted a conference, “Facility Influence on Productivity,” in Ann Arbor, Mich. This conference was the meeting place for the three founders of IFMA. George Graves of Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Charles Hitch of Manufacturer’s Bank in Detroit and David Armstrong of Michigan State University voiced a need for an organization comprised of facility professionals from private industry. In May 1980, Graves hosted a meeting in Houston to establish a formal organizational base for a facility management association. By the end of the meeting, a new organization known as the National Facility Management Association (NFMA) had a constitution, bylaws, temporary officers and plans to expand nationally. At the first annual meeting of NFMA in October 1980, there were 47 participants - 25 were direct members of the association. The attendees from Houston helped establish the first chapter and committed to host the second annual national conference. Shortly after the 1981 conference, the name was changed to the International Facility Management Association to accommodate a large Canadian membership. The growth of the new organization began to accelerate. Today, IFMA serves more than 19,000 members in 78 countries with 123 chapters. The association’s structure of 16 councils serves the vertical and specialized interests of those who manage educational and cultural institutions, manufacturing and petrochemical plants, research and development laboratories, financial centers, call centers, corporate headquarters, restaurants and hotels, casinos, utilities and health care facilities - as well as those who focus on environmental health and safety concerns, computer applications and real estate issues. To date, 3,670 Certified Facility Managers have been designated through IFMA’s certification program - an examination designed to test skills and knowledge in eight core competencies. IFMA’s annual World Workplace Conference & Expo event and its counterpart conferences, World Workplace-Europe and the Asian Facility Management Conferences, attract thousands of attendees each year and continue to elevate the importance of the facility manager worldwide. Current Activities:
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SOUTH AMERICA - Brazil Number of Members: 349 (september 2008) History: ABRAFAC stands out as a knowledge and information forum aiming at the defense of rights and interests of its members. Regarding vision, our expectation is to be a reference organization for the Brazilian market—functioning as both a consultation and support source for every facility management-related initiative. IFMA has been our benchmarking reference from the very beginning. Current Activities: |
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EUROPE - Hungary Number of Members: 39 History: |
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EUROPE - Switzerland Number of Members: 650 History: Current Activities: FM-MESSE 2009 - 26. – 28. May 2009 |
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January 2010
Brazil's FM association celebrates 5 years and Global FM pioneer is honoured in UK
2009 saw two celebrations marking achievements in building the global FM community.
Founded in 2004, ABRAFAC, the Brazilian Association of Facilities, celebrated its 5th anniversary this year. The association now represents more than 450 members from across Brazil. ABRAFAC has worked to raise the profile of both those working in the field and the FM profession as a whole.
The formal concept of facility management began to be used in Brazil around the middle of the 1990s. Although the activity is well established within large organisations and continues to evolve and gain status, FM still remains to be totally understood by local Brazilian organisations. read more