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The International Association of Financial Management is a non-profit organization that aims to share knowledge and add value to the financial markets, through ongoing professional education and training. With our headquarters in Luxembourg, we operate in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Oceania while we aim to expand to new regions.

We are committed to bringing the best financial learning experience to financial institutions, corporations, governmental entities, and industry professionals, through high quality learning standards.

We focus on establishing healthy relationships with organizations that share the same vision, values and beliefs in regard to market development and progress.

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport is a worldwide organisation with an established International pedigree. With over 33,000 members working in over 100 countries, the CILT spans the globe. It is an organisation that offers significant benefits to all its members, as well as a complete suite of educational courses internationally. Established in 1919 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1926, the Institute has an exciting history behind it, but is always adapting to stay consistent with current logistics and transport issues. The Institute’s Patron is HRH Queen Elizabeth II. The principal objective of the Institute is “To promote and encourage the art and science of logistics and transport”. The Institute achieves this objective through both its membership and its educational qualifications. Membership provides a professional identity to those in the logistics, transport and supply chain sector an international recognition. The Institute’s professional qualifications educate not only those already in the sector, but also those wishing to enter into it. The Institute is represented worldwide with National Councils and Institute Branches. Each council is, in its own right, a seperate organisation representing the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in their territory. They all share the common cause of achieving the Institute’s primary objective.

CILT – UAE Council was originally founded in 2002 on the initiative of the former Director General Mr. Cyril Bleasdale and the support of a small number of CILT members situated in Dubai. The aim of setting-up a section in Dubai was to introduce best practice through professional membership and education within the Logistics and Transport Management in UAE Region. Sir Maurice Flanagan from Emirates Group took the initiative to start the branch. Since its launching (2002) CILT – UAE Council has manage to attract 700 members through the Middle-East Region and membership continuous to grow as the professional people from the industry, business community and students studying an MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain with different universities has recognised the importance and beneficial of becoming members of CILT International.

Knowledge Consultants, Inc. is a professional services firm founded in 1984. KCI provides consulting and professional education services. With over 50 courses taught worldwide,KCI provides the opportunity to develop core strengths in the following certification areas:

• Process Management
• IT Management
• Business Performance Management
• Business Analysis
• Analytical Techniques for Business
• Business and IT Architecture

KCI has expanded its training and consulting efforts internationally into Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. KCI has an outstanding list of current and past clients including many of the Fortune’s 100 companies.

Consulting focuses on the key areas of Business Performance Management, Process Management, Business and IT Architecture, Business Analysis, Using Analytic Techniques for Performance Improvement and IT Management.

Frank Kowalkowski is the President and CEO of Knowledge Consultants Inc. He has 30 years of management consulting and industry experience, in manufacturing, distribution, insurance and financial services as well as the public sector. He has been involved with wide range of projects that include e-commerce, application integration, ERP, change management, content management, benchmarking, business performance measurement, business and competitive intelligence, technology deployment and process improvement. He is the author of a 1996 book on Enterprise Analysis (Prentice – Hall, ISBN 0-13-282-3365) and over 80 papers. Frank has been the keynote speaker as well a conference chair at several conferences. He is currently working on a new edition of the Enterprise Analysis book (fall 2011) and a book on BPM for Managers.

http://www.knowledgebiz.com/

STREAM’s dream is to contribute to a more sustainable world, by focusing on “helping organizations become more efficient, effective and responsible”.

Its customers include both corporations such as Coca-Cola 3E, Cosmote, Carrefour, Heineken, Nestle, Mercedes-Benz, Henkel, Korres, NBAD, Worthington, Novartis, InterfaceFLOR etc., as well as institutions such as CSR Europe, EFQM, Leadership Center Denmark, WWF etc.

STREAM delivers consulting, training, speaking and outsourcing services, in the following Management areas:

• Corporate Excellence: organisation alignment, corporate assessment-EFQM, strategic planning-BSC, change management, innovation facilitation, workshop facilitation, experiential leadership etc.
• Corporate Responsibility: gap analysis (e.g. on-line assessment), internal organization (e.g. stakeholder engagement, data collection), program development, communication, reporting (e.g. CR reports) etc.
• Environmental Management: gap analysis (e.g. benchmarking), internal organisation (e.g. impact assessment, management systems-ISO14001-EMAS), program development (e.g. energy modeling, LCA-EDP), reporting etc.
• People Management: personal coaching, psychometric analysis, culture change, internal organisation (e.g. appraisal process, management systems-OHSAS18001) etc.
• Process Management: quality management-ISO9001, corporate auditing, risk assessment, business process modeling-BPM, information security-ISO27001 etc.
• Reputation Management: reputation risk assessment, reputation surveys, corporate identity, strategic communication, transparent lobbying etc.

www.stream-eu.com

The BMTG Management Team comprises of a select group of individuals, each of whom bring a wealth of experience and specialist knowledge to the team. The courses cover diverse but essential business disciplines such as: Project Management, Procurement, Change Management, Customer Service Excellence, Leadership, Business Operations, Insurance and range from Foundation Level, through Advanced Level to the Masters Level.

All of the Directors and Advisors have in excess of 20 years of experience in their respective fields and they continue to practice their disciplines via consulting or contract assignments, whilst contributing to the successful stewardship of BMTG Ltd. BMTG and its Portfolio of courses are Accredited and approved by Qualifi – under the UK Regulatory Framework. BMTG Project Management Courses are eligible for Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI)

http://www.bmtg.org/

Qualifi is a UK regulated awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications and assessment to schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning in the UK and internationally. For more information, please go to www.qualifi.net

The International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) is the developer of the internationally recognized certification programs of Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM), Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA), Certified Lean Master (CLM), Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP), Certified RFID Master (RFIDSCM), and Certified Supply Chain Technology Professional (CSCTP). ISCEA is the governing body for the Ptak Prize.ISCEA members hold mid to upper supply chain management positions in Global 2000 companies.

For more information about ISCEA, please visit, www.iscea.org or www.iscea.net

The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management enables both public and private sector organizations and professionals to achieve world-class standards in their contracting and relationship management process and skills. It provides executives and practitioners with advisory, research and benchmarking services, and worldwide training and certification for contracts, commercial and relationship management professionals. IACCM is a non-profit membership organization that supports innovation and collaboration in meeting the demands of today’s global trading relationships and practices.

www.iaccm.com

Consus International (CONSUS) has been active in the Middle East region for more than 15 years and following recommendation from regionally based clients in addition to the increasing commercial demand within the Middle East region for high level occupational and environmental risk management CONSUS established a local business unit (CONSUS Int. ME) LLC. to improve the accessibility and service provision to its regional clients. Consus International Middle East Health and Safety Consultancy LLC is approved and duly licensed by Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). Certification and approval was granted on the 18th of May 2011.

Consus has developed a reputation for bringing together extremely competent, professional and eminent consultants including specialist ‘contracted independents’ due to their international standing and specialism.

Their lead consultants have researched, developed and conducted training courses all over the world including the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia as well as providing strategic consultancy support. Their experience includes provision of training and consultancy for a broad range of clients active in a number of industrial sectors. Consultancy and training services have been delivered to a number of sectors including Construction and Civil Engineering, Education and Learning, Government Bodies and Local Authorities, Healthcare, Heavy Engineering, including Marine, Hospitality and Leisure, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Process industries, Police and Defence and the Telecommunications.

www.consusinternational.com/middleeast/

Business Productivity’s mission is to help companies improve their business productivity and increase their return on investment in Microsoft software by providing modern, business-related, impactful high-definition video training. The aim is to be the premier channel for business professionals around the world who want to work smarter and more effectively using Microsoft software. Business Productivity provides educational, practical, step-by-step videos that help you become more productive in your daily work.

Business Productivity offers 10 minutes tutorial videos, informative blog articles and online training courses through Udemy. The online courses are 1-2 hours in length and showcase how to effectively use Microsoft Office products in a business environment. In addition to accessing the online courses via Udemy, Innoverto and Business Productivity can also package the videos and deliver them through existing corporate learning platforms including half to full day workshops.

For more information visit: www.businessproductivity.com