Current Grantees

Destination Imagination: DI’s Official Project Management Partner

"PMIEF's partnership with Destination Imagination will advance project management by 1) creating a digital learning platform to improve the experiences of participants and team managers and provide a mechanism for sharing educational content, tracking completion, assessing learning, and gathering feedback 2) developing PM learning modules for participants and team managers and measuring the impact 3) providing PMP volunteer opportunities 4) encouraging the completion of additional PM recognized training. The digital platform will include a team dashboard, a place where you can access training, project management tools, track progress, and complete surveys before and after the experience. DI will create two learning units for participants to learn project management and one for team managers to integrate PM competencies while leading their team through the challenge. DI will survey participants and team managers to learn more about the acquisition and use of project management tools. "

DiscoverE Partnership

To build upon and to safeguard PMIEF's 2013 investment that integrated PM into DiscoverE's Future City, the preeminent engineering design competition for middle school-age youth, by 1) creating an online learning management system ("LMS") that supports the virtual delivery of Future City and youth engagement; 2) developing PM-framed youth resources for the LMS such as an interactive game, experiential engineering activities, webinars, and career information spotlights; 3) designing virtual volunteer opportunities for project managers; and 4) embedding PM into business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, heightened impact, and operational and programmatic sustainability.

F1iS Partnership

To ensure F1iS staff and that of the organization's ICCs as well as its ICDP acquire project management ("PM") knowledge through fundamentals training and expert PM coaching so they 1) integrate PM into a global science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") project-based competition that annually reaches an estimated 1 million youth ages 11 – 18 in 51 countries; 2) ensure young people learn and practically apply PM to the competition as well as to their pursuit of their academic and professional aspirations; and 3) embed PM knowledge into business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, increased impact worldwide, and operational and programmatic sustainability and scale-up.

F1iS Partnership

Through the previous grant from PMIEF, Project Management has become an integral and assessed part of the F1 in Schools global competition. This grant will build on the previous work and engage additional students in learning Project Management through the Global Competition, E-Learning Platform, and F1 in Schools Primary Class.

FPS is a dynamic international program involving thousands of students annually from the United States and many other countries around the world. Future Problem Solving (FPS) teaches a unique six-step problem solving process which can be applied in the real world, in local and global communities, as well as in future societies. This six-step model teaches critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Coaches and teachers can teach the FPS problem solving model to their students in a classroom setting, in an after-school program, or at home for home schoolers. FPS also provide coaches and teachers with training, resources, and support. Since its inception, FPS has equipped over 250,000 students, from 37 states and 14 countries with problem solving skills.

INJAZ Al-Arab Partnership

PMIEF and INJAZ Al-Arab will collaborate to integrate project management into program offerings and build on the successful partnership model between PMIEF and other Junior Achievement programs. The partnership model will be tailored to empower youth in essential skills focusing on project management in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. INJAZ Al-Arab is the final regional partner within the Junior Achievement network that is not currently receiving a grant from PMIEF to build the skills of youth through project management.

INJAZ Al-Arab's staff and beneficiaries will learn and apply project management concepts and tools to best serve youth's future academic and professional goals.

INJAZ Jordan Partnership

INJAZ Jordan's mission is to inspire and prepare youth to become productive members in the society and accelerate the development of the national economy through contributing to the advancement of the education and entrepreneurship ecosystems. Over the past 21 years, INJAZ Jordan has established itself as a leading solution provider linking the public, private, and civil society sectors to bridge the skills gap between the educational system and the changing needs of the labor market. INJAZ trains 850,000 youth per year, and since its inception has impacted over 4,500,000 lives.

JA Africa Partnership

JA Africa will ensure JA staff and staff of 14 of the organization's member nations acquire PM knowledge through fundamentals training and expert PM coaching so they 1) integrate PM into the JA Company Program to reach at least 20,000 youth annually; 2) enable young people to learn and to practically apply PM as they design, execute, manage, market, and monitor their own small business; 3) equip youth to leverage their PM knowledge and skills as they pursue their educational and occupational aspirations; and 4) embed PM knowledge into business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, increased impact continent-wide, and operational and programmatic sustainability and scale-up.

Junior Achievement Americas Partnership – JA Americas

"Integration of PM into JA America's program and organizational operations, 1. Young people strengthen life, business, and leadership skills, as demonstrated by their ability to successfully design and implement a micro-enterprise, and 2. JA America's employees and those within its member nations (MNs) embed this knowledge in business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, increased impact, and operational and programmatic sustainability."

JA Asia Pacific

PMIEF will work with Junior Achievement Asia Pacific to build its organizational project management capabilities to maximize the impact of program delivery on youth in the region. Through this partnership, JA Asia Pacific will integrate project management into the company program, promote project management as a life skill, and reach 127,000 youth, enabling their full potential through project management.

Special Olympics Partnership

To build on the success of PMIEF's 2017 grant that increased SOI's capacity through PM fundamentals training for staff worldwide and establishment of its PMCOE to now enable the organization to 1) integrate PM into its youth leadership activities to reach 10,000+ young people; 2) ensure youth with and without intellectual disabilities ("ID") learn and practically apply PM as they jointly execute social good projects in their community; 3) equip youth to leverage their PM knowledge and skills as they pursue their educational and occupational aspirations; 4) further promote the importance of inclusion, with the aim of eradicating discrimination against people with ID; and 5) continue to embed PM knowledge into business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, heightened impact worldwide, and operational and programmatic sustainability.

JA Europe Partnership

JA Europe will integrate project management ("PM") into JA Europe's JA Company Programme and organizational operations so 1) youth strengthen life, business, and leadership skills as evidenced by their ability to successfully design and execute a microenterprise, and 2) JA Europe staff and those within its MNs embed this knowledge into business planning, administrative functions, evaluation activities, and development efforts to achieve desired youth outcomes, heightened impact, and operational and programmatic sustainability.

Special Olympics Partnership

Through the partnership with PMIEF, Reigniting Inclusion Across Ukraine will work in partnership with SOI to rebuild inclusive youth programming across Ukraine- the coaches, coordinators, volunteers, athletes, and national organizational leadership. Rebuilding these networks is the necessary first step on the path toward reigniting inclusive youth programming. Special Olympics (SO) Ukraine will direct resources and investments to re-erect networks across 12 regions of the nation, including: Kyiv City, Vinnytsia Region, Ternopil Region, Rivne Region, Volyn Region, Zhytomyr Region, Chernivtsi Region, Poltava Region, Odesa Region, Kyiv Region, Lviv Region and the Khmelnyskii Region.

JA Worldwide

The investment in JA Worldwide will allow both organizations to accelerate growth and exponentially reach more youth across the globe. Junior Achievement is one of the largest and most respected youth serving organizations across the globe. In 2022, JA Worldwide launched a new categorization for learning experiences called “Inspire-Prepare-Succeed”. The investment between PMIEF and JA Worldwide will invest in building the infrastructure of JA Worldwide and integrating project management at varying levels of the organization and within the regional programs identifying multiple opportunities to engage youth. Areas of focus for the partnership include digital engagement, JA Company Program global “enhanced” syllabus/curriculum with resource library, build relationships between PMI/PMIEF and the JA Alumni Network, and strengthen the Research and Evaluation processes between PMIEF and Junior Achievement globally.