EABPM is an incorporation formed by a group of legally independent national associations in Europe that are committed to the development and promotion of Business Process Management (BPM).

Objectives

EABPM pursues the following main objectives:

• Neutral, independent and non-commercial promotion of BPM;
• Development, consolidation and worldwide standardisation of all relevant issues of BPM;
• Management and dissemination of in-depth knowledge of BPM;
• Review of technical skill-requirements for experts in BPM;
• Certification of BPM professionals on the basis of standards recognised world-wide in cooperation with ABPMP International;
• Promotion of a high-level professional development of specialists and experts in BPM;
• Guidance and transparency of qualifications of professionals helping decision makers/stakeholders in BPM projects;
• Transparency where the range of tools in BPM is concerned.

Mission

Therefore EABPM has set out the following mission:

• Creating a common platform of knowledge of BPM;
• Developing, promoting and disseminating a Common Body of Knowledge (BOK) for BPM as the basis for the qualification of professionals in Business Process Management (BPM CBOK™);
• Setting out requirements and skills of experts in BPM;
• Organising and promoting professional certification in relevant countries;
• Accrediting national/local entities of certification pursuant to the norm ISO 17024;
• Implementing and maintaining a system for analysing the market of tools and of the certification of tools for BPM;
• Allocation of a “seal of approval” to vendors of training seminars in BPM.