06/10/2016
This week at the Risk Management Seminar, organised by The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), on 03-04 October 2016 were presented the first qualifications by examination in its professional programme Rimap®. An exam was conducted and 18 risk managers were awarded during a ceremony at the FERMA Seminar which took place in Malta. Two of the successful candidates - Natalia Todorova and Ivo Miltchanski are members of the Bulgaria Risk Management Association (BRIMA).
A total of 22 risk managers sat the two-hour examination. They were the first risk managers to qualify for the Rimap® certificate by examination. Michel Dennery, chairman of the Rimap® programme, presented the awards and congratulated the successful candidates. He said: “Delivering a first Rimap® examination in 2016 has been a key objective for FERMA that is now achieved. The first certified risk managers will be seen in the future as the pioneers in the new standard for the risk manager’s profession.”
Rimap® provides independent confirmation of the professional competences, experience and standards of individual risk managers, and accreditation for the risk management programs of educational bodies. Certification rests on four pillars: knowledge, experience, continuous professional development (CPD) and a code of ethics.
The examination consisted of 100 questions based on the rimap Body of Knowledge. To prepare themselves for the examination, candidates were recommended to read the eight risk management documents that inspired the rimap examination questions, which are available online.
“The questions have been written by a team of 7 European risk managers from 5 FERMA member associations. It has been a challenge to find consensus sometimes but it is also what makes Rimap® different and quite unique. It is a risk management examination designed by risk managers for risk managers, and for their company who want to rely on an effective risk management!” said Julia Graham, member of the Rimap® steering committee and Knowledge team.
The examination is the latest of the milestones passed by Rimap® since it was launched in October 2015: Creation of the Body of Knowledge; Accreditation of the first six education programmes;
Licensing of the first programmes for rimap CPD points.
Isabel Martinez Torre-Enciso, vice-president of FERMA and member of the Rimap® steering committee commented: “The next step is to refine the Rimap® examination on the basis of experience so that it reflects the complexity and diversity of the profession, and then to make the examination available for as many risk managers as possible”
