IDGC of Centre Project Has Reached the Finale of IPMA Project Excellence Competition

Moscow, Russia, October 11, 2008 --(PR.com)-- If a team participating in the competition reaches its final, it means that the team will be for sure among the three leaders. The ranking will remain a secret up to the solemn rewarding ceremony. The gala-presentation, where the envelopes will be opened and the winner will be declared, will take place on 10 November, 2008, in Rome. On this day the winners will be awarded with prizes and certificates according to the places they won; after this the participants will receive the assessors' reports on the presented projects.

The International Project Management Association Project Management Excellence International Award (PMEIA) is awarded to the team the project of which is considered to be the best.

The PMEIA was established in 2002. Since that time, the list of winners has been replenished with numerous companies and teams from all over the world. The presented projects are assessed on the basis of the Project Excellence Model. The model is based on the fundamental positions, concepts and approaches of the Total Quality Management (TQM). It is constantly developping on the basis of experience of outstanding organizations and project teams, IDGC of Centre being among them.

In August 2008, the IPMA specialists from Russia, Denmark, Poland, Great Britain and Germany studied in detail the business activities and the project of the company. IDGC of Centre, JSC General Director Evgeny Makarov and Deputy General Director for Information Technologies and Business Modelling Pavel Obukhov made presentations on the company’s business activities. "Life has given us a chance to become the industry leaders, and we didn’t miss it," said General Director of IDGC of Centre in his presentation.

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