Founded on October 17th, 1984, in Rio de Janeiro, ABRAMAN-Brazilian Maintenance Association is a private technical scientific society, non-profitable, that aims at joining professionals, companies and institutions involved with Maintenance. Nowadays, ABRAMAN has more than 2.700 members among companies and professionals of this sector. Since its foundation, three important attributes have been ABRAMAN´s goals: Support, Reliability and Quality.
The Asset Management Council Ltd is a non profit organisation committed to the promotion and education of optimal asset management practices in industrial, commercial, academic and government organisations. Our mission is to create a broad awareness of the value of asset management, nurture a common understanding of asset management, and provide a portal to asset management knowledge and resources. With a vision of ‘enabling benefits for all from effective use of assets’, the Asset Management Council provides Certification, Training, Conferences, a Body of Knowledge and the Global Forum of Maintenance and Asset Management to its members and the ever-increasing global asset management community.
The EFNMS, the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies, was established in 1970. The EFNMS transformed to a formal non-profit organization ("Vereniging zonder Winstoogmerk") according to Belgian law created on January 18, 2003, in Amsterdam.
Created on August 21, 1990 - Belo Horizonte – Brazil, FIM’s goals are to be ethically based, support common goals and encourage people. To reach these goals the FIM, coordinates the Maintenance related topics with the Latin Americans National Institutions of Maintenance.
GSMP was founded January 2010. Its mission is to provide a platform for promoting world class maintenance by sharing knowledge and exchanging best practices among maintenance professionals
The IAM is the professional body for those involved in acquisition, operation and care of physical assets – especially critical infrastructure. In particular, the Institute is for professionals worldwide who are dedicated to furthering their knowledge and understanding of Asset Management. We are a not-for-profit organisation and independent of commercial and trade associations. Our priorities are to promote and enable the generation and application of knowledge, training and good practice, and to help individuals become demonstrably competent.
PEMAC is a Canadian national not for profit association providing leadership, education and certification in world class maintenance, reliability and physical asset management practices. PEMAC's mission is to improve its member's professionalism, safety, performance, and outside recognition, by providing specialized training and certification, undertaking research, providing forums for the exchange of information and acting as a public voice for its members and the profession. 
The Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) was formed in 1997. The purpose is to promote the interests of asset management and maintenance as a whole, as well as to uplift the asset management and maintenance practitioners in Southern Africa. 
Who We AreOne of the objectives of the GFMAM is to facilitate the exchange and alignment of maintenance and asset management knowledge and practices. Towards this aim the Certification Project has been initiated to research the certification schemes managed by member professional associations around the world, compare and describe them.
Read more: Certification Project Update - Descriptions of Member Certification Schemes
The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its fifth face-to-face meeting from 16 – 20 October 2011 in conjunction with the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Practitioners (SMRP) Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, USA. The theme for the conference was: Educate, Equip, Excel. Throughout the conference, there was great interaction between the SMRP Board of Directors and GFMAM representatives, with GFMAM representatives presenting five papers during the conference.
L-R Sally Nugent (Asset Management Council, Australia), Chris Yexley (PEMAC, Canada). Cindy Snedden (PEMAC, Canada), Joao Ricardo Lafraia (ABRAMAN, Brazil), Alex Stuber (European Federation of National Maintenance Societies), Tim Goshert (SMRP, USA), David McKeown (Institute of Asset Management, UK), John Hardwick (Asset Management Council, Australia), Athayde Ribeiro (ABRAMAN, Brazil), Nezar Al Shammasi (Gulf Society of Maintenance Professionals), Richard Edwards (Institute of Asset Management, UK)
The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its fourth series of face-to-face meetings from 15-19 May 2011 in alignment with the ICOMS Asset Management Conference, Gold Coast, Australia. Multiple projects were initiated and further developed during the meetings. 
PRESS RELEASE
As a contribution to the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management, the UK based Institute of Asset Management (IAM) and the Australian Asset Management Council (AM Council) announced on May 12, 2010 that collaborative work has commenced on establishing an Accord to improve international recognition and comparison of qualifications in the fast emerging discipline of asset management.
Read more: International Recognition of Qualifications in Asset Management
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