GPM certification · CSF, CSP, CSPMs, CSPMx

Keeping your certification active

GPM certifications are valid for five years. This page sets out how the CSF, CSP, CSPMs and CSPMx certifications are kept active and renewed. The CSPP is renewed at PMI on PMI's own cycle and is not covered here.

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Valid for five years30 CEUs per cycleReviewed by GPM certification staffYou do not need to be a GPM Ambassador

GPM-b holders

The GPM-b is not renewable

The GPM-b cannot be renewed through GPM. Every GPM-b expires on the expiry date shown in the registry, and the registry then shows it as Inactive. GPM-b holders renew as the Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP™) through PMI.

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The renewal cycle

Five years, renewed from your expiry date

5 years

Each cycle

30

CEUs per cycle

12 months

Renewal opens before expiry

USD 149

One fee, five years

Each cycle runs from the date you were certified to the expiry date shown in the GPM certification registry. Renewal opens twelve months before the expiry date. When a renewal is confirmed, the new expiry date is five years after the current expiry date, so renewing early does not shorten your certification.

Continuing education requirement

30 CEUs in two categories

In each five-year cycle you report 30 GPM Continuing Education Units (CEUs). One CEU equals one hour of qualifying activity. At least 10 CEUs must be in Learning and at least 10 in Practice and Contribution. The other 10 can come from either category. One activity counts toward every GPM certification you hold.

At least 10 CEUs

Learning

Course, webinar, conference or formal study from any provider, including GPM

1 per hour

Reading a GPM or PMI-GPM standard or guide, a book or a research report

1 per hour
up to 10 per cycle

At least 10 CEUs

Practice and Contribution

Applying the P5 Standard, PRiSM or the Sustainable Project Management® Practice Guide on a real project or program

5 per project
up to 15 per cycle

Writing an article, white paper, book chapter or guide

1 per hour
up to 10 per cycle

Presenting, teaching or facilitating on sustainability in projects or business

1 per hour
up to 10 per cycle

Mentoring, assessing or volunteering for GPM or a sustainability body

1 per hour
up to 10 per cycle

Activities from any provider count on the same terms. Completing a GPM course does not earn more CEUs than a course of the same length from another provider.

How to renew

Renewal needs four things

1

30 CEUs

The 30 CEUs, with both category minimums met.

2

A practice statement

A practice statement of 150 to 300 words on how you applied sustainability practice in your work during the cycle, with reference to the GPM Sustainability Competence Standard.

3

An attestation

An attestation that your CEU entries are true and that you continue to work to the GPM Code of Ethics.

4

The renewal fee

USD 149, or USD 74.50 for active GPM Ambassadors.

You report CEUs and renew from a free GPM account. You do not need to be a GPM Ambassador. Create your free account, then claim your certification with its number and the last name on your certificate. If you already have a gpm.org account, sign in and claim it there.

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Review by the certification body

Every renewal is reviewed

A named member of GPM certification staff reviews every renewal before it is confirmed. The reviewer sees your CEU record, any evidence you attached and your practice statement, and can confirm the renewal, ask you for more information or decline it.

Timing

Ten working days

The decision is normally made within ten working days.

During review

Still Active

If you submit before your expiry date, the registry continues to show your certification as Active while the review is open.

If not confirmed

Fee refunded

If a renewal is not confirmed, the fee is refunded.

Audit

30 days to respond

GPM also checks a random sample of CEU entries. If one of your entries is selected, you have 30 days to provide evidence, such as a certificate of completion or a confirmation from the organizer. An entry that cannot be supported is removed from your record.

Fee

One fee covers all your GPM certifications

USD 149

Five years, standard

USD 74.50

Active GPM Ambassadors

The renewal fee is USD 149 for five years, one fee for all of your GPM certifications renewed together. Active GPM Ambassadors receive a 50 percent discount. The CEU requirement, the practice statement, the attestation, the audit and the review are the same for every holder.

If your certification expires

Twelve months to renew after expiry

Active

Up to the expiry date

Renewal opens twelve months before the expiry date.

Inactive

Twelve months after expiry

If the expiry date passes, the registry shows your certification as Inactive. For twelve months after the expiry date you can still complete the requirements and renew, and the certification is restored from the original expiry date with no gap on the record.

Lapsed

After those twelve months

The certification has lapsed, and the way back is a new assessment.

Records

What GPM keeps

GPM keeps your CEU entries, evidence, practice statements, attestations and renewal decisions for at least one full cycle after the cycle they belong to.

Review of these requirements

Practice analysis

The five-year interval and the 30-CEU requirement are reviewed against a practice analysis of the four certifications. If the requirements change, a cycle already in progress keeps the requirements in force when it began.

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