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The Constantinus International Award: Demonstration of Excellence in Consulting

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In order to promote excellence around the world and demonstrate excellence in management consulting, the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI), CMC-Global has established the Constantinus International Award. Promoting the consulting sector as a whole, as well as individual excellent and unique consulting projects, is the key objective of this award. This award was established in 2011 to recognize all the outstanding achievements of the industry, as stated by the chairman of CMC-Global (www.cmc-global.org; www.constantinus-international.com).

In addition to promoting the consulting sector nationally and globally, this award is a platform for international cooperation, in particular for the nominees this award is an important mechanism to strengthen relationships with clients and increase the international recognition of consulting projects. This award evaluates both the providers of consulting services (consulting companies) and the recipients of these services (clients) and their role in the implementation of projects and the implementation of its results, being the only international award in this aspect.

All CMC-Global member institutions have the opportunity to nominate 3 national nominees, i.e. 3 outstanding consulting projects, selected by a national jury and awarded nationally, in addition, each participating institute must appoint two jury members. The jury consists of international experts in the field of management consulting and leading representatives of successful businesses. Projects are evaluated according to the following criteria:
- commercial efficiency: impact on income, profit, process improvement, productivity growth, significant organizational changes;
- strategic power: effectiveness of the project and its influence on the market, company development, innovations, improvement of human resources qualification;
- the quality of the consultation or consulting solution: the creativity of the proposed solutions and methods, the satisfaction of clients and other partners involved in the project and their employees, the quality of the documentation;
- efficiency: price/performance ratio, speed of project execution, cost control, productivity, long-term effect;
- the international aspect: the creation of new jobs, the impact on regional and national economies.

The award ceremony takes place at the annual ICMCI international conference.