AHRMIO’s History

AHRMIO was established in 1998 by a group of senior HR executives from the UN System and International Financial Institutions, who aimed to address the challenges faced by international governmental and non-governmental organizations in managing their human resources. These organizations were increasingly investing in staff training and development, but there was a lack of support for those responsible for overseeing the management of personnel. The group also observed that the off-the-shelf training programs offered by some companies were costly and often unsuitable for their organizations’ unique needs

In examining existing professional human resources management associations, they found that most of them focused on the private sector and were primarily driven by an Anglo-Saxon perspective, which was not truly international despite having the word in their names. As a result, AHRMIO was conceived as an international association with a specific focus on people management that would reflect the distinctive features of international not-for-profit organizations in its membership and activities. 

AHRMIO was officially inaugurated in 1999 with around twenty member organizations. Since then, its membership has grown to almost seventy, and the organization is constantly striving to enhance its services and better serve its members.