Global Facility Management Association

Global Facility Management Association

Type	Professional association
Purpose	Leadership in the facility management profession
Chair	Ali Alsuwaidi, MEFMA [1]
Vice Chair	Sean Gibbons, IWFM [2]
Main organ	Board of Directors
Website	Global FM website

The Global Facility Management Association (Global FM) is a federation of facilities management associations. ^[3] It shares knowledge and understanding of facility management.

History and operations

Global Facility Management has the following objectives:^{[ citation needed ]}

• Assisting countries with formation of their own facilities management association.
• Encouraging collaboration between facilities management associations.
• Recognizing excellence in facility management.

Launched in 2009, Global FM sponsors an annual "World FM Day", also known as World Facilities Management Day. ^[4]

Member organizations

Global FM is operated by a board of directors representing its member associations, which include: ^[5]

• Associaçăo Brasileira de Facilities (ABRAFAC) ^[6]
• European Facility Management Network (EuroFM) ^[7]
• Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA) ^[8]
• Facilities Management Association of New Zealand (FMANZ) ^[9]
• Hungarian Facility Management Society (HFMS)
• Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) (formerly BIFM) ^[10]
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA) (United States and Canada) ^[11]
• Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA) ^[12]
• South African Facilities Management Association (safma) ^[13]
• Turkish Facility Management Association (TRFMA) ^[14]

References

1. Presswire, EIN (7 January 2025). "A Remarkable Milestone For Global Leadership in Facilities Management / Eng. Ali Al Suwaidi the Vice President of MEFMA, appointed as Chairman of Global FM". EINPresswire. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
2. FM, Global (7 January 2025). "New Chair, New Vice Chair, New Directors & New Members". GlobalFM. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
3. "Sign up | LinkedIn".
4. "World FM Day". checkiday.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "Members".
6. "LEADERSHIP TEAM 2021 – 2023". abrafac.orf. ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE FACILITY MANAGEMENT. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
7. "Board Members". eurofm.org. EuroFM. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
8. "Board of Directors". fma.com. Facility Management Association of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
9. "Affiliated links". Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
10. "Board".
11. "Leadership & Staff". ifma.org. International Facility Management Association. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
12. "MEFMA – Board of Directors".
13. "About the South African Facilities Management Association". Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
14. "Turkish Facility Management Association". trfma.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.