Since the early nineties, PMI members residing in the Benelux area were part of a large potential chapter called Norden.

At a first PMI Europe Conference in June, 1997 in Paris, the idea was born to create a more local chapter for the Benelux countries.  

After significant preparation work of a founding Board of Directors, the Project Management Institute officially recognized the PMI Benelux Chapter as an independent component in the fourth quarter of 1998.

In the second half of the year 2000 the process of localization continued to start the preparation for a PMI Netherlands Chapter, which was officially recognized by the Project Management Institute as an independent component in October 2001 (see Charter document). In the same period the former Benelux Chapter changed into BeLux Chapter.

Since the formal start of the PMI Netherlands Chapter, the organisation has been growing very rapidly indicating the need of the Project Management community in the Netherlands to have a local Chapter.