Friday 28th August 2009, was the first ever World FM Day. Global FM member Organizations on the different continent--Africa, Australia, Europe, North America -- are celebrated World FM Day by organizing luncheons, seminars, and workshops and other activities to celebrate and promote facilities management. In designating today as the first World FM Day. The purpose of the day is to encourage all those within the FM industry to organise a special activity to take place on the day is to draw attention to the aims, objective, and progress of the facilities management profession around the world, highlight the valuable contribution good facilities management profession around the world, highlight the valuable contribution of good facilities management has made and is making to sustainable global communities; productive, safe, healthy and secure work environments; and local and global economies, give worldwide coverage to the ideals of facilities management, not only within the profession and industry, but also to government and the general public. When the event was announced in the spring, Global FM Chairman Steve Gladwin, said, "I am very proud that we will celebrate the first World FM Day this August with our friends across the globe, and it is a great sign of how Global FM contributes to advancing facilities management . It will be an exciting day for Global and the FM community, because we have the opportunity to showcase in various locations that facilities management is a critical, strategies buiness discipline, making a real contribution to the success of organization."