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Project Cycle Management Compact (5 days)

Fast-track project management for practitioners

Courses in 2010

15-19 February, Geneva, course in English: Early bird fee available until 4 January, registration and payment deadline: 25 January
10-14 May, Geneva, course in French: Early bird fee available until 22 March, registration and payment deadline: 19 April
New date: 8-12 November, Geneva, course in English: Early bird fee available until 6 September, registration and payment deadline: 18 October

Course fee and registration

Early bird fee/full fee (course fee is calculated in Swiss Francs CHF, more information):
- Non-OECD: CHF 1450/1700, approx. USD 1250/1500
- OECD: CHF 1950/2200, or approx. USD 1750/2000

To register, please fill in this form and send it to us by email. For further enquiries, please contact us.

Overview

This comprehensive course provides fast-track training on project management. It is designed for practitioners in project management who have either not yet obtained basic training, or not yet on all subjects of the project cycle. This course provides training on all phases of the project cycle in a compact format: Needs assessment, designing and planning a project, monitoring the implementation of the project, and preparing an evaluation.

This course is also available in French. Ce cours peut également être animé en français.

Click here to download the course leaflet (PDF format).

Who should attend

The course is designed for practitioners in project management with at least one year of experience, and who have either not yet obtained basic training, or not yet on all subjects of the project cycle. This includes:
  • Project managers
  • Programme coordinators
  • Key field and HQ staff involved in designing and planning projects
  • Managers supervising project development and implementation
  • Consultants who carry out assignments for NGOs.
This course is not for beginners on project management. For entry-level courses, please refer to the core courses.

How you and your organisation will benefit - Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants know how to make a needs assessment, to design, plan and monitor a project following the results-based management concept and using the logical framework as a tool.

Course programme

The training course is based on a series of modules, which can be adapted to the requirements of the course participants. The emphasis is put on practice and exercises and includes:
  • Group-work
  • Brainstorming
  • Questions and answers
  • Role play
  • Simulation
  • Short presentations
Day 1 1. Results-Based Management Concept
  • Project cycle management
  • Interventions: problems and responsibilities
  • Results driven interventions
2. Needs Assessment
  • Aim and process of a needs assessment
  • Participatory approach: The PRA tools and interview techniques
Day 2 3. Designing and Planning Projects with the Logical Framework approach
  • Step 1: Problem identification and analysis
  • Step 2: Choosing the operational strategy
Day 3 3. Designing and Planning Projects with the Logical Framework approach - Continued
  • Step 3: Designing the project
  • Step 4: Planning the project implementation
Day 4 4. Introduction on Sampling Methods and Techniques
  • Terminology
  • Types of sampling
5. Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Why monitoring and evaluating?
  • Definitions
6. Monitoring
  • Types of monitoring
  • When and how to conduct activity monitoring
  • When and how to conduct situation monitoring
Day 5 6. Monitoring - Continued
  • When and how to conduct results monitoring
7. Evaluation
  • When and how to do an internal evaluation
  • How to contribute to an external evaluation

Individual consultation

Participants can obtain an individual consultation from the trainers during the course.

Course venue

If there are no management courses for NGOs in your country yet, please read about our partnership approach, the benefits for partner organisations and three simple steps to organize the training courses for NGOs in your community.

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