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International Development Projects: Design and Management
Outline for Special Course CEE at Diplomaten Akademie Wien, November 2000
Course Objective
At the end of the course,
1) participants will be aware of framework conditions, procedures, methods and instruments of International Project Design and Management;
2) they will have practical experience in designing projects for financing by an International Organisation, including a Logical framework Matrix and standard Budget Sheet;
3) finally, through a simulation of a tender and selection process they will have insights into the mechanisms and criteria for project award, and their repercussions for project deisgn.
Course Method
- Short introductions with theoretical approaches are coupled with practical examples from EU projects and administration (focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Phare, Tacis, RTD).
- Inter-active Groupwork for deepening and team-work.
- Rolegames and simulation of "real world examples"; in addition coaching for individual project planning
- Guest-speaker (David Clapp, Director of CARE in Bulgaria, alumnus of DiplAk 1984) with practical experience as EU-official (e.g. Court of Auditors) and grants recipient (e.g. ECHO, Phare).
Course Logistics
- 3 half-day sessions of teaching and group-work; 1 half-day consultation for individual projects
- Group of 15-20 participants
- Language: English (also German possible)
Lecturer
Bernd Baumgartl, studies at Universities of Salzburg, Mexico, Sofia, Florence; language degrees; M.A. in History; PhD in Political and Social Sciences; former EU official; lecturer at Politecnico di Torino and European Peace University; Evaluator for European Commission.
Since 1999 researcher and consultant in Vienna.
Programme Outline
Day 1 - Project Outset
Tour de Table: Presentation and Background in PM
EU-Projects: Chances and barriers - EU accesion (examples Finland and Austria)
Examples of EU Programmes (acc. Participants): Procedures, Call, Tender
Role-game: presenting project objectives
De-briefing: Information needs and communication barriers - langue et language
Project partners and European consortia (focus: CEE)
Organisation, Division of roles and tasks, Management tools
Role game: Negotiations with sub-contractor (techniques)
Practical Examples for and Limitations of Project management
Theory by Carlo Cipolla (on Human Imperfection) and Murphy's Law
Day 2 - Project Design (With guest speaker)
Brainstorming, Problem Tree, Objective Tree
Group work: formulating project objectives
SMART objectives (specific, measureable, accurate, realistic, time-bound)
De-briefing: re-formulating objectives in plenary
Objective oriented project planning (Ziel Orientierte Projekt Planung - ZOPP, by GTZ)
Logical Framework
LogFrameMatrix and EU standard Budget Sheet
Practical examples and experience by guest speaker
Day 3 - Logical Framwork and Project Management
Terms of Reference, Bid and standard contract
External Factors and Risks
Group work: Filling in LogFrame Matrices
Personnel management, teamwork, leadership
Stress management and Instruments against stress
Monitoring, Evaluation, Audit
Dissemination of resultats and sustainability of project
Project cycles, Development Objectives, Strategies and Policies
Recapitulating project design, management, course evaluation
Day 4 - Counselling and Coaching (one week later)
Individual assignments: preparing individual project plans (assignments for 50.000 Euro projects)
Bilateral and group discussion of draft projects
Feed-back in plenary (if possible)
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