LIVE ONLINE COURSE
PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT COMPACT

How to plan a project, program its activities, design and implement its follow-up system

29 April - 20 May 2021 

5-day course of 40 hours over 4 weeks, Tuesday/Thursday 09-12 noon CET
Starting at CHF 640 - 20% off to help strengthening civil society   

OVERVIEW

This comprehensive course provides fast-track training on all phases of the project cycle management: From needs assessment, through planning (analysis and design) to monitoring the implementation of the project. 

Participants are first introduced to the Results-Based Management (RBM) approach and its application in project management. Then, participants are working through the project planning and activities programming steps. The main tool used is the logical framework. It provides a structured model for identifying expected results as well as the activities and inputs needed to accomplish them. 
The course also provides additional techniques and tools to analyze problems, identify stakeholders, define results to be achieved in line with population’s needs and program human, financial and logistic resources in an efficient way. Furthermore, the course shed light on project cycle management in crisis situation.  
Finally, participants discuss how to design and implement a proper monitoring.

This course can be combined with the course Monitoring & Evaluation starting on May 24, leading to a combined certificate on Project Cycle Management with a specialisation on Monitoring & Evaluation. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The course will benefit practitioners who are new to project management, or have experience but haven’t had the opportunity to follow a comprehensive basic training course yet. In particular:

• Project/Programme managers

• Project/Programme coordinators

• Key field staff involved in project management

• Managers supervising project planning and implementation

• People who wish to join the non-for-profit sector

• Consultants working with NGOs

At the end of the course, participants are able to:

• Think along results based management and strategic project planning. 

• Undertake a needs assessment.

• Plan (analyse and design), implement and monitor a project following the results-based management/Logical framework approach and using its tools with a focus on the logical framework matrix. 

COURSE PROGRAMME

Module 1: Results-Based Management (RBM) and Project Cycle Management (PCM)

• Results-based management concept and logic, results chain

• Project cycle management phases

• Project cycle management in development and a crisis situation

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Module 2: Needs Assessment Phase

• Aim and process of a needs assessment

• Participatory approach: Methods, techniques and tools 

• Needs assessment in crisis situation

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Module 3: Planning phase: Analysis and Design with the Logical Framework approach and tools    

• The Logical Framework Approach

• Step 1: Analysis - Problem identification and analysis; Stakeholder analysis; organizational analysis; 

• Step 2: Choosing the operational strategy

• Step 3: Designing the project

  • Formulating project objectives

  • Defining project activities

  • Analyzing potential risks for the project

  • Identifying indicators and source of verification

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Module 4: Implementation Phase

• Planning the project implementation 

• Sequencing and scheduling activities

• Programming human, financial and logistic resources

• Governance, knowledge management, communication in development and crisis context

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Module 5: Monitoring and Evaluation Phase

• Why monitoring and evaluating?

• Monitoring and evaluation concepts and definitions

• Monitoring process: What, when and how to monitor 

• Monitoring and evaluation in crisis situation