Project cycle management for international development cooperation

• CFU 8
• Prerequisiti

  Basic requirements to access the lessons are:
  - B2 level in English (comprehension, spoken language, written language);
  - Knowledge of the European institutional, social and economic context;
  - Knowledge of the role of the development policies at European level;
  - Knowledge of the role of EU cooperation policies;
  - Competencies in team working and public speaking.
  The participation will be easier for the students having experienced multilingual and multicultural contexts thanks to university exchange programmes or other personal opportunities. The exercises will demonstrate the necessity to cooperate, in order to achieve a common result, with people who are different in terms of language and culture.
  
  

• Obiettivi formativi

  The objective of the course is to provide the students with the Project Cycle Management Tools, which are necessary to cover the job positions of “Proposal writer” and “Project manager”. This objective will be reached:
  - By presenting to the students good practices selected among transnational cooperation projects and by highlighting strengths and weaknesses of real professional experiences;
  - By introducing the guidelines of Project Cycle Management published by the European Commission (2004)

• Programma del corso

  - To make the students familiar with the design, management and communication tools belonging to the good practices presented.
  - To introduce the Project Cycle Management principles and to make the students understand the Logical Framework.
  - To introduce the Project Management principles and to make the students familiar with the managerial competencies, which are necessary to coordinate European projects.
  - To allow the students to consider the transnational cooperation projects from the evaluation point of view.
  During the course, the positions of “Proposal writer” and “Project manager” will be reminded, in order to prepare the students to the actual job opportunities in the sector.
  For the “Proposal writer”, the attention will be given to the phases of project idea identification, analysis of co-funding opportunities, creation of partnerships, elaboration of the proposal (including action plan and budget), management of the team dedicated to the proposal writing.
  For the “Project manager”, the analysed issues will be the coordination work, the relationship with the partners and administrative offices, the technical and financial reporting, the relationship with the managing authority.
  The programme of the lessons follows:
  - Presentation of the "Project Management" course: summary of the issues, bibliography, case history.
  - Project approach, Project Cycle Management with emphasis on Identification and Formulation phases.
  - The Logical Framework approach: stakeholder analysis and problem Analysis.
  - The Logical Framework approach: Logframe matrix.
  - Planning and scheduling project's activities: design of the Gantt Chart, re-scheduling of the activities. Principles of technical monitoring of the project.
  - Defining project's costs: identification of budget burdens, highlighting of budget items, analysis of staff costs and indirect costs. Principles of financial monitoring of the project.
  - Project Management: the horizontal competencies approach (Results orientation, Methodical, Organising).
  - Project Management: the horizontal competencies approach (Decision Making, Problem Solving, Networking, Communication).
  - Evaluation of the project: quantitative approach.
  - Evaluation of the project: qualitative approach.
  

• Testi (A)dottati, (C)onsigliati
  • 1.  (A) European Commission Project Cycle Management Guidelines European commission 2004 » Pagine/Capitoli: Part 1
  • 2.  (C) European Commission Project Cycle Management Guidelines European commission 2004 » Pagine/Capitoli: Part 2
  • 3.  (C) European Commission Visibility manual European commission 2009
  • 4.  (C) SVIM - Sviluppo Marche Guide for Regional Development Agencies Svim 2009
• Metodi didattici
  • lezione frontale
  • esercitazioni
  • gruppi di lavoro
• Modalità di valutazione
  • scritto
  • orale
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  Inglese (lingua di lezione)

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  Inglese

MATERIALI DIDATTICI

• Lesson 12 1.8 MB

  Indicators

• Lesson 11 169.0 kB

  Communication

• Lesson 10 1.3 MB

  Horizontal competencies

• Lesson 9 82.8 kB

  Work plan

• Bibliography

  Downloadable versions of the texts for the exam

  • Communication and Visibility manual 1.7 MB
  • VISIBLE guide 5.0 MB
  • Project Cycle Management Guidelines 3.2 MB
• Lesson 8 106.8 kB

  Partnership

• Lesson 7 120.0 kB

  Logical Framework approach

• Lesson 6 763.2 kB

  Logical Framework approach

• Lesson 5 93.0 kB

  Logical Framework approach

• Lesson 4 146.4 kB

  Project Cycle Management presentation

• Lesson 3 97.2 kB

  Project approach

• Lesson 2 128.9 kB

  RIVER Case History

• Lesson 1 131.6 kB

  Presentation of the course