Project Cycle Management Compact (5 days)

Project Design, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Next course

• 27 - 31 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

This course is jointly organised with CERAH (Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action) and is part of the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action curriculum. Participants can obtain 2 ETCS credits.

Registration and course fees*

Registration and payment deadline: 27 December 2013.

• Non-OECD: CHF 1,500
• OECD: CHF 1,500

*This course is subsidised with CHF 750 by the Chèque Annuel de Formation (CAF), available for individuals living and paying their taxes in and around the canton of Geneva. More info here.

Above fees are in Swiss francs (CHF) and include tuition, training materials and handouts, lunch and refreshments during course breaks, and a course certificate.

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10% discount for returning students (within 12 months since the last course) or additional course participants from same organisation.

To register, please fill in the online registration form, or download the form and send it to us by email. For further inquiries, please contact us.

Course overview

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

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.

Who should attend

The course is designed for practitioners in project management with at least two years 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 11. 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 23. Designing and Planning Projects with the Logical Framework approach

• Step 1: Problem identification and analysis
• Step 2: Choosing the operational strategy

Day 33. Designing and Planning Projects with the Logical Framework approach - Continued

• Step 3: Designing the project
• Step 4: Planning the project implementation

Day 44. 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 5Monitoring - 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

As a participant, you can obtain an individual consultation from one of the trainers during the course on how to further develop a project of your own.