What you will learn

This workshop will cover planning grant-aided projects based on the concepts and practices of the Project Cycle Management (PCM)/logical framework (LOGFRAME) approach set out in the European Commission Aid Delivery Methods Guidance.

It is designed to give the participants the knowledge and skills they need to contribute effectively in the following ways:

As an adviser to project teams developing grant-aid projects.
As a senior manager with responsibility for staff using the Project Cycle Management / LOGFRAME approach.
As a project team leader or as a project team member on a grant-aided project.

The workshop will be taught through group and individual exercises, and case studies.

The following topics will be covered during this 5-day course:

The context of projects in participants’ organizations
Change models and projects
People in projects including team development and team leadership
The context of EU aid projects and the Project Cycle Management approach
Planning grant – aided projects
Managing the Project Cycle Management process, including using the Logical Framework Approach and LOGFRAME MATRIX
Implementation, monitoring and evaluation
The differences between grant – aided projects and internal, “business” project planning and management

How you will benefit

The workshop is designed to give participants a hands-on understanding of the ideas and practices of project cycle management and the LOGFRAME.

Its aim is to enable participants to confidently contribute to their own organizations by designing appropriate project management frameworks as well as supervising, planning, participating in and managing projects. The program covers the people aspects of change as it is relevant to projects as well as the tools and techniques associated with project cycle management.

Who should attend

This course has been designed for those likely to be supervising staff working on developing projects, acting as sponsors of projects, serving as project managers or participating as team members in projects using the Project Cycle Management LOGFRAME approach used by donor agencies.

Your contributions

To make the course as useful as possible, we encourage participants to bring examples of the projects they are working on and their LOGFRAMES and Project Fiches so that they can relate the course to their real work. There will be time in the program for the tutor to review your LOGFRAMES with you to get the maximum benefit.

Faculty

Brendan McCarron, BSc, MBA, MInstRE

Brendan is an experienced, internationally recognized, management consultant with clients in the public and private sector across Europe, the Far and Middle East, Africa and the USA.

His recent project related assignments include the UK Government where he designed and runs project leadership workshops for Senior Civil Service project Senior Responsible Officers (SRO’s) and program leaders; the Center for Excellence in Finance in Slovenia where he runs twice yearly a week-long project cycle management program for Finance Ministries in EU Accession States, and; a number of local governments in the UK where he has provided extensive programme and project management support in housing, social care, finance and core business areas.

He is a senior associate of Governance International; a UK based non-profit working internationally with governments to enhance performance and governance. He is also an Honorary Senior Fellow University of Birmingham School of Government and Politics (INLOGOV).

Application procedure

Application Closing Date: Feb 14,2014