Project Cycle Management
Real-life project examples, individual and group exercises, and peer exchanges build on participants’ experiences to reinforce their knowledge of the methods and tools used in planning and monitoring projects in international cooperation.
Registration starts 4th of November 2024
Duration: 17/02–21/02/2025
Teaching format: Online
Course objective:
The course introduces results-oriented planning and monitoring of projects in international cooperation. Participants work through the various steps and tools, including the identification and analysis of problems and objectives, as well as the roles of stakeholders. Participants learn how to design and implement a results-oriented monitoring system, focusing on outcome monitoring and the corresponding project reporting and steering. By using real-life project examples and conducting individual and group exercises, the course encourages participation and peer learning that builds on participants’ previous experience.
Key topics:
- Basic concepts of results-oriented project cycle management (PCM)
- The logical framework approach (LFA) as the standard management tool for project planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
- Methods and tools used for project planning, including context analysis, results chain analysis and the log frame matrix
- Methods and tools used for project monitoring, including building a monitoring system based on indicators for assessing the achievement of objectives
- Use of monitoring results for project progress reporting and steering adjustments
Examination: Written assignment completed during the course
ECTS points: 3
Course fee: CHF 950
Lecturers:
- Max Morel, NADEL
- Franziska Schmid, KEK-CDC Consultants
