Project Workshop

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of English.

Teaching Methods

The sessions are organized as a workshop centered on group worl, with the collective discussion of concepts and strategies associated to the writing process of a project.

Learning Outcomes

Main learning outcome

- Provide skills for writing projects in the area of International Relations

 

Specific learning outcomes and skills

- Develop research skills regarding funding sources and contextual information necessary for each line of funding

- Develop project writing skills, namely the Logical Matrix Framework

- Develop skills to adequate relevant information to the submission and application criteria of the various funding lines.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Mapping of funding sources

- Research tailored to different requirements of various funding lines

- Writing a Logical Matrix Framework (logframe)

- Substantiating the logframe

- Gantt diagram

- Revising and adjusting the project proposal to the evaluation criteria of the funding entity.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Clara Gabriel de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Preparation of the project's proposal (identification of funding, contextualisation): 20.0%
Planning: 30.0%
Development of the idea (Logical Frame Analysis): 50.0%

Bibliography

Cracknell, Basil (2000) Evaluating Development Aid: Issues, Problems and Solutions. London: SAGE: 93-140.

Schiefer, Ulrich (coord.) (2000) MAPA – Método Aplicado de Planeamento e Avaliação – Manual de Planeamento de Projectos. Mem Martins: Editorial do Ministério da Educação.

European Commission - Manual project cycle management: integrated approach and logical framework. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1993. [D 338.2 CE ]

The World Bank - The Logframe Handbook: A Logical Framework Approach to Project Cycle Management. Wasghinton D.C.: The World Bank, 2005.

UNDP Human Development Reports. New York: United Nations Development Program.