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.

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.