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PROJECT CYCLE
MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
3
DAY CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME
Socio Research & Reform
Foundation (NGO) / SMA Management Services (P) Ltd. (SMAM) has been
organizing capacity building (training) programmes on different themes,
over the last two and half years. Feed back received from time to time
has indicated the need for training programmes on ‘Project Proposal
Writing’, ‘Project Formulation’, Project Budgeting’, ‘Project
Monitoring’, Project Evaluation’, etc.
We believe that the
participants are as a matter of fact looking for a comprehensive
programme on “Project Management”, which will cover all of the above and
more and accordingly are planning to offer a capacity building programme
on “Project Cycle Management” on the lines outlined below. The three day
training programme to be offered in Delhi is scheduled on 6, 7 and 8
November 2012.
Objective of the
Training
To enable participants to
better formulate and manage projects under their domain and to provide
understanding of international agencies quality requirements of projects
/ proposals.
CONTENTS
The Programme would broadly cover:
Introduction to Project Cycle Management (PCM)
Each of the following six stages of the PCM will be covered:
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Identification
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Planning, Formulation & Appraisal
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Financing
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Implementation
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Monitoring, and
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Evaluation
While covering various aspects of PCM, following areas would also be
covered:
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Proposal Writing
·
Log Frame Approach (LFA)
for planning, managing and evaluation of projects
· The
Project Management Ecosystem
- Influence of internal and external environment on the
project
- Project’s
internal environment: people; capacity building environment;
processes & tools;
- Project’s
external environment: regulations and government / donor policies;
standards; practices; local availability of skilled human resources
- Stakeholders
analysis and role of different players
·
Project Management Phases
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Initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring, adapting and
closure
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Methods: Guiding, Facilitation, Capacity Building, Team Building,
- Practices:
Planning the work; creating a work plan; defining procedures;
managing work plan and monitoring processes and budgets; looking out
for warning signs; managing modifications with due approvals;
managing scope change creep; continuously identifying and assessing
risks; resolving issues
·
Project Monitoring & Evaluation
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Documenting Planned / intended and unintended outcomes,
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analyzing for mid course corrections with focus on appropriate and
immediate reporting and dissemination.
Methodology
Methodology for most sessions would ensure active attention of
participants through Group-Exercises, Case studies, experience sharing
of a very experienced and knowledgeable faculty.
Key Faculty:
Vijay K. Sardana,
M.Phil (Management), MBA, B. Tech (Hons) Agricultural Engineering;
Independent Consultant & Former Executive Director, Society for
Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), Chief Executive Officer, Aga
Khan Foundation (India), Regional Director, Region of South Asia, Plan
International. Mr. Sardana’s expertise is in Building Teams:
multi-sector and cross-cultural, Building Partnerships and Relationships
Chain, Strategic Planning and Grants Management, Programmes Development,
Promoting Research, Networking and Policy Advocacy, Civil Society
Enhancement, and Promoting Philanthropy.
Dr. B. R. Patil,
Former Senior Development Assistance Specialist, USAID, Senior
Consultant, Monitoring & Evaluation, Plan International, Region of South
Asia; Program Director, Population Foundation, India.
Subhash Mittal,
Chartered Accountant with Financial Management experience of three
decades in the development sector. Has rich experience in Project
Appraisals and financial monitoring for multilateral, bilateral and
other international aid agencies including UNICEF, World Bank, RNE,
Danida, Sida, etc.
Deepak Bansal,
Chartered
Accountant with extensive exposure in dealing with legal and statutory
compliance issues for non-profit sector.
Dr. Neena Verma,
Consultant Facilitator, Leadership Excellence, Team Building, Qualified
MBTI Professional, Accredited Sensitivity Trainer, Trained Appreciative
Inquiry Facilitator, formerly Managing Consultant with
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Dr. Mihir Maitra,
Starting his career with Action for Food Production (AFPRO), Dr. Maitra
provided technical and managerial services associated with water
resources management for improvement of agriculture to numerous NGOs in
their rural livelihood improvement projects. Subsequent tenure in two
bilateral technical cooperation projects in India, one funded by GtZ
(Germany) and the other by RNE (Netherlands), provided him a broad based
experience of working with international funding agencies and associated
Ministries dealing with critical developmental concerns of natural
resource management for improving rural livelihoods. The specific
experience of working with yet another bilateral mechanism namely India
Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) which supported environment
improvement projects in land, water and energy sectors, provided him
valuable experience in designing, monitoring and evaluating many
community based capacity building projects under his charge as the
Project manager.
Ved Arya, Managing Trustee, SRIJAN,
Ved, after earning an undergraduate degree in Engineering and a Master’s
degree in Business Administration, worked with Professional Assistance
for Development Action (PRADAN), which encouraged professionals to work
in rural areas. Ved found the idea challenging, and joined them. This
gave him the opportunity to combine his academic background and interest
in Gandhian principles to improve rural development.
In 1997 Ved left PRADAN and started SRIJAN, which he calls the most
transformative experience of his life. SRIJAN promotes self-reliance and
poverty alleviation through sustainable livelihood and water management
projects in rural India’s poorest regions. Because his organization is
involved at every level—from the design, to staffing and resource
management, to implementation in the field—its projects have been
unusually effective. Regarding
Who all should
participate:
Development Sector Consultants, Senior Programme, Monitoring and
Evaluation staff.
Dates:
6, 7 and 8 November 2012
Venue: Lecture Hall
1,
India International Centre (Annexe), New Delhi.
Participation fees:
Rs. 6,000/- per participant. Three or more participants from an
organization pay @ Rs. 5,000/- per participant. Participation fee
includes course material, tea and lunch on all the days. Registration
Form is enclosed. For further information, contact: Ms. Farah Choudhury,
SRRF Coordinator, Phone: 25722044 / 25817157/25821088; email:
srr-foundation@sma.net.in |
