Irene Nguru
This certification programme provides a practical approach to project design, planning, procurement and contract management as well as Monitoring and Evaluation, helping TMA professionals reach their long-term goals.
OBJECTIVE
At the end of the training programme, participants belonging to TMA and in particular those involved in the design, planning and execution of projects in the various country offices will:
Have acquired a broad understanding of project management functions on project, programme and organisational levels;
Understand the steps involved in the project cycle from identification and definition to planning and budgeting, implementation, procurement and contract management as well as and monitoring and reporting and evaluation;
Be able to use the tools and methodologies to implement the necessary steps for successful project design, implementation and evaluation autonomously or in a team.
CONTENT
Two-week distance-learning:
Introduction to project cycle management
Project: definitions, basic concepts and approaches
Project Cycle Management (PCM)
The theory of change
Project documents
Overview of Project design tools
Two-week residential training:
The integration of projects within its wider environment: strategic alignment
Portfolio, programmes and projects
Project identification: the situation analysis
Stakeholder analysis
Target group identification and analysis
Problem analysis
Institutional analysis
Project identification: alternative analysis and selection of the project strategy
Alternative analysis: multi-criterion evaluation
Objectives setting and creation of the project results-chain.
Project formulation: the logical framework
Definition of the project structure
Selection of the project performance indicators
Identification of the means of verification
Identification of risks and critical assumptions
Procurement and contract management
Operationalisation of projects through contracts
Procurement strategy
Procurement planning
Contract management
Project planning and monitoring
Project planning processes
Construction the work breakdown structure (WBS)
Creation of the project responsibility matrix
Project activity sequencing and scheduling
Allocation of project inputs; human and material
Risks management
Planning for monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation
Introduction to monitoring and evaluation
Performance indicators
Monitoring and control
Evaluation
Types of evaluation
Evaluation management
Key elements of evaluation TOR
ACHIEVEMENT
This certificate of achievement has been delivered to the participants that have produced the required deliverables by completing individual and group assignments during each phase of the programme.
I. Distance learning modules (10 hours)
Completion of two online modules
Acquisition of practical knowledge on the Project Cycle and identification of projects.
II. Knowledge tests and practical assignments (5 hours)
Two knowledge tests.
Draft of a project concept and information sources.
III. Residential training (60 hours)
Participation in workshop.
Group work to apply the skills, from project identification through to M&E.