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Summer School - Development Projects Management, 2022, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Publish Date: Mar 25, 2022

Deadline: Jun 01, 2022

Event Dates: from Jul 11, 2022 12:00 to Jul 15, 2022 12:00

Governments, NGOs and private organisations in the developing world are increasingly engaged in donor-funded projects. Often they are asked to formulate project proposals that are economically, socially, politically and environmentally viable. To handle these often complex and demanding processes, project managers need to possess the latest knowledge on various project design tools. This course has been designed to appeal to students interested in the aid/development sector as well as students who are interested in logical models that can be applied to project design.

ECTS
The number of credits earned after successfully concluding this course is the equivalent of 2 ECTS according to Maastricht University MSS guidelines. For further information see the MSS terms and conditions.

Goals

  • Understand development project as a concept;
  • Knowledge of the Project Life Cycle and the involved decision-making processes;
  • Familiar with the Log Frame Approach;
  • Aware of the importance of preparing quality documents throughout the cycle of operations;
  • Familiar with the analytical tools required to characterise problems and needs;
  • Knowledge of the planning tools required to assess the feasibility of a given project;
  • Aware of the importance of considering the adequate assumptions while designing a project;
  • Aware of the three dimensions involved in the design of a project;
  • Understand how and why the log frame is structured as a comprehensive logic model.

Prerequisites
This course has been designed to appeal to students interested in the aid/development sector as well as students who are interested in logical models that can be applied to project design. Interest on development related subjects is obviously an advantage and additional motivation.

Recommended literature
The Road to Results – World Bank openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/2699/526780PUB0Road101Official0Use0Only1.pdf?sequence=1

Project Management Methodology – Council of Europe
www.coe.int/en/web/project-management-methodology/tools

Aid Delivery Methods
ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/methodology-aid-delivery-methods-project-cycle-management-200403_en_2.pdf

Development Projects Management – Rui Miguel Santos (ibook for iPad, iPhone, Mac)
itunes.apple.com/pt/book/development-project-management/id791511292?mt=11

Teaching methods

  • Lectures
  • Assignments
  • Presentations
  • Work in Subgroups

Assessment methods

  • Assignments
  • Attendance
  • Participation
  • Presentations

Tuition fee: €599 per programme

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Further Official Information

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Disciplines

Development Studies

Economics

Humanities

Management

Political Sciences

Project Management

Social Sciences

Study Levels

BA

Undergraduate

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Netherlands