Foundations of Project/Program Cycle Management

Thisthree-dayprofessional development workshop provides a general overview of funding and trends of the entire project cycle of the major donors/development partners from policy objectives, sequencing of programming to design and financing of individual projects and programmes.

The course examines the role of the "project" relative to other aid delivery methods such as sector support and budget support used by the Donors/Development partners in pursuit of development cooperation objectives. An analysis of all the different phases of the project/programme cycle will be carried out to emphasis the methodology for preparing, implementing and evaluating projects and programmes. Particular effort will be made to bring clarity to the terminology used by the donors/development partners for the different stages for the project/programme cycle.

The principal workshop objective is to ensure participants have enhanced capacity and understanding in the areas of Project Cycle Management, Logical Framework Approach, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Identification, Project Formulation and Appraisal and Project Implementation.

Participants will also get an update of the funding trends of the major Donors/Development Partners.

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