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Information on the course unit

Degree course	Second cycle degree in LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SU2446, Degree course structure A.Y. 2018/19, A.Y. 2019/20	bring this page with you
Number of ECTS credits allocated	6.0
Type of assessment	Mark
Course unit English denomination	ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT PLANNING AND EVALUATION
Website of the academic structure	www.dissgea.unipd.it
Department of reference	Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World
Mandatory attendance	No
Language of instruction	English
Branch	PADOVA
Single Course unit	The Course unit can be attended under the option Single Course unit attendance
Optional Course unit	The Course unit can be chosen as Optional Course unit

Syllabus

Prerequisites:	Principle of Economics
Target skills and knowledge:	A project is defined as a series of activities aimed at bringing about clearly specified objectives within a defined time-period and a detailed budget. A project also has clearly identified stakeholders, direct and indirect beneficiaries, clearly defined coordination, management and financing arrangements, a monitoring and evaluation system (EC, 2004). This course has been designed to provide you will knowledges and skills in the designing of a concept note of a local development project, moreover the essentials of the evaluation will be provided. At the end of the course, you will be able: - To analyze the different stakeholders of a local context by using the Stakeholder Analysis Matrix, the Venn Diagram, and the SWOT analysis - To analyze the problems and needs of a local context by using the problem tree with participatory techniques - To build up a local development strategy based on general and specific objectives, results and activities, using the logical framework matrix. You will learn to design the concept note of a project. You will learn the essentials elements of project evaluation and their application.
Examination methods:	For attending students: - Presentation of a Concept Note prepared by a project group of three students (50% of the final mark) - Oral exam (50% of the final mark) For not attending students: - Presentation of a Concept Note prepared by the individual student (50% of the final mark) - Oral exam (50% of the final mark)
Assessment criteria:	The assessment criteria will be: 1. Completeness and precision in the understanding of all the theoretical and applied parts. The teacher will decide which theoretical and applied parts to ask you during the exam and these parts will be a random sample of all the concepts presented during the course. 2. Technical correctness both in the use of technical terms presented during the course and in sentence formulation. 3. Capacity to link concepts presented in different modules of the course and to use relevant example. 4. Technical correctness required in your concept note of a local development project, using the technical language and technical tools provided during the course. 5. English correctness will also be considered, as far as eventual mistakes affect the concepts’ understanding.
Course unit contents:	Introduction: Organization, teaching materials, web sites, exams, etc. (SEE MOODLE) Project planning of local development Donors of local development projects Typologies of local development projects Project Cycle Management (PCM): The Project Cycle Management Context Analysis, problem and objective trees, strategy selection Logical framework Activities, resources, budget Administrative Procedures Project evaluation: Introducing to monitoring and evaluation Preparing effective development evaluation Conducting development evaluation Class labs: Problem tree and problem objective Logical framework Budget
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:	Frontal lectures, labs, project groups, speed dating.
Additional notes about suggested reading:	The readings and pdf presentations will be available on the Moodle platform.
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings)