Organization: Asset Africa Institute
Registration deadline: 29 Sep 2016
Starting date: 04 Oct 2016
Ending date: 07 Oct 2016
Dear Partner,
Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetafrica.co.ke), is pleased to announce the following seminar set to take place in October, 2016, in Nairobi, Kenya
Seminar Name: Advanced Project Cycle Management Skills for Large Projects and Programs
Date: 4th -7th October 2016
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: USD 695
Need for the training
As projects/programs enlarge, they can reach a level of complexity where extemporized approaches to project cycle management (PCM) become uneconomical and ineffective resulting in diminished returns on outlay .This increase in the complexity of programs creates the need for advanced training and regular updates of key project /organization staff on relevant skills not only to enhance their creativity levels but also to equip them with the tools needed to put forward and manage both national and international projects/programs more effectively by helping/facilitating shape designs that ensure consistency in approaches to each one of the phases of the project cycle.
More importantly, this seminar introduces the participants to new methodologies of generating ideas for the design of new and exciting programmatic interventions to social problems while at the same time ensuring that the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, HR and governance systems are clear and practical. Additionally, this highly informative and transformative forum, with a diversity of participation, provides you with a rare opportunity to share experiences with peers on the strategies employed in confronting the unique challenges experienced in the management of large, long, high budget projects and programs with a view to enhancing their performance and outcomes.
Overall Objective: This workshop skills participants with the tools needed in the Planning Identification, Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and auditing of programs both at national and international setting with greater effectiveness and efficiency.
Summary Course Outline
- Overview of the Project Cycle Management- Pre-Phase Programming, Planning, Identification, Formulation/Appraisal, Financing, Implementation, Evaluation & Audit
- Foundations of Project Cycle Management
- Why PCM? - The application of PCM methodology in the identification, formulation/appraisal, implementation and evaluation of projects and programs
- PCM Operational Guidelines- Purpose, Key Principles, Stakeholders and responsibilities, Decision Options, Quality Assessment Criteria
- How to incorporate the 5 key benefits of PCM in your project design and implementation Processes
- Generating Project Ideas: Why this project? Why Now?-Approaches for generating creative ideas for your projects-Metaphorical thinking, Attribute Listing, Morphological Analysis, Matrix Analysis, Reversal, Scamper, Reframing Matrix
- How Planning is a cycle, not a straight-through process!-How to use the outcomes of the planning process
- Advanced Resource Mobilization Strategies
- Project Budgeting & Estimation:-Developing reliable budgeting approaches and Estimation Techniques
- Logical Framework Approaches to Programming: LFA and strategic planning in the PCM
- IntegratingM & E in each phase of the PCM cycle
- Project Implementation: Project Implementation Stages-Procurement Management, Communications management, Personnel Management, Stakeholder Management, Donor Relations Management & Bottlenecks in Project Implementation
- PCM control tools, the 3 PCM Principles & “The Triple Constraint”
- The role of PCM in Quality Assurance-Beneficiary centered appraisals, feasibility & sustainability
- Key instruments for the PCM- Terms of Reference (ToR), Quality Appraisal/phase based assessment techniques
- Key Documents & Responsibility Levels in the PCM
- How to develop Quality Support and Assessment System - The Quality Frame, Attributes, criteria & Standards
- How to use the Simplex process to solve complex Implementation Challenges in the PCM
- Cross-cutting issues in PCM- Good governance and human rights, Gender equality, Environmental sustainability,
- Incorporating the PCM methodology in the management of ‘**hard**’ and ‘soft’ projects and Programs
- Application of PRINCE 2 Methodologies in the Management of Large Projects and Programs
- Stage-gate management:-How to use the Results Based Management to interlink Lessons learnt with a regular Feedback and Adjustment system
- The place of Institutional Capacity Assessment in the PCM
- Introduction to Project Complexity Model-How to Manage the 9 complexity Dimensions of Large Projects/Embedding the Practice of evolutional & Situational Project Leadership for Large Projects
- How to overcome the Time and Cost Management Challenges for Large Projects
- The 7 International Best Practices for the successful management of Large/Complex Projects
- Evaluation, Audit & Reporting processes for large projects
- Project Close-Out
Who Should Attend
Executive Directors, Program Managers, Program Officers, Project Managers, Project Officers, Project Coordinators, Heads of project teams, technical specialists, Government and County Heads of Programs/Planning/Projects and other professionals who are involved in the Project Planning, Design and Implementation at middle to senior level will find this training most useful to their needs.
Training Methodology
Dynamic, creative, participant centered, practical, interactive, interesting adult learning methodologies-including facilitated discussions, small group interactive exercises, large group discussions, role plays, plenary presentations, Case Studies, examples from organizations and drawing upon participants’ own experience- and diverse media will be applied.
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke)-AAI- has distinguished itself as the training provider of choice among development organizations. AAI specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a team of high end consultant base of more than 130 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, AAI has provided consultancies and training to such reputable organizations as: Federal University, Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria, African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD),Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Islamic Relief-Somalia, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice)-Benin, Rwanda Union of the Blind, Sasakawa Africa Association-Ethiopia, Harare Institute of Technology, Care International-Mali, Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Mazommo Construction
Company-Liberia, Addis Ababa University, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, IOM-Sudan**,** among others
How to register:
To enroll for this seminar, fill in the registration form attached and then email it to the attention of:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965