CONTENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR EU FUNDED PROJECTS
The discipline of planning, carrying out, and finishing projects is known as PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Project managers accomplish this by directing their teams and managing resources utilizing a variety of approaches, processes, and tools.
Organizations that don’t value project management report 67 percent more unsuccessful projects, according to PMI. The same study also reveals that bad project management wastes investments by 11%.
Learning Outcomes:
All the participants will:
- Learn SMART project and project management
- Know the project management cycle
- Be able to understand key elements of SWOT Analysis
- Prepare and implement of EU funded projects
- Manage resources, report activities, monitor budget
- Learn basic techniques for designing a project proposal for an EU
- Have essential project management skills
- Have soft skills required of a project manager
- Get familiar with new teaching and learning techniques and methods (Flipped Classroom and
some Web2.0 tools)
Objectives of the Course:
- Learning SMART project and project management
- Being able to understand key elements of SWOT Analysis
- Preparing and implementing of EU funded projects
- Having essential project management skills and soft skills required of a project manager
- Encouraging initiative among students
- Getting familiar with new teaching and learning techniques and methods (Flipped Classroom
and some Web2.0 tools)
- Improving the personnel skills and capacities of the students
Methodology:
- Discussion
- Working in groups
- Working on case studies
- Questioning, Answering, and Discussing
- Brainstorming
Target Group:
- Teachers, trainers, educators, school administrators, etc.
Preparation:
Before the course,
- A detailed pre-course questionnaire to indicate their level of experience, teaching backgrounds, and training will be completed by participants.
- They will also prepare a presentation to reflect their own teaching method.
Validation:
- A course participation certificate will be given to all participants.
- A Europass Mobility Certificate will be given if the participant demands it, as well.
DAILY SCHEDULE
1st Day
Ice-breaking activities and introduction of the course program
Getting to know each other – Presentation of participants (a five-minute presentation)
What is the SMART project? (Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bounded)
What is project management cycle? (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Closure)
What should be paid attention in project management?
2nd Day
Key elements of SWOT Analysis
Practical exercise: Building the main concepts of a project
EU funded projects
Preparation and implementation of EU funded projects
Management of EU funded projects
3rd Day
Requirements for the management of EU-financed projects
Managing resources, reporting activities, monitoring budget, negotiations with the European
Commission
Practical Exercise: Basic techniques for designing a project proposal for an EU
The key competencies in the management of EU funded projects
4th day
Essential Project Management Skills
-Planning and Forecasting -Risk Management -Budgeting -Tracking and Monitoring -Meeting
Facilitation -Subject Matter Expertise
Soft Skills Required of a Project Manager
-Leadership
-Communication skills
-Collaboration
-Problem Solving
-Time Management
5th day
Overview of the course program
Evaluation of the course program
Filling the feedback forms
Europass Mobility Certificate
Participation Certificate
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