Integrating Project Design, Appraisal and Selection in EU funded programmes 2021-2027.

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Regular -> 1399 EUR (excl. VAT)
Early booking -> 1299 EUR (excl. VAT) – no later than one month prior the event
Group offer -> 999 EUR (excl. VAT) – minimum 4 people per institution

Overview

Authorities (e.g. Managing Authorities, Intermediate Bodies,…) that are responsible for allocating European funding should ensure that they select projects that have a high probability to be relevant, efficient, effective and sustainable. A proven way to increase this probability is by using a standardized approach to project design that provides input for a rigorous project appraisal process. The most widely used and accepted methodology for this is the European Commission’s project cycle management. The seminar will provide extensive practical exercises to ensure that the concepts are properly understood, both in terms of how to design projects as how to appraise, and if falling short of the required standards, improve them.

What will you learn

Setting up calls for project proposal
The project cycle as an overarching framework for determining the interaction between the funding authority and the project
Using the logical framework approach for project design
The difference between the project cycle manager and the project manager
The three key criteria (relevance, feasibility (including sustainability) and adequate management) and how these are connected to the Common Provisions Regulation for Structural Funds
Setting up a standardized process that provides clear moments for decision-making by the funding authority for applicants

Programme

Day 1:

9:00-9:30 Introduction

9:30-10:30 Overview of PCM

The Cycle of Operations
Key principles
Decision-making points
PCM and calls for proposal
Defining the relevant issue to be addressed

10:30-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-11:45 Identification (analysis)

Conducting a stakeholder analysis, including the target groups
Conducting a problem analysis

11:45-12:00 Exercise 1: brainstorming possible stakeholders

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:00 Exercise 2 – problem analysis workshop

Creating a problem tree in an interactive workshop format

14:00-14:30 Identification (analysis) continued

Conducting an objectives analysis

14:30-14:45 Coffee break

14.45-15:15

Conducting a strategic alternatives analysis
Understanding strategic risks

15:15-16:00 Exercise 3 -determining your project intervention logic

Day 2

9:00-9:30: Questions about the previous day

9:30-10:00: Decision-making point 1: relevance

Examples of standardised assessment scales for relevance
Comparing existing practices in participant programmes

10:00-10:45 Project formulation

Creating the logical framework: overall sequence
Formulating objectives in the logframe

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 Formulation continued

Determining risks

11:30-12:15: Exercise 4 – generating your intervention logic and assumptions

12:15-13:15: lunch

13:15-13:45 Formulation continued

Setting indicators
Defining sources

13:45-14:15 Exercise 5: defining indicators

14:15-14:45 Formulation continued

Operational planning
Allocating responsibilities

14:45-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-15:30 Decision-making point 2: feasibility (including sustainability) and adequate management

Examples of standardised assessment scales for relevance
Comparing existing practices in participant programmes

15:30-16:00 Expanding on the logical framework with Theory of Change

Expert

Benedict Wauters is currently the director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium). He has worked for more than twenty years as a civil servant, consultant (Deloitte Consulting in Belgium, Policy Research Corporation in the Netherlands) and independent expert, in/for multilateral public institutions (e.g. United Nations, OECD, European Commission), regional and national government departments (e.g. Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, Dutch ministry of transport, Polish ministry of regional development, the French Region of Nord-Pas-De-Calais and the Belgian Regional Governments of Flanders, Brussels and Wallonie), local government (e.g. City of Antwerp) as well as NGOs and public corporations . He has written several books focused on EU fundings and public sector governance

Benedict Wauters

Director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium)

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Paris, France

This course will take place in the enchanting city of Paris, offering an inspiring atmosphere for a truly immersive learning experience.

Next to the training materials the training fee is covering:
a) the catering during the training (3 coffee breaks and a lunch every day);
b) the walking tour in a good company in Paris (the evening of the first day of the training);
c) delicious diner;
d) family photo and some souvenirs for active participants.