2023-2024 / ENVT0736-2

Development projects management and communication

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)2 crédits 
 Advanced Master in Environmental Sciences and Management in Developing Countries (Registrations are closed)2 crédits 

Lecturer

N..., Bernard Tychon

Coordinator

Bernard Tychon

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Introduction and course objectives.
  • The stages of project design, management and evaluation.
  • The "logical framework".
  • Design of a project respecting the "logical framework" approach.
  • Communication in a project.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Identify the challenges and prospects for a "good practice" of project management in the context of developing countries.
  • Master the different phases of a design and project management approach as well as their articulation
  • Apply a systematic project design approach according to the "logical framework" method in a given context
  • Produce a project proposal structured according to the "logical framework" method
  • Identify the place of communication in a perspective of project viability
  • Identify the key moments of communication in the cycle of a project, its challenges, its specificities

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisite

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Presentations
  • Work in groups of 4 students, aiming to design a project by highlighting the key moments of communication and planning it clearly. "Accompanied" work during lessons with presentation and discussion of the different stages in the progress of the work and by email exchanges with the teacher
  • Class attendance is therefore essential.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face to face

Recommended or required readings

- mandatory: pptx course materials

- optional: portfolio of additional documents made available and accessible online;

- recommended for additional information:

  • Europeaid, 2004, Méthodes de l'aide- Lignes directrices - Gestion du cycle de Projet.
  • Europeaid, 2010, Manuel de gestion financière pour les bénéficiaires de fonds européens destinés aux actions extérieures
  • Europeaid,, 2015 Guide pratique des procédures applicables aux devis-programmes.
  • Mefalopulos, 2008, Development communication sourcebook. Broadening the Boundaries of Communication, The World Bank.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

The evaluation concerns the realization of the work and its oral presentation during the January session.

Possible adaptation as a function of sanitary conditions

Work placement(s)

./.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Campus Arlon
Avenue de Longwy 185
6700 Arlon

joost.wellens@uliege.be

bernard.tychon@uliege.be

bakary.djaby@uliege.be



 

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