Development projects management and communication

Part 1: Development projects management

• 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.

Part 2: Communication

• Communication: conceptual elements
• Importance of taking into account social representations in environmental communication
• Communication issues from a sustainable development perspective
• Ethics and environmental communication relating to sustainable development
• Communication and behavior change
• Communication strategies and methodological proposals
• Specific contexts of environmental communication: risk communication, crisis communication, acceptability communication
• Communication tools
• Evaluation of environmental communication

Part 1: Development projects management

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

Part 2: Communication

At the end of the course students should be able to:

• master the basic concepts of communication and their impact on environmental communication processes
• identify communication issues in different contexts
• demonstrate an understanding of the ethical values at the heart of environmental communication relating to sustainable development
• apply appropriate communication methods and tools to different situations and audiences
• plan an environmental communication approach
• evaluate strategies, programs and communication media relating to sustainable development

Part 1: Development projects management

No prerequisite

Part 2: Communication

no prerequisite

Part 1: Development projects management

• 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.

Part 2: Communication

• ex cathedra course with power point support
• group work (compulsory): groups of 4 students (preferably to be modified for each work); the work will be initiated during the courses and supervised via email exchanges; the work will focus on the design of a communication approach in a specific context (communication plan). The work will be the subject of oral presentation
• Class attendance is therefore essential.

Part 1: Development projects management

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face to face

Part 2: Communication

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face to face

Possible adaptation according to sanitary context

Part 1: Development projects management

- 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.

Part 2: Communication

• compulsory: pptx materials of the course made available
• optional: portfolio of additional documents made available and accessible online;

Part 1: Development projects management

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

Part 2: Communication

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

The assessment will relate to the work carried out during the semester (the work is compulsory and its success exempts from the oral exam) An oral exam will be organized for the students who have not obtained a satisfactory average for all the work.

Part 1: Development projects management

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Part 2: Communication

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Part 1: Development projects management

Campus Arlon
Avenue de Longwy 185
6700 Arlon

joost.wellens@uliege.be

bernard.tychon@uliege.be

bakary.djaby@uliege.be



 

Part 2: Communication

Joost Wellens (Joost.Wellens@uliege.be)