Project planning and management in international development

The unit introduces you to the principles and practice of project planning and project management in international development. It takes a practical, hands-on approach to learning and applying project management strategies, tools and skills, especially as they relate to facilitating and managing participatory processes and participatory development. The unit cultivates project planning and management skills, examines the related strategic rationale, development partnerships and cross-cutting issues in development, including social inclusion and sustainability themes. You will work in groups to develop a project proposal using the logical framework (logframe) approach, incorporative of monitoring and evaluation principles. The unit takes a participatory learning and workshop-based approach to teaching and learning.