APG5805 Project planning and management in international development

The unit introduces students 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. These project management tools and skills are closely related to learning from past experience and evidence-based strategies of aid and development. The unit cultivates knowledge of development management skills such as participatory appraisal, stakeholder analysis, gender analysis and gender-sensitive strategies, participatory planning, the logical framework (logframe) approach, project proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation. The unit takes a participatory learning and workshop-based approach to teaching and learning.