The project develops through 4 main phases: Preparation, Planning, Implementation and Conclusion. It is important to understand what each phase entails in order to write a successful proposal. In fact, when submitting a proposal (or a concept note) you must demonstrate to have an innovative idea to … [Read more...] about Project Life Cycle – Planning Your Youth Development Projects
The Project Implementation Schedule for Your Youth Development Projects
The Project Implementation Schedule is a chart that clearly lists all the tasks necessary to complete the project and related deadlines. This Schedule is the most important part of planning because it will become the tool to use for the monitoring and evaluation phases of the project. You should … [Read more...] about The Project Implementation Schedule for Your Youth Development Projects
Stakeholder Management for Youth Development Projects
Stakeholder Management. Stakeholders are all the individuals or groups interest in the progress and results of your project. Stakeholders could be your donors, members of the public, the group of young people you are working with, the wider community, the media and also political authorities working … [Read more...] about Stakeholder Management for Youth Development Projects
Implementation of Youth Development Projects
Implementation follows the steps and deadlines set in the phase of planning. For instance, if your plan says that by the end of the first month the training manual should be completed, you have to make sure that the person or group in charge of the training manual are progressing their work in a … [Read more...] about Implementation of Youth Development Projects
Monitoring of Youth Development Projects
You should be able to determine whether an activity has been successfully completed or not by following the planned timetable. If you notice that an activity has not been completed, then you should list all the reasons why this has happened and measures you have taken to reduce the damage (refer to … [Read more...] about Monitoring of Youth Development Projects
How to Develop Reporting for Youth Development Projects
Reporting means to provide information able to make stakeholders understand how the project is developing or how the project achieved its targets. You will be asked to write several reports. For instance, financial reports, narrative reports and closeout report. Regardless of the typology of the … [Read more...] about How to Develop Reporting for Youth Development Projects
Financial Management of Youth Development Projects
Financial management consists in allocating a budget for a proposed project, monitoring that the existing budget is sufficient to complete all the activities planned and also reporting on the financial story of the project during the final evaluation and reporting process. Financial management is … [Read more...] about Financial Management of Youth Development Projects
Planning the Financial Management Process for Youth Development Projects
The financial management process develops in 3 phases; Planning, Organising and Reporting Planning consists in identifying financial resources and match them with the requirements of the project. Planning means to calculate the estimated cost of each of the planned activities to draft the budget of … [Read more...] about Planning the Financial Management Process for Youth Development Projects
Financial Implementation of Youth Development Projects
As for the project implementation, financial implementation means to monitor the development of the project to understand whether the project is meeting its targets and, if not, how to intervene to rectify the situation. Financial Implementation involves the development of policies and procedures … [Read more...] about Financial Implementation of Youth Development Projects
Monitoring the Finances for Youth Development Projects
Monitoring involves controlling that the financial resources are used in accordance to the agreed financial plan. A good way to approach monitoring is to write monthly reports in which all the expenses are listed, explained and compared to the projected costs. In doing so, the organisation will know … [Read more...] about Monitoring the Finances for Youth Development Projects
