This 2-week course uses the Goal-Oriented Project Planning (GOPP) model, which relates systematically the important components of a project or program aimed at relevance, performance and sustainability. Being an outcome or results-based planning, it has an imbedded mechanism to identify how programs can produce greater public benefits at a lower cost towards the solution of the identified problem. Accountability is also an element in the planning process so that the indicators for the measurement of success in solving the problem are objectively verifiable and tools for the means of verification are operationally designed. The output of the course is a project/program plan in a logframe matrix.

Who should attend
Development project and program planners, managers, coordinators, and others involved in these functions are invited.
Date: 12-22 October 2010
Venue: ICDC, ETO, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Thailand

What you’ll learn
The role of management for sustainable development The management process
The project cycle The Goal-Oriented Project Planning model
Stakeholders analysis
Problem analysis
Identification of target beneficiaries and needs assessment
The Logframe matrix
Setting goals and behavioral objectives
Stating assumptions, developing indicators, and identifying means of verification
Developing a project implementation plan
Monitoring and evaluation
Information dissemination

How you’ll learn
Experiential learning
Interactive lectures
Group exercises, presentations

What you’ll accomplish
• A draft project plan in a logframe matrix
• Tools for analysis in various phases of the project/program planning you’ll accomplish

What you’ll get
A workshop participation certificate awarded by Kasetsart University
A file of current and useful materials in project and program management for future reference
A network of development workers who share common interests in systematically developing project/program plans
How much it costs
How much it costs
The workshop fee is US$1400, which includes tuition, workshop materials, morning and afternoon snacks, and field trip transportation including airport transfer.
Not included in the fee are: airfare, accommodation, meals, and personal expenses.

Conducted by
The International Center for Development Communication
Extension and Training Office - Kasetsart University
50 Ngamwongwan Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand

How to Apply
Download the Application Form from our Website:  www.icdc.eto.ku.ac.th or request the Program Officer, ICDC to send you a copy, E-mail: icdc.eto@ku.ac.th
Deadline of application: 27 September 2010, especially for countries that don’t have a Thai Embassy. The processing of visa takes at least 2 weeks.

Upcoming Courses
1 . IEC Messages and Materials Development, 17-27 August 2010
2 . Gender and Development, 14-24 September 2010
3 . Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, 9-19 November 2010
For a copy of Application Form, download from website: www.icdc.eto.ku.ac.th