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Two-Day Workshop
Strategic Project Development vs 'Proposal Writing' -
Successful Project and Proposal Planning and Execution with Project Cycle Management (PCM) and the Logical Framework Approach (LFA)
9th - 10th April 2015, Quadriga-Forum Berlin
The current European, regional and national funding landscape provides researchers and innovators with a wide range of opportunities to support their research and innovation projects. The majority of funding programmes, above all Horizon 2020, show a new strategic focus which is more challenge and impact driven than their predecessors. In addition to scientific or technological innovation, initiatives will have to meet European, regional or national policy goals and consider strategic priorities which, in many cases, can only be realised by multidisciplinary networks, actively involving stakeholders from different fields and disciplines. This approach often leads to more complex projects in larger consortia.
Despite the positive evaluation of the project idea, its scientific excellence and a potentially great impact funding often is not granted due to poor project planning or because applicants fail to demonstrate the effective exploitation of results to maximise the project impact. While poor project planning usually is the result of a lack of methodology and critical self-assessment during the project planning process, the inconclusive exploitation measures are down to insufficient involvement of consortium members and important stakeholders.
The PCM with its main tool, the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), is an approach designed for the planning and execution of complex projects with multiple stakeholders and today is used by most multi-lateral and bi-lateral funding bodies, including the European Commission who adopted the PCM in 1992 as its primary set of project design and management tools.
The LFA is a very effective analytical and management tool when understood and intelligently applied to strategically develop and continually assess a project as well as to promote the effective participation of stakeholders during the different development and implementation phases of a project. However, it is not a substitute for experience and professional judgment and must also be complemented by the application of other specific tools and through the application of working techniques. If applied intelligently, the Logical Framework is an effective communication tool for collaborative proposal and project development.
This practical workshop will provide participants with the theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice necessary to apply the Logical Framework Approach to their individual project development process to thereby maximise their chances in various funding programmes.