Kenya: Project management, participatory assessment monitoring and evaluation (PAME) training workshop

Dear Partner,

Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.org)isis) a premier development training brand in Africa which endeavors to build and enhance the skills development needs of public benefit organizations to produce better, more skilled organization staff , with increased ability to manage projects with greater confidence, effectively monitor projects to improve results and quality while instituting strong, well focused and highly motivated project teams. We are pleased to announce the following training workshop to be held in December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya

Cost: USD 600-(discounts for group registration applicable)

Course Objectives By the end of the workshop, the participant should clearly demonstrate appreciation of each one of the following competencies:

· Correctly identify various sources of project funding and ways of accessing such funding

· Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a project

· Correctly apply a network diagram to display a Project Evaluation and Review Technique, (PERT) chart.

· Use the Critical Path Method (CPM), in the network diagram to ensure the correct project duration.

· Estimate and schedule project tasks.

· Apply resources to a project plan.

· Correctly identify the different personality types and learn how they affect project management.

· Apply time-tested tools and techniques to actual project management processes

· Correctly identify various communication channels during project implementation.

· Use a negotiation model to enhance common understanding, accountability and process ownership

· Correctly identify effective project manager characteristics

· Correctly identify the types and role of stakeholders and processes of stakeholder mapping

· Understand key aspects of project design, planning, implementation, administration and Monitoring and Evaluation

· Identity the role of stakeholders in monitoring and evaluation of projects

· Identify various approaches to participatory assessments of development programs
Understand ways to design, implement, monitor and evaluate projects

· Educate Learners on how to link a logical framework and translate it into a concise and transparent budget and a simple work plan

· Understand best practices techniques for project management, Monitoring and Evaluation

· To strengthen skills among project teams to apply the LFA process in the creation and implementation of effective and sustainable projects

Need for the course

The ability of a project to effectively deliver on expected outcomes is dependent on the integrity of its design, the environment in which it is being implemented and the presence of relevant skills of its management.

This 4 day intensive and highly interactive training workshops equips project team leaders with the latest skills, tools and insights in current day practice of the management and participatory assessments monitoring and evaluation of developments programs.

Project Management Course Broad Content

· Overview of Project Management

· Project Resource Mobilization

· The People Side of Project Management

· Planning the Project

· Work Breakdown Structure (Work Plans)

· Estimating & Scheduling

· Project Risk Management

· Project Completion

· Building Commitment and Accountability through Effective Negotiation

· Process Start-Up Matrix

· Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis

· Conflict Management & Staff Motivation

Participatory Assessment Monitoring & Evaluation (PAME) Broad Course Content

· Overview of Results Based M&E Approaches

· Stakeholders in M&E and their roles in M&E Programmatic Processes

· Role of M&E in Project Management

· Definition of the Purpose, Scope and Standards for evaluation;

· M&E Frameworks, M&E plans, Log frames, Theory of Change and Evaluation techniques

· Performance Monitoring and Setting Performance Indicators

· Data Collection and Management- Collection Methods, Ensuring Quality, Analysis Communication & Reporting

· Overview of an organization Monitoring and Evaluation system

· Participatory Approaches in Assessments of Development Programs-Using the “***Most Significant Change***” Approach in evaluating projects

· Report writing (M & E Reports)

Each participant is highly encouraged to come to the course with a project for which she/he will develop a monitoring and evaluation plan.

Who Should Attend

Program Managers, Program Officers, Project Managers, Project Officers, Project Coordinators, Operations Managers, Monitoring and Evaluation personnel, Heads of Department, Government and County Heads of Programs and other professionals who are involved in the Project Planning an Implementation will find this training most useful to their skills development needs.

Training Methodology
Dynamic, creative, participant centered, practical, interactive, interesting adult learning methodologies and diverse media are applied to lift the participants to high levels of proficiency.

About the Organization

Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.org)-AAI- is a top training brand based in Kenya which specializes in research, design and delivery of high quality but low cost training packages for development workers worldwide. We work with a consultant base of more than 100 and still growing (find the application form for those qualified top partner with us).AAI Workshops are facilitated by highly trained and experienced professional consultants including Senior University Lecturers and top level development practitioners who have worked with a wide variety of development organizations worldwide. Over the years, Consultants at AAI have been sought by such reputable organizations such as: ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC,African Institute for Capacity Development(AICAD),Samaritan’s Purse-DRC, Search for Common Ground-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Save the Children-Somali, The First Bank of Nigeria, Diamond Development Initiatives-Nigeria, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia,among others. At AAI, we rely on repeat clients for business growth, thus; to us client satisfaction is not an option. It is a must!

Lillian Ateng’

Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/750342373
Email: info@assetsafrica.org/assetafrika@gmail.com
www.assetsafrica.org

To register for the workshop, download and send us the filled in registration form at:

Asset Africa Institute

Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street

P.O. Box 12903 - 00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 -722 469454/750342373

Email: info@assetsafrica.org/assetafrika@gmail.com

www.assetsafrica.org