October 26, 2009: Workshop: How to Write Project Plan
Training Report - Leadership Development Course
At the end of the training course, each participant is required to submit
Project Plan by applying what they learned in Japan.
Some of the participants already had experience of writing projects plans and also obtaining funds,
however it was the first time for most of the participants to set up projects and draw up plans.
Three days workshops is programmed on project plan writing and presentation skill during the training program. Consultant for Nonprofit NGO Project and Organizational Development is a nonprofit NGO consultant with background in the human rights issues in Asia and she gives these workshops. She explained the following 12 items to be covered in Project Plan required by JICA.
- Name, organization and country
- Title of your plan / proposal
- Background: local issues, needs statement and preconditions
- Overall Goals
- Concrete Objectives
- Beneficiaries
- Impact on beneficiaries
- Project implementation plan: step by step outline & description, including schedule and timeline
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Possible obstacles to Project plan implementation
- Budget needed, how to raise funds
- Impact of this training: how this training contributes to your Project Plan
She showed the participants how to write by using former participants' good practices, such as
“Bakery in Bhutan.”
http://www.jicafriends.jp/projects/asiaandpacific/bhutan/001jigme/002.html
The participants brought their computers to the classroom and they started drafting their
project in the class. It was an intensive whole-day. workshop but the participants could improve
their writing skills.
The second workshop is programmed for December 20 and the participants are asked to bring their
draft project paper in word and also to prepare their presentation materials.
