Understanding, defining and developing the dimensions of the DARE+ Competences

Targeted competences:

Project Development and Management

Connection to programme competences or aims

• Defining of competence.

Learning outcomes for the session

At the end of this session trainers will be able to:

• Describe at least three ways in which a knowledge of Project Development and Management is useful in the achieving a goal in a particular context
• identify the main elements of the competence of Project Development and Management.
• Define the competence of “ Project Development and Management”

Pre-requisite learning/competence

• Experience of working with students in non-formal contexts.
• Some knowledge of the stages of project development and management including the use of Gantt charts

Resources

• Laptop and projector, access to academic literature on Project Development and Management; examples from media etc of small scale successful projects

Session duration

2.5 hours

Number of participants

10-15

Session description [structure, parts, activities]

1. Welcome and ice-breaker activity: in twos, introduce two facts about your partner.
2. Introduction to session and its learning outcomes- presentation by trainer
3. Brainstorming- give brief examples of a project that you managed- whole group
4. Clarifying the key steps of project management-small group discussion and production of a Gantt chart based on an example of a real project
5. Development of a shared definition of project development and management and comparison with the DARE+ definition
6. Evaluation of the session

Mode of evaluation

15 min focus group discussion on achievement of learning outcomes

Project development and management is the competency to identify a need, analyze and define context and resources, design, develop, implement and enhance the action idea(s) with the aim of producing appropriate and feasible response(s).