PCM bibliography

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It is now on line the PCM bibliography based on the research on relevant literacy on PCM carried on by Diciannove, Cardet, EEC, Danmar, FNARS and University of Thessaly in order to address the more innovative and efficient support, tools and path to PCM. 

The bibliography is the result of a desktop research and sharing of partners methodological references.

We suggest to start from the European Commission guidelines, which are the reference standard for what concern the project management under the Eu programs.

Where possible, there is the link to the authorised web reference.

It is structured in alphabetical order as follow:

→ general references and main guidelines: EU Commission

→ publications in English

→ articles in English

→ publications, articles and link in partners national languages: Italian, French, Polish, Greek and Cyprus

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Generativity LTTA in Syros – day 5: group-work sessions and summary of Project Cycle Management principles

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The fifth and last day of joint staff training event is dedicated to group-work sessions in which participants debate to highlight the main topics which has been learnt during the previous four days, to evaluate the training process and define the eventual improvements and adjustments.

The participants were divided into 3 groups taken as single partnership; each group has a dedicated time to develop a practical project ideas, to define the shape and roles within the partnership-group, and to distribute the relative responsibilities and tasks. Each group mandate is to debate and address the aims and objectives; to identify the activities and sub activities on the basis of a problem tree, and its related solution tree. This exercise leads to the definition of draft project template. The group-work outputs has then been discussed on a plenary session where all participants share the lessons-learnt, and contribute with practical tips and suggestions on the basis of their competences and experiences.

Generativity LTTA in Syros – day 4: “Implementation, evaluation, valorisation, dissemination, exploitation of project results”

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Day 4 is dedicated to familiarize with PCM issues related to the implementation of a project proposal. The module 5 focuses on implementation, dissemination, valorization and communicative strategies. All these terms related to concepts which have precise meanings and logical implication within the framework of the development of an effective and sustainable project. The module also enlightens the procedures for the administrative and financial management; to the overview of the eligibility criteria of the cost items for the construction of the estimated budget, with attention to the differences between direct costs, indirect costs, other costs and subcontracting rules. Attention has been dedicated to  the indication on how to navigate between the different forms of financing. The training day closes on tools for monitoring and evaluate the process, the activities and the results.

Generativity LTTA in Syros – day 3: “Building an international, national, local partnership” and “Submission procedures according to the guidelines of the European Commission”

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Day 3 is dedicated to the deepening of the module 3 and module 4. The issues at stake in module 3 allow participant to focus on the following themes of Project Cycle Management: the differences between implementation, transfer of innovation and mainstreaming; things to consider when building the transnational dimension: the geographical balance, homogeneous entities, the allocation of responsibilities & operational management; the very central communication and collaboration aspect, with the related suggested ICT available tool. The module 4 is dedicated to the learning specifically dedicated to the submitting process,  with focuses on the variety of forms and attachments, and the required documents to be prepared. Similarly to other days, the participants alternate given lessons on the major aspects from the chairing experts, with roundtable debate with productive answers-to-questions dynamics.

Generativity LTTA in Syros – day 2: “How to structure an innovative and sustainable project idea”

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All partners meet for the day 2 of the LTTA training event in Syros, a whole working day dedicate to learn the lessons on how to structure an innovative and sustainable idea. The training focuses on major principles of Project Cycle Management related to the structuring procedures that allow organizations to pass from a project idea to its development into a formal project proposal. The training program leads participants to familiarize to concept such as the analysis of the logical structure of the project intervention; the project cycle management general references; the process to pass from the need analysis to design of the SWOT matrix; the design of the objectives under the SMART matrix and their development into the logical framework to foster an innovative, sustainable, effective project idea.

Participants alternate moment of direct training with roundtable confrontation and share that allow to close the day 2 with feedback that will be further developed to maximize the training offer itself.

Generativity LTTA in Syros – day 1: “overview on the financial and programmatic priorities of the EU2020 strategy”

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the LTTA short term staff training event started successfully today in Syros, where partners congregate and started the working program with the testing of the module 1 of the training set on Project Cycle Management. The module 1 is focused on giving an overview on the financial and programmatic priorities of the EU2020 strategy within various programs. Some main thematic areas have been discussed, such as the areas and priorities for the 7 years mandate of the EU2020 strategy; the structural funds and of the funds for direct delivery; an overview of the matrix of opportunities available in the 2014-2020 program, with specific attention to the social dimension. All partners contribute to the debate, bringing and sharing their specific expertise, and fixing feedback, updates and amendments that will contribute to improve the effectiveness of the first module of the training on PCM.

12-16 June 2017 Short-Term Joint Staff Training Activity on Project Cycle Management.

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Between Monday 12th and Friday 16th June 2017 all partners meet in Syros (EL) for a Short-Term Joint Staff Training Activity. These are five days of training on Project Cycle Management, during which the participants test the training modules on PCM that has been build in a draft beta version. The training days are scheduled on a precise program: the more skilled partners will chair each day the main theme of the day, while other partners will receive and validate the training and the lessons learnt. The partners chairing the various days are: Diciannove (It), EEC (Uk), Danmar (PL), Feints (Be) and Cardet (CY). To have constant updates on the work-in-progress of these training (daily program, main contributions, pics of the day), receive the up-coming news (such as the bibliography on PCM and the training modules on PCM), register on this platform and follow us on our social media.

Workshop at FEANTSA European conference

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On may 18 Generativity project has been presented at the FEANTSA European conference in Gdansk (PL). Paolo Brusa lead the participants to the discovering of the basic principles of project cycle management. The Project Cycle Management is an approach to manage multiple projects or programs and to improve the quality of projects by learning from one project and applying the lessons in the following ones. To get familiar with its principles, the participants were asked to remember their younger time, and to work in sub-group to answer the question “how to make a party when you were 16?”. Participants were guided to the creation of a fictitious planning which passed through all the pcm phases: definition of the purposes for the party (background analysis and programming); invitation (creation of the partnership and identification); planning (preparation and formulation); cost evaluation (cost/benefit analysis, financing and budgeting); the party itself (implementation); evaluation of the impact after a given period (evaluation).

Next step was the presentation of the project in all its major aspects, including the ict platform already available, the training modules which will soon tested in Greece, the possibilities and facilities offered to the web-users, and the indication on how to collaborate and contact the project partners.