Much of the work of youth development professionals is organized around specific projects. While, they may be small projects designed by yourself and relevant stakeholders to solve very specific problems that you and they face. Alternatively, it could be part of much larger projects run by major funding bodies. However, project design and development is often expected to use certain techniques to ensure project quality. Thus, the aim of youth program planning is to introduce you to the practices that have built up around the design and management of projects in the last few decades.
Furthermore, what is presented here will give you a general overview of project work. Therefore, it has been written to help you develop the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, design, implement, monitor and evaluate projects in your youth in development program.
Course Outcomes
When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
- Identify activities involved in project planning, monitoring and evaluation.
- write a proposal for funding, including logframes.
- plan projects on the basis of a logical framework.
- Demonstrate understanding of the Total Quality Program standers.
- Prepare project risk management plan.
Who should attend this course?
- Department heads of youth focused institutions.
- Young Leaders
- Professionals responsible for youth project planing, in government departments, corporates and NGOs.
- Youth Workers.
- Student Activities coordinators.
Course Outlines
Youth Centered Programming Model
- Preparation for programming
- (Need Assessment – Youth development Factor – Assessing Organization – Entrepreneurship – Youth involvement)
- Program Objectives
- Logical Framework
Program Development
- Approaches to program development
- Selecting program format
- Choosing program area
- Program promotion
- Total Quality Program
Program Implementation
- Program leadership
- Helping Youth feel valued
- Promoting youth involvement
- Quality customer service
- Handling complaints
- Risk Management
Program Evaluation
- Purposes
- Principles of evaluation
- Types of evaluation
- Methods of evaluation
- Model of evaluation