Course topics:

• Basics of project management.
• Concept of project and project management. Basic management activities in project management. Special aspects of donor-financed projects.
• Project Cycle Management (PCM).
• Principles of grants through the Structural Funds. Programmes and projects. Elements of the project cycle. Essentials of PCM. Methodology of PCM, applied techniques (problem tree, objective tree, activity tree). The Logical Framework Matrix (Logframe) as a tool for project planning (lines, columns, how to use the matrix). The project fiche.
• Implementation of projects.
• Planning of activities. Planning and management of human resource. Communication throughout the life of the project. Activities of the project manager in implementation: professional and administrational tasks. Closing of projects.
• Basic activities in EU-funded projects.
• Monitoring. Financial and physical monitoring, levels and types. The importance of indicators in project management, SMART indicators. Types of indicators (input, output, result and impact indicators). Basic indicators under certain priorities. Reasons for controlling, inner and outer control. Evaluation activities, types of evaluation (ex-ante, interim and ex-post evaluation).

Aims:

The aim of this course is to provide students essential knowledge about project management. Students will learn and execute the basics of project proposal writing, teamwork and dissemination trough a case study during the semester.

Imreh Sz. (2008): Management of EU-Funded Projects – Uniós projektek menedzselése. JATEPress, Szeged.

Imreh Sz. (2003): Some effects of the European Charter for SME’s in the South Great Plain Region. In Lengyel, I. (ed): Knowledge Transfer, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and Regional Development in Hungary. JATEPress, Szeged, pp. 193-210.

EC (2004): Project Cycle Management Guideline, Brussels, EuropeAid Cooperation Office. http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/multimedia/publications/publications/manuals-tools/t101_en.htm