2.

To enhance the  Volunteers' outreach capabilities.

3.

To build host country national community development skills

and strengthen the relationship between Volunteer and Counter 

part.

Goals and Objectives

for Participants

The concepts presented in the PDM workshop often are not new to

Volunteers or their Counterparts. Writing goals and objectives,

developing an action plan, and other aspects of project design may

have been learned in other settings. However, in the PDM workshop,

Volunteers and their Counterparts have an opportunity to clarify

concepts, talk with each other in a focused way, and work through

the design process by practice planning a project that is real for their

community. It is this interaction of Volunteer and Counterpart that is

 In the PDM workshop,

constantly identified by participants as the most important part of

Volunteers and their

the workshop.

Counterparts have an

The following sample goal and objectives reflect the content of the

opportunity to clarify

PDM workshop as described in this manual. Posts may choose to

modify the list in accordance with their own particular situation.

concepts, talk with each

other in a focused way,

Goal

and work through the

design process by practice

Volunteers and Counterparts will have opportunities to develop a

shared understanding of concepts, strategies, and skills for project

planning a project that is

design and management and use them with their communities.

real for their community.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

1.

Explain their expectations for successful projects and develop

means of implementing them through improved planning,

communication, and project monitoring.

2.

Describe tools and methods that can be used to better understand

the community they serve.

3.

Work through the steps of project planning, develop a potential

project for their community, and learn a process they can replicate

with their communities.

4.

Develop a plan for how they will apply the skills and knowledge

learned in the workshop to their jobs and share them with others.

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