Guidelines for Planning a Project Design and Management Workshop

Trainers brought in as consultants, or who are new to 

training, should be provided with the following information:

1.

What was the pre service training (PST) structure, content? What

specific content related to PDM topics was covered? How? For

example, if Volunteers were introduced to participatory analysis

methodologies, e.g., PACA or PRA, which ones did they practice?

Where? What use was made of the information gained?

2.

What is the level of language host country language of

Volunteers, English of Counterparts? Is translation necessary

during the workshop? If so, will there be a translator or are the

trainers expected to do it? Do materials exist in both languages?

If not, can they be translated prior to the workshop?

3.

What other types of training have Volunteers had? Have they

had other in service training, or attended workshops sponsored

by other organizations or agencies? If so, what was the content?

4.

What type of needs assessment has been conducted? What were

the results?

This manual contains

5.

What specific Volunteer issues are there? Job related concerns?

Cultural adjustments? Attitudes toward their Counterparts? How

, worksheets,

have these issues been addressed? What needs to be done about

handouts with key points,

them prior to or during the PDM workshop?

background readings, and

6.

What specific issues are Counterparts having with Volunteers?

sample project designs.

How have these issues been addressed? How might these issues

impact the PDM workshop?

Content and Materials

Preparation

This manual contains , worksheets, handouts with key

points, background readings, and sample project designs. Workshop

planners will need to study the manual and decide which materials

are appropriate for the expected participant group and which

materials may need to be adapted. If, for example, the sample project

designs are not appropriate to the context in which Volunteers and

Counterparts work, develop a more suitable one using the sample as

a template.

Some trainers like to provide participants with extra sets of worksheets

so they will have  clean  copies to take back to their communities.

A decision about the need to translate written materials should be

made several weeks before the workshop to allow sufficient time for

translation. The key materials must be selected, translated, and

reproduced.

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