30 October – 1 November, 2018
Berane, Montenegro

The President of the Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., Štefan Simončič, will participate in the preparation of proposals for cross-border cooperation projects between Montenegro and Kosovo. The evaluation will take place between 30 October and 1 November in Berane, Montenegro.

Programme

First day:

  • 10.00 – 10.30 Arrival and registration of participants;
  • 10.30 – 11.00 Introduction: getting to know each other; presentation of expectations, objectives, results and workshop programme;
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Defining what a project is, discussing the different types of projects; putting them into the “bigger picture”;
  • 11.30 – 13.00 Call for project selection: explain what a call is and present the content of a typical application; CBC Call for proposals package; IPA II CBC Montenegro-Kosovo Programme (thematic priorities, specific objectives, results, types of activities, scope of the programme, etc.). );
  • 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch;
  • 14.00 – 14.30 Project cycle management: phases of the project cycle, stages, procedures and actors; 14.30 – 14.30
  • 14.30 – 15.30 Logical framework approach: problem analysis, stakeholder analysis, objective analysis, intervention logic;
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee and tea break;
  • 16.00 – 17.00 Practical exercises.

Participants will be divided into groups; each group will select a problem and work on it using the LFA methodology as a starting point.

Second day:

  • 09.00 – 11.00 Preparation for the second day: wrapping up the work of the first day, presentation of results, discussion and review;
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Break with coffee and tea;
  • 11.30 – 12.30 Logframe matrix – Part I: presentation of the format, explanation of terminology, intervention logic, assumptions from risk analysis;
  • 12.30 – 13.30 Logframe matrix – part two: defining objectively verifiable indicators; horizontal logic of the logframe matrix;
  • 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
  • 14.30 – 16.00 Practical exercises: group work – completion of the logframe matrix based on the analysis during the previous tasks; presentation of the results;
  • 16.00 – 16.30 Closing of the second day: summary, Q&A, discussion

Third day:

  • 09.00 – 09.15 Introduction: look back at the first and second day, reminder of the agenda for the third day;
  • 09.15 – 10.00 Grant Application Form (PRAG 2018): Part A – Concept – general description of what is happening, relevance and value-added elements;
  • 10.00 – 11.00 Practical exercises: completion of the relevant parts of the application form
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee and tea break
  • 11.30 – 12.30 Funding application form (PRAG 2018)
    Part B – Full application – detailed description of actions, methodology, indicative action plan, sustainability;
  • 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch;
  • 14.30 – 15.30 Action budget: presentation of the template, explanation of the budget guidelines, types of costs and their presentation in the budget;
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Practical exercises: Finalising the campaign budget;
  • 16.00 – 16.30 Conclusion of the training: discussion, Q&A, closing.

The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., is supported by: