Parts of the project application The Bridge Method Iasi Romania 1 st -7 th of November 2009 The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Title Location Budget Target group/beneficiaries Résumé General objective Specific objective Activities Results/Indicators/Sources of informations Methodology Sustainability Impact Evaluation Relevance The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Title -short -acronym -having Keys words from the Guide of application -long ?? have a look on what titles have the projects approved last year at the same Agency (Financial body) The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Location - be very specific -Ex: “This project will be held in Iasi, N-E region of Romania” The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Budget (view) -How much are you asking from the financial body -How much is this/ from the total cost of the project -As big will be your contribution, as many points you will have in your evaluation ( “but take care”) -As many partners will come with a contribution as many points you will have in your project evaluation The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Target group/beneficiaries -Target group is a category: -”institution interested in adult education” -“programmes coordinators interested in developing abilities in writing down a project application” -Beneficiaries have numbers -10 ”institution interested in adult education” -20 “programmes coordinators interested in developing abilities in writing down a project application” The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Target group/beneficiaries -Target group : try and do projects on one target group not in many -Beneficiaries: -are directs: 20 “programmes coordinators interested in developing abilities in writing down a project application” -are indirect: 10 ”institution interested in adult education”; 10 educational communities interested in adult educational field The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Résumé -You are asking to write down (“in ten rows”): the target group, the general objective, the principal activities from the project, the results, products. -If you are asked to do this in 10 rows, in 10 rows you have to do it (you have to be specific to a specific question). The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

General objective -Sometime “the general objective” is the same with the “goal”/”aim”/”purpose” of the project. -Shows (in one sentence) how the situation will be improved after you will closed the project. - try and use only “growing up” verbs: “growing”/ “developing”/ “ realizing”, etc. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Specific objectives -its have to be SMART: -SPECIFIC -MEASURABLE -ACHIVABLE -REALISTIC -IN TIME The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Specific objectives -You have to “still” some words from the General Objective. - Try to do not have more than 3,4 Specific Objectives in a project. -See if your specific projects are Specific Projects or if they are activities. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Activities -Each specific objective is realised through activities. -You can have hundred of activities. -Principals activities, secondary activities, implemented activities. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Activities Each activity has to be written down in this way: -Activity no : -Detailed description of the activity: Period of implementation: Results of this activity: Where will be done this activity: Who will do this activity: The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Activities - Each principal activity has an principal result (called also project result) -Each secondary activity has a secondary result (called process result) The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Results/Indicators/Sources of informations Each result have an indicator, each indicator can be reached in a source of information -Example: -Activity: Growing abilities of writing down a project application for 10 programmes coordinator from 10 adult education institution -Results of the activity: 10 programmes coordinator with bigger abilities in writing down an application -Indicator: number of programmes coordinator which will be instructed in how to write down a project application -Sources of informations: pictures portfolio, lists of presents in the workshop, evaluation sheets, questionnaire ( initial and final), etc. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Methodology - Your project has to be done in a creative way, in an innovative way. -This way of implementing your project is based on a methodology which is “as a coat” for your general objective, for your target group and for the results that you have to have at the end of the project. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Sustainability - Your project has to be sustainable -Nobody will give you money for a project which will be closed at the end of the financial contribution -Make a plan of sustainability (even for your organization is very important as your work continue in a way or in the other way) The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Impact -Take into consideration the impact in the field of direct beneficiaries, indirect beneficiaries, in your organization, in your community, in your region, in your field of activity -Write everything down (do not assume that your project evaluator knows all these things) The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Evaluation -Your project has to be evaluated: -Internal (with your team) -External (by an independent evaluator) -Financial by the Audit The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

Relevance - Your project has to be exactly on the general objective of the financial programme, has to be addressed to the same target as the programme wants, has the eligible activities and the eligible costs that the financial body wants to approve. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. The Bridge Method, Iaşi, Romania, 1-7 November 2009