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02.12.2014 How to ensure effective project management?
Participants of the training session
«Project management, monitoring and
evaluatino in non-commercial sphere»,
held in Moscow on October 21-24, 2014
tried to answer this question

 

The training session was elaborated and conducted by the Technical Support Group of the RRC Resource Center for HIV and TB within the framework of the  program titled “Regional Healthcare Initiative in Eurasian Countries”. The target audience included the staff members of the headquarters and the regional branches of the Russian Red Cross, Byelorussian Red Cross, Armenian Red Cross and Ukrainian Red Cross. The total number of participants amounted to 17 people. The RRC regional branches were represented by the cities of Irkutsk, Birobidjan, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Sochi, Belorechensk (Krasnodar region) and the Republic of Crimea.

 

A package of unique educational materials, including the training protocol, its detailed plan and program, a check-up test and a number of hand-outs and electronic presentations on every topic covered, has been prepared to conduct the RRC RC training session. The package was based upon the latest materials prepared by the Russian and international organizations, including the IFRC and Pm4ngos organizations, that meet all the international standards and requirements on project management. All the materials are available at the RRC RC TSG electronic resource at:

http://www.redcross-irkutsk.org/ru/pages/

Gruppa_tehnicheskoj_podder/

Gruppa_tehnicheskoj_podder_inf_metod.html .

As soon as the training session was the first of the kind both the participants and the trainers worried a lot. Such training sessions have never been conducted in Russian before. Speaking of their expectations all the participants of the training session figured out the lack knowledge on project management and planning that could allow them to ensure sustainable development of their organizations. 

One should mark, that the issues that were being discussed in the course of the training sessions were totally unfamiliar to the participants. Almost all the managers who took part in the training discussions have had a vast experience in project management. However, none of them knew the “rules of the game”, i.e. had no theoretical background in project management.

In the course of four days the participants were trying to comprehend rather complex though effective project management tools. The first day was the most difficult for all when the participants studied various stages of project implementation and each of them was to determine his own role as a manager within the framework of this process. However, on the second day most of the participants developed keen interest in the new field of knowledge. They enthusiastically studied the theoretical aspects of project management, fulfilled practical exercises, exchanged their knowledge and discussed interesting ideas.

The first two days were devoted to project management in non-commercial sphere. Theoretical and practical exercises allowed the participants to expand their knowledge of project planning, control and implementation. They have got acquainted with such management disciplines as scope management, risk management, time management, resources management, project substantiation and stakeholders management and realized the scope of management activities they have to coordinate  to ensure effective project management. 

Most of the participants showed great interest in project management tools. They did not only wish to study the theory but were also eager to apply those tools. Structural decomposition of activities, network diagrams, stakeholders' management and a number of other tools happened to be the most popular. 

The third and the fourth days of the training session were devoted to one of the most important stages of project implementation – Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The main goal of this part of the training session was to make Monitoring and Evaluation a practical, easy-to-comprehend and useful tool that could be deliberately applied on all the stages of project planning and implementation. During the training session the participants were getting acquainted with theoretical aspects and then applied their knowledge learning to elaborate  M&E plan for their projects, determine the right indicators and make up formulas to measure the latter. They also studied the international M&E standards and requirements for project reporting. Practical exercises took most of the time on days three and four what allows to hope that all the participants received handsome practical knowledge of elaborating adequate  M&E plans.

All the participants were working in a warm friendly atmosphere, employing their creative abilities, demonstrating the will to comprehend the new material and showing solidarity for their colleagues when somebody failed to quickly get the point. Due to that all the difficult topics were grasped by the majority of participants. Most of them found it difficult to perform the final check-up test, however almost everybody succeeded with this assignment.  

The analysis of the final evaluation form has shown that the participants were generally satisfied with the training and most of them pointed out that the knowledge obtained was vital, useful and met their professional needs. The participants' expectations have generally proved true.

The RRC RC for HIV and TB continues its efforts to build the capacity of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Eurasian region. In March 2015 a new training session on “Knowledge management” that happens to be another topical issue will be held in Moscow.  

 

All the questions regarding participation in the training sessions may be addressed to the RRC RC head Veronika Agapova: tb@redcross.ru.

A comprehensive analytical report on the training session may be found at:

http://www.redcrossirkutsk.org/ru/pages/

Gruppa_tehnicheskoj_podder/

Gruppa_tehnicheskoj_podder_reports/Otchety_po_meropriyatiyam__.html 


The training session and the final report were
prepared by the RRC RC TSG representatives
(the city of Irkutsk) Anna Zagainova
Anastasia Kalachiova  lanastasiya1@yandex.ru
and the RRC RC TSG, 
9, Zheleznodorozhnaya str,
Irkutsk, Russia 664005,
tel./fax +7 (3952) 38 25 57


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