How to Acquire Donor Funded Contracts? Understand the procedures and prepare competitive proposals. Project Cycle Management, PCM, is a tool used by most of the global multi-lateral development agencies: from the EU to the World Bank, to identify and formulate projects. This course has been designed to appeal to students interested in the aid/development sector as well as students who are interested in logical models that can be applied to project design. The course is organized in 6 teaching blocks: 1.%09The Cycle of Operations of Multi-Lateral AgenciesWorld BankEuropean CommissionKey processes involved in acquiring donor funded contractsThe Pre-Qualification PhaseGeneral Procurement Notices and Specific Procurement Notices (World Bank)Services Forecast and Request for the Expression of Interest (EC)Structure and Content of the Expression of InterestCriteria to Assess to Expression of InterestBuilding a Successful Expression of InterestThe Tender PhaseTypes of Tenders an corresponding Procedures according to the World Bank and ECStructure and Content of Budding DocumentsManaging Bidding DocumentsInterpretation of Terms of Reference and Proposal WritingPreparing the Full Technical Proposal according to World Bank TemplatesPreparing the Full Technical Proposal according to the ECBudgeting and Preparing your Financial OfferPreparing the Financial Proposal according to World Bank TemplatesPreparing the Financial Proposal according to the ECThe Evaluation PhaseEvaluation Procedures (Administrative, Technical and Financial)Evaluation MethodsEvaluation GridsThe Contract PhaseTypes of ContractsContracts and Implementation ProceduresManaging Online PlatformsThe World Bank siteThe Europa WebsiteThe Devbusiness SitePrivate Web Sites: DEVEX, DG MARKET, ASSORTIS

Course leader
Rui Santos, Maastricht School of Management

Target group
This course has been designed to appeal to students interested in the aid/development sector as well as students who are interested in logical models that can be applied to project design.

Fee info
EUR 425: Course plus course materials. (If combined with the course Development Course Management the course fee is 400).

Scholarships
Not available.

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