Capacity Building & Training

Developing methodologies and guidelines for improving policy and project performance

Particip disposes of a broad experience in training and capacity building by the management of contracts aiming to develop methodologies and guidelines for improving policy and project quality:

  • From 1999 to 2002, Particip was co-ordinating the training and help-desk-services for developing and strengthening Project Cycle Management (PCM) methodology in the development co-operation of the European Commission
  • The main target for applying the PCM-methodology was to ensure a high quality standard during the project cycle from programming to identification through implementation to monitoring and evaluation.
    We prepared more than 170 PCM training courses (1-5 days each), conceived, implemented, assessed them (also evaluation courses) and, upon request, provided helpdesk advice to EC senior staff on PCM: QA of logframes and all kinds of documents (policy, programming, project...). We drafted a new PCM-Manual & a new PCM-Handbook, as well as logframe analysis & scoring tools.
  • Between 1999 and 2002, Particip co-ordinated the Program of Reinforcement of Decentralized Cooperation (PRECOD). In this context we provided services such as the development of tools for the implementation of the approach and training modules on decentralised cooperation.

Besides these important perennial contracts Particip has implemented and is implementing an important number of short and long term training courses in Project Cycle Management and related thematic fields.

Principles of our training programmes

For all our training programmes, the following principles help us to achieve a sustainable learning effect:

  • Training is expected to change behaviour
  • Training is a process, not an isolated event
  • Training must be part of a strategy of human capital formation and human resource development
  • Training demands conviction, concrete support and demonstrative collaboration of the leading personnel
  • Training must inspire and motivate
  • Training must be tailor-made to reflect professional background, age, educational level, position, and desires and needs of participants
  • Training must integrate efficiency and personal satisfaction, formal planning and creativity, result/action orientation and human relationships