Contents: Based on the project cycle methods of project planning, the implementation, monitoring and impact assessment in developing and threshold countries are introduced and trained in their application. In this regard, special emphasis is placed in particular on the project environment, the constellation of stakeholders and the integration of stakeholders, the project planning matrix, the project economics and efficiency, the methods of determining the social and ecological impacts as well as of quality monitoring (certification). The practical knowledge deepening takes place by involving partners from the field (GTZ, consulting companies etc.), the work with case studies and the independent elaboration of planning documents for a project of technical cooperation. The student applies the methodical steps of the project cycle in planning of a practical project of technical cooperation on the forestry/agricultural sector.

Goals of qualification: The student is qualified to be able to independently plan projects, to supervise their implementation, as well as to evaluate them. He knows the most important strengths and weaknesses of alternative planning, evaluation and impact-assessment methods as well as of various project and program types. He is capable of conducting financial and economic assessments (feasibility studies) of projects ex-ante, supervisory and ex-post. He is able to independently apply methods of impact-assessment and of certification, as well as to interpret the results.