INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Challenges & Opportunities

Are you frustrated and tired at the end of your International Development project? Are you having challenges with your sponsors and funders and their requirements with metrics?

This two hour webinar will highlight the advantages of adopting Project Management for International Development Projects and Programs as they face unique challenges. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is an important conceptual framework for developing projects and presents an opportunity and a way forward to reform international development (ID) management practices. This is especially oriented for donor organizations that focus on development issues such as poverty alleviation, health, education, agriculture, food security, infrastructure, etc. and how it can contribute to improved results in the management of projects in developing countries.

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Project Management Body of Knowledge is widely recognized all around the world, with PMI members numbering around 500,000. After following the PMI´s methodologies, the success rate of projects has been measured to go up from 15% to 50%. PMBOK is generally better known in the private sector and lacks a strong recognition in the world of international development projects and programs. This webinar will highlight why PMBOK is an important conceptual framework for developing projects and presents an opportunity and a way forward to reform international development management practices.

So how can we effectively show the advantages of Project Management to attract multilateral, bilateral donor agencies and project managers that work in International development projects?   From social development to infrastructure, international development projects face their unique challenges. In order to transform the challenges to opportunities, ID projects should be managed using proven tools and techniques, the same way as standard projects.

The objective of this two hour Webinar is to grow awareness of how organizations would benefit a great deal if they were to adopt the effective project management and project management skills that PMBOK has to offer. 

Some of the benefits are:

•  It is a proven technique that allows both donor institutions and host countries to speak a common language.
• Provides a common structured environment with standards and measurable techniques.
• Presents basic tools that improve performance and saves time.