Project management steps for

development of youth projects

STEP 1

Needs analysis – Why this project is needed? For whom is it needed?

- What are the challenges faced by the young people/rural community you live in?
- What are their priorities, their main needs?

 underprivilaged youth

 Them to gain independence & competences

 They need to discover skills & talents

 They can use this project to develop and grow as individuals

 Since it’s a diverse community, it will facilitate the social inclusion process

Has it been done before to deal with the mentioned challenges and what is innovative
about your idea?

This challenge has been dealt with before, but not in a social inclusive enviroment, where
people can feel confident and develop their talents

Who will be the target group(s) of your project? Please specify with whom who are you
going to work? (age group, characteristics of the target group)

• 18-30 age gap

• unprivileged youth
• selection process will be done (motivation, orientation of goals will be take into account)
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Defining the aims – What is the project for?

(The aims should be expressed in one or very few sentences that contain the essence of the project
and can be read almost independently from the rest of the project.)
Guiding questions:
- What is your project for? (reason)
- What do you want to achieve/change (within your rural community, region)? (impact)

Our aim is…

to prepare the youth to be included in the society and i labour market by developping their
skills, talents and competences. Through our workshops and trainings.

STEP 3
Defining Objectives

So, concretely, how are you going to achieve the aim of your project?
Are your objectives
Guiding questions: SMART?
Specific
What should young people learn during the project? Measurable
What necessary steps do you need to take in order to achieve the aim?
What would be possible outcomes of the project? Achievable
Realistic
Timed
 How to develop talents, social skills and their competences.

 Step 1 > Discovery of talent by individual talks, interviews.

 Step 2 > Trainings (courses and workshops, entrepreneurships, talents and crafts)

professionals and soccess stories will be tools.

 Step 3> Intellectual output (how to utilize the gained knowledge and practices)

 7-10 per training throughout 18 months + stakeholders dissemination and following

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QUALITY CRITERIA for Youth Projects

 Concrete, archiavable and assesseble objectives.

 definition of competences addressed and learning outcomes for participants.

 Adecuate and timely preparation process

 Complete team of trainers and facilitators

 Integrated approach to intercultural learnings participation and educaiton

 Adecuate selection of participants

 Consistent non-formal education principles

 Accessible and timely documentation

 Through and open process of evaluation

 Adecuate educational enviroment and institucional support

 Integrated follow-up, communication and visibility

 (make more tangable + applicable to project, webpagem arresability)

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Defining the Methodology – Activities – How?

Think about possible activities, which might help to achieve your objectives and lead you towards
reaching the aim of the project.
Guiding questions:
- When are you going to do what?
- What will be done for preparation, implementation and evaluation?
- Which activities will be on local level and which - on international one?
- Are all your objectives covered by the activities?

Planning (involvement of young people in the preparation process, on local and int. level)

Implementation (programme/list of activities (workshops, discussions,) corresponding to the

defined objectives and the quality criteria; aiming at ‘visibility’;)

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Follow-up:
 to spread the outcomes of the project (in your own community and in the communities
of the partners/participants), share best practises;
 which acitivities are going to follow-up your project (initiatives of participants,
communities)

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How are you going to consider / point out the special needs / conditions of
rural young people?

Step 7

Planning resources – How many/much?

Guided questions:
What kinds of materials are needed for your activities? Which ones do you already have and which
one you need to buy?
What equipment might be needed? Are you planning rent or buy it?
What spaces are needed for running the activities? Do you own them? Do you need to rent them?
Will you need any external people like trainers, consultants?

TOTAL
400€X5 (PROJECTOS)
100€X5 (STATIONARY)
150€X6 (VENUE)
250€ (1 WEEK)
1200€ (2 TRAINERS/1 WEED)

Needed resources
Materials: Computers (1 per country), stationery (office suplies), projectors

Spaces: Training vannes for 35-40 people (hotel), we will rent, acommodations /food->host

facilities?

People: Yes, specialist thrainers, volunteer+paid

STEP 8
The Title of the project
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YOUTH STEPS