WAGNER K. - Project Management in Development Cooperation (25h)

This optional course gives an overview of and insight into the different models and forms of project management used and applied in development cooperation, especially in the German context, over the last 20 years. It starts with the logical framework (which is still used by large organisations like the EU), or ‘goal-oriented project planning’, before moving on towards the orientation on impacts introduced in the late 1990s. Finally, the most current development, Capacity WORKS, will be addressed. This is a management and steering model which was developed at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on the basis of European quality management standards and is now used in all its projects abroad. The presentation of the different project management models and forms is accompanied by practical exercises and work on real projects geared towards a deeper understanding of the model’s logic and its systems relations as well as the importance of framework conditions.

Professor: Kurt WAGNER

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Academic year
2021 - 2022
Semester
Second semester
Course type
Optional courses
ECTS Points
4.50