June 24, 2011 PM: How to write Project Plan Ⅰ
Training Report - Decent work course
The nine participants are requested to write and submit Project Plan at the end of the training in Japan.
Two and half days workshops are programmed for them to acquire skills of how to write a project plan and how to make an effective presentation. The workshops are given by a nonprofit NGO consultant, who facilitates workshops, seminars and projects aimed at developing skills, organizational capacity understanding of global issues and effective partnerships.
At the beginning of the workshop she confirmed the purpose of writing Project Plan and asked the
participants to discuss what employment opportunities for decent work they would like to develop in
respective country.
Then She explained about the following 12 items to be covered in their Project Plan one by one.
- Name, organization and country
- Title of your plan / proposal
- Background information
- Overall Goals
- Concrete Objectives
- Beneficiaries
- Impact on beneficiaries
- Project implementation plan: step by step outline & description, including schedule and timeline
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Possible obstacles to project plan implementation
- Budget needed, how to raise funds
- Impact of this training: how this training contributes to your project Plan
Former participants' examples were also shown so that the participants could understand how to
write each item easily.
Draft of the Project Plan should be prepared by the next workshop, July 15, 2011. Good luck everyone!

