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Peace Corps small projects design and management : training manual for volunteers and counterparts
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Peace Corps small projects design and management : training manual for volunteers and counterparts
To meet the growing concern that projects funded under the A.I.D./Peace Corps Small Projects Assistance (SPA) program may not represent a community"s genuine needs or priorities, the Peace Corps has conducted a series of 2-3 day workshops on fostering community involvement in project design, implementation, and evaluation.
Wzorek, Carol · 1987
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Abstract
The workshops also aim to increase Peace Corps volunteers" and community members" ability to use new management tools (e.g., problemsolving, proposal writing) and to determine the appropriate use of external assistance for community development. Provided here is the trainers" manual for conducting such a workshop, whether for the SPA program or any other type of community project. Separate sections discuss (1) the characteristics of successful projects; (2) problem analysis and project identification; (3) setting project objectives; (4) identifying project resource needs; (5) testing project feasibility; (6) determining project roles and responsibilities; and (7) monitoring and evaluating small community projects.
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