Beginner’s Manual for Project Proposal Writing 101
Not Another Boring Handbook: Learn to Write Successful Projects The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia publishes the “Beginner’s Manual for Project Proposal Writing 101”. This Manual is conceptualized to support the advancement of project writing skills for the successful design of projects and initiatives that can connect the Western Balkan youth. It supports beginner practitioners to understand the structure of grant proposals, develop project elements and create inclusive youth projects. By offering a practical resource, the Manual includes a variety of exercises and tools on the topic. Most importantly, it draws on lessons learned from several trainings organized by RYCO and the OSCE field operations in the Western Balkans. The three thematic parts which lay at the center of the “Beginner’s Manual for Project Proposal Writing 101” are: ● Unwrapping grant-making logic and understanding processes behind the grant life cycle; ● Highlighting the importance of participation and diversity in youth mobility projects; ● Guiding through major project elements and technical aspects of project writing. RYCO and the OSCE Mission to Serbia hope that this Manual will serve as an important companion to all interested individuals, organizations and secondary schools.
Not Another Boring Handbook: Learn to Write Successful Projects
The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia publishes the “Beginner’s Manual for Project Proposal Writing 101”.
This Manual is conceptualized to support the advancement of project writing skills for the successful design of projects and initiatives that can connect the Western Balkan youth. It supports beginner practitioners to understand the structure of grant proposals, develop project elements and create inclusive youth projects.
By offering a practical resource, the Manual includes a variety of exercises and tools on the topic. Most importantly, it draws on lessons learned from several trainings organized by RYCO and the OSCE field operations in the Western Balkans.
The three thematic parts which lay at the center of the “Beginner’s Manual for Project Proposal Writing 101” are:
● Unwrapping grant-making logic and understanding processes behind the grant life cycle;
● Highlighting the importance of participation and diversity in youth mobility projects;
● Guiding through major project elements and technical aspects of project writing.
RYCO and the OSCE Mission to Serbia hope that this Manual will serve as an important companion to all interested individuals, organizations and secondary schools.
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Beginner’s manual Project proposal writing 101
1 On 1 with some of the main elements of the
budget form units:
There are usually three most common ways in which units are divided:
1. Unit costs: Unit cost is the cost of a single item or a unit. It could be a daily cost of a
staff member or a consultant, or single cost of a computer machine. They cover specific
categories of costs identified as an amount per unit. For example: EUR 50 per return
ticket, or EUR 500 per monthly gross fee.
2. Lump sums: cover in global terms specific categories of costs in global terms. This is
usually not a practice, except when the costs of many diverse items are low, in order to
avoid reporting on each and every one of them.
3. Flat rate financing: covering specific categories of costs which are fixed in advance.
For example, flat rate is used to calculate indirect costs. Usually, it is defined as “7%
of the total direct costs”. Flat rate is also sometimes used in budgeting travel cost per
specific geographical area or for per diem allowance.
HUMAN RESOURCES/ Staff costs: Presentation of all costs related to salaries and wages of
people specially engaged in the implementation of the project. Their roles in the project are usually
stated as: co-ordinator, assistant, financial assistant and similar. All personnel incomes are
stated in gross amount (net amount plus social/health insurance and other costs). Usually, this
should not be more than 30% of the total project budget.
EXTERNAL EXPERTS: They are external, therefore not employed permanently by any of the
partners of the project. Experts are engaged for knowledge/services unavailable in your own
organisation. Their outputs are usually very easy to spot: a video, visibility material, workshop
session, training, research.
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