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
Youth participation refers to how young people can be involved in processes, institutions
and decisions that affect their lives – and this can be active or passive.
Active youth participation means engaging or being ready to engage. Passive youth participation
means you are willing to allow whatever happens to happen, and you are not changing
or controlling the situation.
For example, you could participate passively by listening to someone speak at an event, but
you have no intention of getting involved in the issue or making any changes in your life.
By contrast, you could participate actively by researching a topic, finding actions you could
take and raising awareness with the goal of changing the behaviour of others.
Voices of Youth (UNICEF’s digital community FOR YOUTH, BY YOUTH)
Participation in the democratic life of any community is about more than voting or standing
for election, although these are important elements. Participation and active citizenship is
about having the right, the means, the space and the opportunity and where necessary the
support to participate in and influence decisions and engage in actions and activities so as
to contribute to building a better society.
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (2003) Revised
European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life
Common aspects in all youth participation definitions:
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Young people have agency;
They can and should form opinions and views;
They are able to take an action for positive change;
They should be able to exert influence and be part of decision-making;
It is their right to participate.
Simply put – when one’s voice is taken into account, when one feels they belong to a community
and that their opinions and actions make a difference, then one is more inclined to be an active
member of that community, to contribute to progress, to engage, protect it and care about environment
in which they live. This goes for all people, and young ones don’t differ in that regard.
Therefore, projects focused on youth, which enable meaningful participation of youth are higher-quality
and more precise.
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