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
How youth actors want to
participate? 4
Beyond theoretical models, you may establish your own standards and rules of participation within
your organization, community where you work with youth, school or another context. This gives
young people the ownership over methodology, contributes to transparency in decision making,
and sets participatory ground for further projects focused on young people.
For instance, in such facilitated process, youth actors from Serbia and the Western Balkans region
expressed importance of the following standards:
➜ Needs-based approach & purposefulness
➜ Communication: transparent, clear, and adjusted to target group
➜ Ensuring security: physical and digital
➜ Engaging methodology
➜ Accessibility & diversity
➜ Youth-adult partnership beyond one-off activity
4 Adapted from the OSCE Mission to Serbia's (2020) Guidelines on youth mainstreaming. This tool is created based on a consultative
process with National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS), National Association of Youth Workers of Serbia (NAPOR),
South East European Youth Network (SEEYN) and representatives of civil society organizations with a track record related to
participation practices and youth engagement from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro: Vojvodina Environmental
Movement, MUNJA – Incubator of social innovations Sarajevo, Young Researchers of Serbia, Educational Centre
Kruševac, BalkanIDEA Novi Sad (BINS), Association for Democratic Prosperity – Zid, European Youth Parliament Serbia,
Centre for Transparency and Accountability (CRTA), Belgrade Open School (BOS) and Centre for youth work (CZOR).
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