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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HOW TO WRITE A PROJECT?
Problem tree
UNWRAPPING SITUATION ANALYSIS
Decide upon the
main problem you will
reflect on or structure
thinking around an
issue that a call for
proposal is tackling.
Discuss the possible
causes for the
problem situation.
List various
consequences
that occur from the
problem. You can also
try to show linkages
and hierarchy.
Problem tree analysis is a popular, widely used visual representation of a problem, its causes and
its consequences. Using this tool at the beginning of your project proposal development may
help you involve young people from the get-go, realise relationships in layers of problem(s) and
can serve you well in defining project objectives.
Developing the problem tree with your team and by involving young people can be useful to draft
a more detailed analysis of the problem.
This tool is easy to use and doesn’t require complex facilitation skills nor materials. In return, it
gives you useful information and participatory quality in project ideation.
Take the following steps:
1. Use a large white paper or flipchart paper and markers, or whiteboard and post-its.
Draw a tree and explain the three levels of the drawing. The analysed problem is in the
middle. The roots symbolise various causes of the problem. The branches represent
space where effects or consequences stemming from this problem are grouped.
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