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
Stakeholders analysis
UNWRAPPING SITUATION ANALYSIS
Stakeholders are…
People, groups or institutions/legal entities who may be affected by your project, who have
influence or power in context of your work, or have an interest in the topic and (un)success
of the project.
How to identify stakeholders?
Step 1:
List all possible stakeholders that come to mind. Let’s say your project is about social inclusion
and advancing the participation of less advantaged youth from Albania, Montenegro and Serbia.
Here is a list of possible stakeholders:
Association of
youth workers
Centres for social
work
Government
Prominent NGO
working on social
inclusion from
Albania
National Youth
Council of Serbia
Ministry of Youth
Local Advisory
Council of Youth
Faculty of social
sciences in
Montenegro
Local newspaper
Key researcher well
established in this
area
Young member of
National Parliament
National Minority
Council
RYCO
The Social Inclusion
and Poverty
Reduction Unit
(SIPRU) of the
Government of
Serbia
National TV station
Students of social
work
School for youth
with impaired vision
Company with
strong social
responsibility policy
Young social
entrepreneur
Local youth office
You may also cluster your list differentiating from local to national level, or internal and external or
any other criteria that makes sense for you and helps you focus your approach.
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