120-0346/01 – Project management in EU (RPvEU)
Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To describe the fundamentals of Project Management.
2. To describe the phases of project management.
3. To characterize the application of project management in the development of firms and regions.
4. To explain the development and contents of key documents for project implementation.
5. To interpret the requirements for structure of projects financed by EU structural funds.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Summary
Projects and strategies in the devekopment of EU. Fundamentals of Project Management. Logical Framework Approach. The stages of project lifecycle. Initiation, Planning, Implementation and Conclusion of projects. Project Management in firms and in regional development. Key project management documents for project planning and implementation. The use of EU Structural funds for financing the projects.
Compulsory literature:
1. European Commission. Project Cycle Management Guidelines. Volume 1. Brussels: EuropeAid Cooperation Office. March 2004.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Presentations in seminars.
E-learning
E-Learning course is accesible in CMS Moodle system.
Other requirements
Other requirements are not required.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures
1. Introduction to the course
2. Basic project management terminogolie
3. Project life cycle
4. Grant funding of projects in terms of the EU
5. Grant funding of projects in the Czech Republic
6. Project financing from the EU Structural Funds in the Czech Republic
7. The life cycle of grants and road project funded by the EU Structural Funds
8. Project cycle management and logical framework of the project method
9. People and organizations in project management
10. Initializing the project
11. Project planning
12. Project implementation
13. Project controlling
14. Preparing grant applications for projects co-financed by EU Structural Funds
Seminars
1. Introduction
2. Projects in firms and regions
3. Presentation of projects by students
4. Logical framework approach
5. Presentation of logframe matrix
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction