Management and evaluation of policies and projects - 166011

The course aims at providing the relevant knowledge and skills for management and evaluation of project proposals and public policies with particular attention to the tools adopted by the main international agencies (particularly EU) and Non-Governmental Organizations. The principal learning outcomes will be to analyse the main tools and methods to plan, formulate, monitor, and evaluate project proposals and public policies. Students will be able to the analyse the stages of preparation and implementation of a development project, defining the aims, the role of the involved stakeholders, the decisions to make and the problems that may derive. They will also be able to implement monitoring and evaluation of policies especially with regard to problems and ex-post evaluation techniques.