Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies, professional focus North-South cooperation | 6 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course approaches development cooperation projects from a methodological point of view.
It enables students to identify and apply the tools necessary for the design, planning, implementation and evaluation of a development project.
In doing so, the course also aims to question and distinguish the role of the scientist from that of the expert in the development cooperation sector.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and classify the causes and consequences of a situation identified as a problem encountered by a population of development country;
- apply, in response, the tools (problem trees, solution trees, logical framework matrix) used to identify a problem, to plan and develop a project, to manage it and to evaluate it;
- highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the tools used;
- draw up a development project that meets the standards of the aid industry.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A good knowledge of the actors and issues of cooperation is necessary.
The courses (SOCI2243) "Sociologie de la Coopération Internationale" et (SOCI0088) "Initiation à la coopération internationale et l'aide humanitaire" can help in understanding the issues involved in setting up development projects.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
General overviews by teacher
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Workshops, exercices and role plays
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Except for sanitary measures
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
In the first stage, students are asked to respond in groups formed by the teacher to a call for development projects from a fictitious donor.
Students must submit their project by email to the teacher within the set deadline. Any delay will result in an automatic postponement. Their project must use the tools seen in the course. It is then assessed by another group of students. Each group must both develop a project and evaluate the project of another group.
Each group has to present its project and try to convince the jury of the relevance and quality of its project.
The teacher's assessment is based on compliance with the instructions of the call for projects, the quality of the project and the good use of the tools seen in the course, as well as the relevance of the evaluation of the projects formulated by the student groups.
Evaluation Schedule:
First Session:
- November 4, 2024: Call for projects opens.
- Before January 3, 2025, at 12:00 noon (sharp!): Deadline for project submission.
- Presentation and peer evaluation at the end of the session (date to be determined).
- June 4, 2025: Call for projects opens.
- Before August 18, 2025, at 12:00 noon: Deadline for project submission.
- Presentation and peer evaluation at the end of the session (date to be determined).
Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be ; Estelle.Lecroart@uliege.be
Work placement(s)
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Gautier Pirotte
Tel : 04/366.27.80
Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be