Project Management for EU Funds

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

By completing the course, the student will gain:
- Knowledge of the basic principles of project management
- Knowledge of the specifics of project management in EU funds
- Knowledge of how to create and implement EU projects
- Skills to work in a team and present team results
- Competence to understand the relationship between the project and the objectives of the public policy
- Competence to develop and manage your own project

Indicative content

The course will focus on explaining the basic concepts of project management, such as project life cycle, the matrix of the logical framework of the project, the time schedule of the project. The student will learn the basic aspects of project management such as project planning, project organization, project budget, material and personnel support of the project, change management and project documentation. At the same time, they will get acquainted with the basic way of functioning of projects in the public sector on the example of the functioning of projects supported by EU funds.
Course topics:
- Definition of project management, project cycle
- Specifics of public sector projects - EU funds
- Project planning / specifics of calls for project applications for NFP
- Creation of project applications for NFP
- Organizational, material and technical support of projects
- Personnel management of projects / limits of personnel expenditures in projects / types of personnel expenditures
- Project budget
- Specifics of the budget of EU projects - public procurement, expenditure limits, budget breakdown
- Implementation of projects, specifics of the system of management of EU funds
- Financial management of projects, specifics of the system of financial management of EU funds
- Control and monitoring of projects, specifics of the system of EU monitoring indicators
- Presentations of preparation of own projects

Support literature

ŠIPIKAL, Miroslav. Tvorba projektov a programov : (tvorba a implementácia neinvestičných projektov Európskej únie) : učebné texty. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2010
ROSENAU Milton, D.: Řízení projektů, Computer press, Praha, 2006
Project management institute: The Standard for Program Management – Fourth Edition, PMI. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-62825-196-8
www.partnerskadohoda.gov.sk- informácie o samotných programoch a metodické pokyny k tvorbe programov

Requirements to complete the course

100% - semester project - preparation of own project within the EU funds

Student workload

78 hours (participation in seminars 22 hours, preparation for seminars 22 hours, preparation of final project 34 hours)

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 11.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 10.11.2023