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Caritas India
Workshop on Project Formulation

The three days' workshop on Project Formulation under the banner of (CIDAL) Caritas Institute of Development Action and Learning was inaugurated on 27/9/2022 at Karnataka Regional Organization for Social Service (KROSS) - Bengaluru.

The inaugural ceremony was held at 9:30 am in the esteemed presence of Fr Jolly Puthenpura Assistant Director of Caritas India, Fr Richard Pais Director of KROSS and Mr. Bijoy, from Quest Alliance, the resource person. Fr Richard Invoked God's blessings on all of us and the ceremonial inauguration was performed as they lighted the lamp. Dr Haridas in charge person for CIDAL, Mr. Robert D Souza State Programme Associate, Caritas, were the initiators of this programme.

Fr. Jolly Puthenpura in the opening message briefed the changes in the mode of functioning in social services comparing with the past situation to the present scenario, but beautifully mentioned that service to the poor should always be the focus of our mission. Also explained the challenges ahead and urged to us prepare ourselves for the future.

The First introductory session by Dr Haridas was on the main topics that would be discussed elaborately by Mr. Bijoy. Dr Haridas for better understanding of various components on Project Formulation tried to explain to us the terms and their importance like Project Cycle Management and Result Based Management.

Mr. Bijoy focused on the topic Result Based Management and in the interactions elicited from the group the understanding of Result Based Management which calls for a change. With different examples the topic was clarified.

In the noon session Quantitative & Qualitative results-based topics were discussed. Later the stages of Project formulation like input, activity, output, outcome & impact Logical Frame Work Analysis, risks and assumptions involved were explained and discussed in detail. The team was divided into groups of 4 and was given questions/scenario to understand and frame LFA.The session ended at 5:30 pm. with a lot of learning and the participants had an understanding on devising a proposal.