Research Methods: Social Science Emma Watson

Development project planning

Executive summary

Situation Analysis:
 Justifies the project idea
 Describes the roles/views/interests
 Identifies factors essential for sustainability

Problem analysis
Clarifies current situation
Identifies key problems and needs
Provides method of prioritising needs
What internal factors create problems or obstacles for the issue in concern?
What obstacles are caused by the operational environment?
What factors may become obstacles for future development?
Why is this project needed?

SWOT

Opportunity analysis
Are there potential synergies?
Provides information and knowledge on potential synergies with other parties in the region/sector.
Identify and review the completed and on-going projects and programmes.
Check the national and regional strategies and policies and assess the opportunities.
Identify from local authorities what is already happening.

Potential: ILO (International labour organization) Humanium, Concerned for working children, Global march,
UNICEF, International research on working children, Bangladesh – Government – Legislation.

Stakeholder analysis
Positive or negative (Groups, individuals, organisations etc.)
Who needs it?
Final / Direct beneficiaries
- (Children, Families, Factory owners, Government legislation, Corporations: Zara, Nike, Factory workers)
Other stakeholder groups and their roles
If children are out of work they cannot provide income and it can contribute towards them being homeless

Resource analysis
On what strengths can we build?
Resources and strengths of the stakeholder groups

Project design/Strategy/Intervention logic

Project goal/Super goal
Reduction in child labour in x by time y. Eradicating child labour in ____

Project purpose
Raise awareness
Objectives
 Clear and realistic
 Reflect – from the point of view of the beneficiaries – the desired improvement
Activities
 Research Methods: Social Science Emma Watson

Raising awareness – producing clips = activities from doing so – played to locals (community) –
leaflets/TV?
Resources
 (Materials, Equipment and Services)
Risks and Key assumptions
Monitoring, reporting and evaluation

Log Frame Approach (‘Graphical’ summary of 3 above)

Timeline
 Clear, realistic and covers its whole lifetime
 Sustainable results must be reachable
Bibliography
Budget