Community Project Proposal Chapters by Phil Bartle, PhD Training Handout. The following outline of chapters can be used for both a project proposal seeking money or approval) or for a project design (a planning tool) Chapters Title Page: (date, project title, location(s), name of your organization, and other necessary single line information) Background: (causes of the problem, not descriptions) Goals: (solution[s] to the identified problem) Objectives: (verifiable specific outputs of the project, specific amounts, completion dates) Beneficiaries: (target group, who, size, characteristics) Activities and Targets: (inputs of the project, what resources are needed, including land, tools, supplies, cash, labour, planning, management) (local, outside) (how much of each is needed) The Schedule: (each action when, time plan) The Organization: (set-up, agency profile, who does what) Costs & Benefits: (value of output, cost per beneficiary) Monitoring: (how to observe if objectives reached) Reporting: (how often, to whom, including what) Appendices: Lists; Documents; Maps; Detailed Budget; Diagrams; and/or Detailed Descriptions. Abstract: (executive summary) --» «-- If you copy any text from this site, please link it back to www.scn.org/cmp/ Updated: 2003 April 19