NGO Education Survey

CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE RESEARCH OF DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATIONS

Topics include: - The diagnosis for decision making. - Clarification of nature and magnitude of social problems. - Conceptual elements for the construction of social diagnosis. - The role of social actors/ Participation analysis and Process management. - Social diagnosis as a knowledge process and intervention tool.

EVALUATION OF PLANNING

- Diagnosis as a frame of reference for evaluation. - Analysis of the formulation of planning as a proposal for change. - Phases in the evaluation process: formulation, implementation, results and impacts - Characteristics of participatory evaluation. - Evaluation strategies. Main factors of success or failure. - Methodology and evaluation technique. Evaluation design. Construction of indicators.

HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING

Topics include: -Social development and planning. Planning models and development styles in Latin America and Argentina. - History of systemic planning: origin and evolution. Ideology and the great Models. - Social and economic planning as a permanent function. - Institutionalization of social and economic planning by the state. - Forms of social participation in planning. - Relationship between planning and social work. The interdisciplinary exercise and the complexity of social processes. The technical and the political in planning.

PROGRAMMING AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT: DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

- The planning process. Operational levels: plans, programs, projects. Process development. - Traditional planning vs. Strategic planning. Analysis of the planning process. - Conceptual elements of strategic planning and Strategic thinking - Methodology of the logical framework. - Introduction to the methodology of integral management of social programs oriented to results - Importance of the communicational aspect. - Allocation of resources. - Analysis of experiences.