1. Goals and objectives Session 16 Global Youth Network Workshop Needs Assessment & Programme Planning

2. Why a project proposal?  To explain to donors what you want to do and why in a language they understand  To be able to look back and see whether you have achieved what you wanted to achieve (that is, to evaluate)  Every format is different, but they are all the same!

3. Goals and objectives  Usually there is a distinction between aims that you can achieve within the life of the project (we call these objectives) and those that your project can only contribute to (we call these goals)  Be particularly careful, each donor has its own terminology and definitions!

4. Goals  Example: a small youth group working in substance abuse prevention applying for a US$10,000 grant for a 1-2 years long project  One goal, e.g. “by the end of the project, the number of young people starting to use substances in our community will have decreased”  The goal is your dream, your vision, the direction towards which you want the project to take you (but you know will not reach)!

5. Objectives (I) Setting your objectives  Link each objective to a risk/ protective factor that you want to do something about  Problem/ present situation (risk/ protective factors)  Ideal/ desired situation (goals and objectives)  What are you going to do to move from one to the other (activities)  Describe the situation that you want to achieve (the impact, NOT the activities) on your target group (NOT on you!)

6. Objectives (II) An example  Risk factor: youth have nothing to do in their free time  Objective: By the end of the project, all youth in our community will be employing their free time in fun and constructive activities  To organise alternative activities for the youth (NO, this is an activity)  To establish a youth centre (NO, this is an activity and does not say how the life of youth will be changed)

7. Objectives (III) Formulating your objectives  Make them SMART  Specific to a target group  Measurable  Achievable  Realistic  Timebound  More than one (as no one factor is the cause of substance abuse), but not too many