1.0 Module 100 : Participatory Integrated Community Development
1.2 Unit 01: Project Cycle Management
The background of PICD is based on the project cycle management. PICD integrates participatory tools in the various stages of a PCM approach. An understanding of PCM is therefore crucial to be able to understand and deliver the PICD process.
Figure 1: Integrating participatory tools into a PCM
Project Cycle Management is a term used to describe the management activities and decision-making procedures used during the life-cycle of a project. The various PCM and PICD elements and their meaning are summarized in table 1.
Table 1: Elements of a PCM and PICD and their meaning
PCM and PICD elements | Meaning |
| Making contact with the community leadership and members to familiarize oneself, cultivate trust and introduce the development processes |
| A process of making the community aware of their development status and influencing the changing of precarious conditions that causes the status. |
| Determine the existing conditions regarding the target beneficiary and project area |
| A process of making decision based on the information derived from the situation analysis |
| A process through which beneficiaries and their partners undertake to work on the project activities as planned |
| Monitoring: It’s a systematic collection and analysis of information as the project progresses towards improving the efficiency and effectiveness of a project or organization. Evaluation: It is a process of comparing actual project impacts against the agreed strategic plans. |