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Digital EUPM2 Guide

• 1 Introduction
• 2 EU-funding Programs and Projects
• 3 Overview
• 4 Governance and Project Organisation
• 5 Initiating Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 6 Planning Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 7 Executing Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• 8 Closing Phase – Activities and Artefacts
• Post-closing obligations
• 9 Monitoring and Control – Activities and Artefacts
• Appendixes

Appendix E: The Logical Framework Approach

The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) is a participatory process that helps in the analysis, design and planning of projects. It is very frequently used in conjunction with the Project Cycle Management (PCM). The purpose of the LFA is to gain a deep understanding of the context and initial conditions and systematize and structure the information in a standardize way (the Logical Framework Matrix - LFM). The key elements in the LFA process are:

• The participation of key stakeholders to ensure engagement, ownership, and sustainability. By means of consultations and dialogue, points of view and key information is gathered, processed, and analysed as part of the project identification and justification.
• Cause-effect links are identified in order to be able to address the root causes of the perceived problems and to define solutions and objectives. This process identifies activities and potential outputs that are likely to generate outcomes and impact in the long term.

The LFA is generally structured in 3 parts: analysis, design, and planning, which each one of them having several steps and generating specific outputs.

It is very important to distinguish the LFA as an analytical process, and the Logical Framework Matrix (LFM), which is the structured document where the information and analysis are summarized and structured to facilitate the planning of the project.

The LFM is generally structured in rows and columns. Additional columns may be added to include targets or baseline information, but there should be an element of balance not to overload the matrix with information, risking to reduce its usefulness:

• The rows will indicate the cause-effect links that have been identified, structured in:
  • Objectives/Impact: Identifies the overall project objectives that the project aims to achieve in terms of long-term expected change.
  • Outcomes/Results: Identifies the expected results of the project, in terms of how the produced outputs are used and generate change.
  • Outputs/Deliverables: Identifies the actual products that the project will generate.
  • Activities: Outlines the specific actions and tasks that need to be implemented to generate the project´s outputs.
• The columns will include additional elements that support the project plan:
  • Indicators that will allow to measure the progress and effect of the project
  • Targets to provide reasonable baselines and expectations
  • Sources of verification that identify the independent and reliable documentation that will be used to verify the achievements of the project
  • Assumptions that act as success factors, indicating what elements from outside the project are influential to the project, so that they can be adequately foreseen

The LFM presents a standardized template that summarizes key project elements, providing project managers with an overview of objectives, scope, and activities as well as indicators, targets and success factors.

Appendix D: Partnerships and Stakeholders in EU-funded projects

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