Local officials also need to be able to design project proposals and budget plans, especially after the recent decentralisation reforms. This is not always an easy task, and therefore, in the course, we will be dealing with topics such as: What is proposal writing? What are the main steps of successful proposal writing? How to come up with project ideas by undertaking, for instance, a problem tree analysis? How to select your goals, objectives, outputs, indicators and desired impact in real project practice? How to design a logical framework for projects in general, using a simple format? How to prepare of budget plan? How to evaluate your own project proposal according to a checklist? The training uses a variety of practical exercises emphasising the steps of proposal and budget development. Participants will be requested to actually write short proposals, and will also receive feedback and advice from the trainers, regarding the proposals they have been writing.