The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations
Project management is an autonomous discipline that is applied to a huge diversity of activity sectors and that has evolved enormously over the last decades. International Development Cooperation has incorporated some of this discipline’s tools into its professional practice, but many gaps remain. T...
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doaj-82e837145abf4b99904142afeb2a81fe2021-02-02T00:01:31ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-02-01131490149010.3390/su13031490The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government OrganizationsAgustín Moya-Colorado0Nina León-Bolaños1José L. Yagüe-Blanco2Department of Agroforestry Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Agroforestry Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Agroforestry Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainProject management is an autonomous discipline that is applied to a huge diversity of activity sectors and that has evolved enormously over the last decades. International Development Cooperation has incorporated some of this discipline’s tools into its professional practice, but many gaps remain. This article analyzes donor agencies’ project management approaches in their funding mechanisms for projects implemented by non-governmental organizations. As case study, we look at the Spanish decentralized donor agencies (Spanish autonomous communities). The analysis uses the PM<sup>2</sup> project management methodology of the European Commission, as comparison framework, to assess and systematize the documentation, requirements, and project management tools that non-governmental organizations need to use and fulfill as a condition to access these donors’ project funding mechanisms. The analysis shows coincidence across donors in the priority given to project management areas linked to the iron triangle (scope, cost, and time) while other areas are mainly left unattended. The analysis also identifies industry-specific elements of interest (such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals) that need to be incorporated into project management practice in this field. The use of PM<sup>2</sup> as benchmark provides a clear vision of the project management areas that donors could address to better support their non-governmental organization-implemented projects.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/3/1490project managementPM<sup>2</sup> methodologyinternational development cooperationnon-government organizationsSpainUN Sustainable Development Goals |
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Agustín Moya-Colorado Nina León-Bolaños José L. Yagüe-Blanco The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations Sustainability project management PM<sup>2</sup> methodology international development cooperation non-government organizations Spain UN Sustainable Development Goals |
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The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations |
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The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations |
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The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations |
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The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations |
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The Role of Donor Agencies in Promoting Standardized Project Management in the Spanish Development Non-Government Organizations |
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role of donor agencies in promoting standardized project management in the spanish development non-government organizations |
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Project management is an autonomous discipline that is applied to a huge diversity of activity sectors and that has evolved enormously over the last decades. International Development Cooperation has incorporated some of this discipline’s tools into its professional practice, but many gaps remain. This article analyzes donor agencies’ project management approaches in their funding mechanisms for projects implemented by non-governmental organizations. As case study, we look at the Spanish decentralized donor agencies (Spanish autonomous communities). The analysis uses the PM<sup>2</sup> project management methodology of the European Commission, as comparison framework, to assess and systematize the documentation, requirements, and project management tools that non-governmental organizations need to use and fulfill as a condition to access these donors’ project funding mechanisms. The analysis shows coincidence across donors in the priority given to project management areas linked to the iron triangle (scope, cost, and time) while other areas are mainly left unattended. The analysis also identifies industry-specific elements of interest (such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals) that need to be incorporated into project management practice in this field. The use of PM<sup>2</sup> as benchmark provides a clear vision of the project management areas that donors could address to better support their non-governmental organization-implemented projects. |
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project management PM<sup>2</sup> methodology international development cooperation non-government organizations Spain UN Sustainable Development Goals |
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