MODULE 6: RuralInvest 

Unit 6.2: PREPARING AND USING PROJECT PROFILES

Coordinators: Tserendavaa Tseren, Mongolian University of Life Sciences

Lecturer: Tserendavaa Tseren, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, a Guest lecturer from the List of teachers within the AGRIMBA network (Annex 1)

Microeconomics and Agricultural economics

To learn a methodology for preparing project profiles and RuralInvest toolkit

• The role and application of investment project profiles 
• The project profile
• Key aspects to consider in preparing a project profile 
• Completing and interpreting the profile

• E-course
• Lectures (3)
• Interaction with teachers and fellow students (3)
• Self-guided group work (4)
• Practice on Ruralinvest software (4)

Defining a Project, Principle Stages in the Preparation and Use of Project Profiles. The Principal Elements of a Project Profile. The Importance of Demand, Supply as an Influencing Factor, Describing Project Operations, Categorizing Costs, Environmental Sustainability. Background Information, The Investment, Operating Costs and Income per Activity, General and Maintenance Costs, Preliminary Estimate of Viability (income-generating projects only), Preliminary Beneficiary Estimates (non-income generating projects only), 

Practice on paper, Practice on Ruralinvest software

To prepare project profile on RuralInvest software

Module 2 RuralInvest handbook, 2007, FAO Investment Center