Community Project Planning

📅  Dates:

  • 25 February – 1 March 2024
  • 20 – 25 October 2024

🏷️  Price: € 950

Community Project Planning

Would you like to raise your company’s name and community? Or maybe make a profit yet humanize your brand? So this course is for you! You will learn, step by step, how to organize your community project from A to Z and take your business to a whole new level.

During this course you’ll get to know WHAT community projects are, WHY and HOW they would be good for your business, and WHEN it’s better to focus on this approach rather than others.

The planning process is the most crucial part of organizing a community project, and it follows a logical continuous cycle where each step leads to the next one. This course helps to bring the ideas of community support into life, boost your business, expand connections, and gain the most important professional skills.

See you in Amsterdam!

Program

The Community Projects Business Approach
Business analysis is an important aspect of any project. When you are starting a new project and one of the first things you should do is to determine your Business Analysis Approach. Each project that you embark on is unique and has its own nuances, demands, and culture. It means that you must be sure that your business analysis approach will be working effectively, comprehensively and in alignment with the project objectives.

Comprehensive Planning
Chances of success for any new business are greatly increasing when the focus is made on a comprehensive business plan. A complete business plan provides a total visualization of the firm before operations are started. When you get financial assistance from bankers, trade creditors or investors, their first request is usually to show your business plan. Only this way, they could evaluate the creditworthiness of the business.

Strategic Planning
Strategic planning provides a blueprint for achieving company goals. Typical strategic planning efforts include the evaluation of the organization’s mission and strategic issues to strengthen current practices and determine the need for new programming You will learn more about certain objectives that the company is trying to satisfy during the execution of the strategic plan.

Spreading out the Word
What is opposite meaning  of “Spreading the word”? Conceal, hide, collect…. What does it mean in business process…?

Financial Management
Find out how forecasting and managing your finances can lead to a profitable and sustainable business. Learn the importance of financial information, analysing and interpreting financial performance, key financial forecasts and more.

Networking
Remember that old cliche: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know?” Networking is critical for every successful business. Discover the ways you can stand out from the crowd.

Leadership
What makes a good leader? You will know what leadership is and what you need to be a leader.

After completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify a particular problem or necessity in your community, and how to come up with creative solutions
  • Build a strategic execution plan for your ingenious solution where you plan exactly how everything should be done, what materials, and how many human resources you need
  • Boost your target audience to participate in your project
  • Find and get financial support or sponsorships for your projects

Travelling after the course

We offer mini-trips with sightseeing to nearby countries after the course. Travelling is offered for an additional fee and includes tickets and one night stay. Click here to learn more. Please let us know in your application form if you are interested.

Accommodation and Meals

All the participants are provided with accommodation in Amsterdam for the whole period of the course. The type of accommodation is a shared room for 2 people. The accommodation in a single room can be arranged for an additional fee – please see the additional services section. Participants have access to the kitchen, which they can use. The accommodation is well-connected by public transport with all the tourist places in Amsterdam. During the program, sessions will be conducted in the classroom, which is within walking distance from the accommodation. Participants will be provided with a detailed description of the venue and information on how to reach it from the airport.

We offer comfortable accommodation where you can stay during the program and fully enjoy your time in Amsterdam!

Meals (breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks) are included in the price – please see the price section.

Dates and Price

Dates*Price
1-week program€ 950

The price includes:

  • Program (including all the materials)
  • Accommodation (shared room for 2)
  • Meals (breakfast, lunch and coffee-breaks)

Tickets to and from The Netherlands are not included in the price.

Prices for Additional Services:

  • Transfer from/to the airport (one-way): € 100
  • Single room: € 190 for a 1-week stay

Staying Before or After the Program

Do you want to arrive before the program or leave after the program? It is possible. In that case, we will provide you with the visa invitation for a period longer than the period of the program. Please note – the maximum duration of the visa can be 90 days. We can also provide you with accommodation at our venue in Amsterdam. The fee for the accommodation will be € 50 per additional night.

Visa

If you want to travel to the Netherlands you might need a visa.  Here you could determine whether you need a visa. Please tick “90 days or less” in the first question. Or just send us an email and we will advise you.

When you apply to our programs and provide mandatory pre-payment, we provide you with a visa assistance: an official visa invitation letter which is necessary for applying for a visa. Also, we will guide you on the visa process and consult you regarding the documents that you need to prepare for the successful visa application. We will be happy to look through the package of the documents that you will prepare for the visa application, analyze it and help you to prepare all the documents correctly. Usually, visa type required to attend our courses: Short-term business visa. But it would be better to make a double check at your local Consulate / VFS Center.

Step 1

Please go to your local Consulate / VFS website and make an appointment. Sometimes you can make an appointment only 1-2 months in advance. We recommend doing that as soon as possible and then proceed to Step 2.

Step 2

Please learn more about the list of all the required documents (usually, those documents are listed on the website of your local Consulate / VFS. This list also includes visa invitation letter that we send. Usually, we send a visa invitation letter within 1-3 days after receiving the required pre-payment from the applicant.

Step 3

With the full list of documents and completed visa application form, you have to go to the local Consulate/VFS on the appointment day and submit them. The fee for the visa might differ depending on the country where you apply. VFS might also apply an extra charge for their services.

We strongly recommend to check all the documents before the submission and make sure you provide the correct information to the Consulate and in that case, you most probably will receive a visa without any difficulties.

If you have any questions, we would be happy to assist at any stage of your application!

Apply

Just click to apply via the website:

Or you could send an email to the following address: netherlandsinstitute@gmail.com

Please indicate the “Community Project Planning” in the subject and provide the following information in the body of the email:

  • Full name
  • Nationality
  • Date of birth
  • Telephone number
  • Dates of the course
  • The reasons why you would like to join the program and your expectations
  • Other wishes

Good command of English is required to attend the course.

We do not have any age or geographical limits for the applicants. A person of any age from any country is welcome to apply for the program.

Please be aware, that we confirm registration only after the receipt of a guarantee deposit in the amount of 50% of the course fee. Please learn more about payment methods here.

Questions

In case of any questions regarding the program – feel free to send us an e-mail – or call us + 31 85 401 89 52