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01_Introduction
MPV_APPE
PUBLIC PROJECT DESIGN AND EVALUATION
Gabriela Vaceková
gabriela.vacekova@econ.muni.cz

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Lecture content
* basic differences between private and public sector
* general idea of public projects, reasons, problems
* evaluation of public projects
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WARM UP: Public Project



Basic economic questions (Stiglitz, 2000)
* How does the government affect the economy?
* What should the government do?
* Why are some economic activities undertaken in the public sector and others in the private? *
Should government do more than it is currenly doing,
or less?
* Should it change what it is doing, and how it is doing it?

Public Sector and the Economy



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Public projects
Výsledek obrázku pro public goods


Introduction to Project Management
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* What is a project?
* Projects vs. operations
* Phases of project management
* Project life cycle
* Why do projects fail?
* Skills of project manager

Its all about success! What is success?
* …the positive result of an effort
* …the occurrence of an intended, desired outcome
* …the result of economic activity, recorded or expressed in monetary terms
* …completing an objective or reaching a goal
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What does success mean in the case of public projects?

Group activity: Methods of project evaluation



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