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Comprehensive
Program on Feasibility Study for Projects
Introduction
This course
will discuss :
-Defining feasibility studies and
studying markets
-Social and national profitability
-Marketing study
-Technical study
-Financial study and profit
analysis for the project
-The use of Computer Model for
Feasibility Analysis and Reporting (COMFAR) , feasibility studies’ program developed
by the UNIDO
Need & Benefit
§ This package
is designed to enable trainees to :
-Achieve a wise investment
decision from the individual and social perspectives
-Select investment projects with the
highest possible net profit
-Help economic policy makers in
the developing countries to evaluate available investment opportunities
-Obtain appropriate licenses and
approvals
-Applying all above with COMFAR
III Software
Who Should Attend ?
§ This course
is targeted for Governmental employees.
§ Managers and
head of departments.
§ Financial,
operations and planning specialists.
§ Business
owners and/ or new investors.
Course Outlines & Details
Day One :
§ Introduction
to feasibility studies
§ Applicable
rules and regulation
§ Areas of
feasibility studies
§ Difference
between pre‐feasibility
and detailed studies
§ Social,
cultural, religious and location study (Marketing study)
§ Segmenting
the market
§ Studying the
potential market and the potential demand
Day Two :
§ (Marketing
study cont’d)
§ Potential
demand indicators
§ Estimation
of the demand gap
§ Estimation
of the implicit demand gap
§ Other
indicators of potential market
§ Projection
of market demand
§ Simple
linear regression
§ Quadratic
linear regression (Case study applied)
§ Projection
of exports
Day Three :
§ (Marketing
study cont’d)
§ Estimation
of demand for a new product
§ Estimation
of demand changes caused by population changes
§ Estimation
of demand changes caused by income changes
§ Estimation
of demand changes caused by price changes
§ Estimation
of demand changes caused by advertising changes (Case study applied)
§ (Technical/Engineering
study)
§ Natural
environment
§ Technical
knowhow selection scheme
§ Project flow
chart and process mapping
§ Final output
specifications
§ Equipments
and accessories costing centre
§ Manpower
costing centre
§ Material
costing centre
§ Utilities
and consumables
§ Project life
cycle
§ Location
calculation scheme for every cost centre
§ Project time
plan (implementation scheduling)
Day Four :
§ (Financial
study)
§ Investment
profitability analysis
§ Simple rate
of return
§ Pay‐back
period
§ Financial
analysis
§ Net present
value (NPV)
§ Internal
rate of return (IRR)
§ Financial
appraisal of project
Day Five :
§ Full
detailed case study and exercise on cost estimation , financial projections ,
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