Feasibility Studies and Projects Evaluation

Course details

Objectives :

• To familiarize the participants of the importance of economic feasibility studies and key elements and how to apply them in projects and assess the trade-offs between them.
• Deepen participants' knowledge of the most important tools used for financial analysis and interpretation.
• To familiarize the participants how to prepare feasibility studies for proposed projects.

Contents :

• The concept of investment and investment project:
• Types and pisions and objectives of investment projects.
• Identification and definition of the proposed project in accordance with the expectations and objectives of the facility.
• The concept and importance of the feasibility study and the characteristics of a good study.
• Market study:
• Describe the work environment and the economic sector.
• Identify competitors in the market.
• Study of the expected market share.
• Knowledge of the market (market size - to predict the evolution of the market - the development of existing and potential competitors - How to enter the market).
• Marketing tools (product - price - place - promotion).
• Demand for the product under study analysis (estimate projected) sales volume.
• Technical study:
• Needs assessment of the physical supplies and manpower.
• The study of production processes.
• Selection of machinery and equipment.
• Appropriate techniques.
• Selection of the project site.
• Financial study:
• Estimate the size of the financing needs and how to get it.
• Estimate the costs of all the needs of the proposed project.
• Determination of the amount of capital factor.
• Assess emergency needs.
• How to make a list of the estimated cash flow.
• Estimate the size of revenues and costs.
• The work of the financial statements discretion.
• The application of profitability measurement criteria (payback period, the rate of return on investment, break-even point).
• The application of measurement standards discounted profitability (net present value and internal rate of return).
• Practical applications.
• ktabh The final report of the feasibility study and the investment decision.