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A pilot project in Cambodia supported by the NOVARTIS Foundation demonstrated that a focused survey and specialized examination of family members and neighbours of former leprosy patients led to the disclosure and diagnosis of several new cases. Many of whom however had no clear signs and were not aware of being a carrier and ‘spreader’ of leprosy. With an estimated incubation period of 5 – 30 years together with the current disregard of the disease, it is expected and a realistic thread that leprosy is even on its return … while simple medication of those infected will cure and stop them from spreading.

The Logical Framework Approach was introduced in the OUTREACH UNIT of the International Criminal Court as a tool to enhance the formulation of a more refined and commonly agreed strategy. Workshops were organized with NGO stakeholders in Europe and in the Central African Republic.

Designing a feasible and sustainable project with social relevance from a scientific research idea is often quite a challenge! It requires better insight in the causal realations of problems that prevail among end-users and suppliers. A project may depend on the collaboration of different faculties who all contribute to the same “service”. This training was organized by the Valorisation Centre and Delft TopTech for scientists from all faculties.

PCM Group participates as partner in the PROVE project : EU Leonardo – Life Long Learning project – PROVE (Improving Quality Assurance of EU-Project Management in VET Sector) with partners from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Cyprus. We had work meetings in Berlin, Vilnius, Brussels and now in Larnaca, Cyprus (WM4) with 15 participants developing the Code of Ethics, an Outline of a Curriculum and a Manual for EU Project Managers.