Professional Certificate in Subdivision Project Engineering
Securing land, structuring the project, steering a subdivision
A professional certificate that prepares participants to analyse, structure and coordinate a subdivision operation in Côte d'Ivoire, from the legal securing of the land to the steering of the project.
Programme Overview
The Professional Certificate in Subdivision Project Engineering develops the competencies needed to assess the feasibility of a subdivision project, organise its set-up and coordinate its implementation with the competent professionals and administrations. It combines five dimensions: the legal securing of rural and urban land, project feasibility, administrative procedures, technical coordination and the economic steering of the operation. Delivered over 5 weeks, online with live sessions or in person in Abidjan (participants choose their format for the full duration), the programme follows a running project that progressively builds a reasoned feasibility file, defended before a jury at the end of the course.
Choose Your Format
Delivered entirely in person, with enhanced hands-on coaching (site visits, professional role play) and certificate award in the presence of faculty.
Cohort Calendar
Curriculum
01Legal Framework of Rural & Urban Land
- Land actors in Côte d'Ivoire and the role of administrations
- Customary rights, ownership rights and rights of use
- Land certificate, land title and final concession order
- Succession, joint-ownership and competing-sale risks
02Site Diagnosis & Legal Structuring of the Operation
- Site diagnosis: access, occupation, boundaries, constraints
- Negotiating with owners and rights-holders
- Subdivision, development and partnership agreements
- Responsibilities of notary, surveyor and design offices
03Urban Planning, Procedures & Technical Engineering
- Urban planning documents and applicable requirements
- Administrative file, studies, opinions and authorisations
- Urban composition, plot layout, roads and common areas
- Earthworks, drainage, sanitation, water and electricity
04Economic Feasibility & Financial Structuring
- Operation assumptions: surfaces, lots, schedule and prices
- Forecast balance sheet and profitability indicators
- Cash-flow plan and financing requirement
- Sensitivity analysis and go / revise / defer / abandon criteria
05Operational Steering, Marketing & Defence
- Project governance and planning of studies, works and sales
- Contractor selection and monitoring of commitments
- Dashboards: progress, costs, deadlines, quality and risks
- Sales strategy, investor pitch and defence of the final file
Final Project, Feasibility File
Each participant, individually or in a group, prepares a feasibility file built up progressively over the five weeks. The file is defended before an academic jury at the end of the programme.
- A file built week by week, each module closes with a deliverable (verification grid, risk matrix, outline development scheme, forecast balance sheet, operating schedule) that feeds the final file.
- Content of the file, presentation of the land, legal and documentary analysis, site diagnosis, administrative roadmap, development scheme, contractual commitments, financial balance sheet and cash-flow plan, governance, and a reasoned recommendation on whether to proceed.
- Assessment, exercises and case studies 30%, final file 50%, defence 20%.
- Defence and validation, defence before an academic jury; minimum 80% attendance and an overall average of at least 12/20.
Learning Outcomes
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