- Capacity Development
Capacity is defined as:
“the ability of individuals, institutions and societies to perform functions, solve problems, and set and achieve objectives in a sustainable manner.”
Capacity development (CD) is thereby the “process through which these abilities are obtained, strengthened, adapted and maintained over time”.
Capacity development as a concept, centers around an inherent ability to pursue a nation's development goals with some external support and a focus on three dimensions;
# human capacity
# organizational capacity
# and the enabling environmentCapacity development differentiates itself from the concept of
capacity building in the sense that capacity development is the broader processes of receiving assistance in the form of capacity building interventions.In practice capacity development focus' mainly on capacities of institutions or sectors. Interventions are ideally based on individual capacity development strategies predicated upon findings of capacity gaps derived from a capacity assessment exercise. These capacity gap can related to ability to deliver on goals/mission or as the [http://www.unssc.org/web/ UN System Staff College] reflects in its training material gaps may refer specifically to gaps of claim holders to claim their rights and duty bearers to meet their duties.
Capacity development strategies are recommended and implemented in the case where an individual, organisation, or society is assessed to have weak or low capacity. The four main strategies are:
# Institutional Reform
# Leadership Development
# Education and Learning
# Accountability and Voice Mechanismsee also
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Capacity building References
* [http://www.capacity.undp.org/ Capacity Development Group of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)]
* [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTCDRC/0,,contentMDK:20295295~menuPK:645091~pagePK:64169212~piPK:64169110~theSitePK:489952,00.html Capacity Development Resource Center of the World Bank (WB]
* [http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html OECD]
* [http://www.capacity.org/ Capacity.org - A gateway for capacity development]
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