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Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali (Malta) |
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What is Capacity Building? Capacity building is the development of an organisation’s core skills and capabilities, such as leadership, management, finance and fundraising, programs and evaluation, human resource management, service delivery, external relations in order to build the organisation’s effectiveness and sustainability. It is the process of assisting an individual, organisation or group to identify and address issues and gain the insights, knowledge and experience needed to solve problems and implement change. Capacity building is facilitated through the provision of technical support activities, including coaching, training, specific technical assistance and resource networking. It is the process by which individuals, groups, organisations, institutions and societies increase their abilities to:
All organisations must
confront change successfully in order to grow and achieve sustainability.
Established and experienced organisations are challenged to increase their
efficiency and quality while newer, inexperienced organisations often
struggle for basic survival in a constantly developing environment.
Capacity building programs assist in the holistic development of an
organisation’s developmental and organisational needs. Capacity building is the
process of equipping all actors to perform effectively both in doing their
own thing in their own field and level of operation, and in working in
collaboration or partnership with others operating in other fields and at
other levels. It is an essential component of both empowerment and
enabling.
To many people capacity
building means training or human resource development. Certainly this is a
very major component of it. However, if decision-makers, managers,
professionals and organizational leaders are to operate at full capacity,
they need more than just their own abilities. They need an institutional
and organisational environment conducive and supportive of their efforts,
energies and capacities. Institutional and organisational constraints
present as great an impediment to the effective management of
organisations as the inability of professionals, technicians and ordinary
people. To be effective capacity building must embrace all three aspects
of development: human resource development; organisational development;
and institutional development. Michael
Gatt 2-10-2001 |
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