Capacity Building

Capacity building (or capacity development) is the process by which individuals and organizations obtain, improve, and retain the skills, knowledge, tools, equipment and other resources needed to do their jobs competently or to a greater capacity (larger scale, larger audience, larger impact, etc). Capacity building and capacity development are often used interchangeably.

Ominyi chukwunonso on Training course on hygiene promotion in Berlin
SDG4: Quality Education - Learning Resouce supports the SDGs - UN-Guidelines[1] - see SDG-Tagging. Ominyi chukwunonso

Capacity Building is complex. According to Stoll (2009) it encompasses:

  • "creating and maintaining the necessary conditions, culture and structures;
  • facilitating learning and skill-oriented experiences and opportunities;
  • ensuring interrelationships and synergy between all the component parts."[2]

Community capacity building is a conceptual approach to social, behavioral change and leads to infrastructure development. It simultaneously focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit people, governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from realizing their development goals and enhancing the abilities that will allow them to achieve measurable and sustainable results.

The term community capacity building emerged in the lexicon of international development during the 1990s. Today, "community capacity building" is included in the programs of most international organizations that work in development, such as the World Bank, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations like Oxfam International. Wide use of the term has resulted in controversy over its true meaning.

Community capacity building often refers to strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of people and communities in small businesses and local grassroots movements so they can achieve their goals and potentially overcome the causes of their exclusion and suffering. Organizational capacity building is used by NGOs & Governments to guide their internal development and activities (see [[w:Capacity_building|Wikipedia][3]).

Learning Tasks

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References

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  1. UN-Guidelines for Use of SDG logo and the 17 SDG icons (2019/05/10) - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/
  2. Stoll, L. (2009). Capacity building for school improvement or creating capacity for learning? A changing landscape. Journal of Educational Change, 10(2–3), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-009-9104-3
  3. Wikipedia contributors. (2018, May 1). Capacity building. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:17, June 19, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capacity_building&oldid=839140613
  4. Balcik, B., Beamon, B. M., & Smilowitz, K. (2008). Last mile distribution in humanitarian relief. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 12(2), 51-63.