Capacity Development in Practice

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84407-741-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

The international development community invests billions of dollars to improve organisational capacity. But real-life practice is poorly understood and undervalued as a distinct professional domain. Written by practitioners, this innovative publication is designed to make capacity development more professional and increasingly effective in achieving development goals.

Practical illustrations draw on experiences from the civic, government and private sectors. A central theme is to understand capacity as more than something internal to organisations. This book shows how capacity also stems from connections between different types of actor and the levels in society at which they operate.

The content is crafted for a broad audience of practitioners in capacity development: consultants, managers, front-line workers, trainers, facilitators, leaders, advisors, programme staff, activists, and funding agencies.

Published with SNV

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ubels, Jan

Acquaye-Baddoo, Naa-Aku

Fowler, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: Perspectives on Capacity

Multiple Dimensions

Multiple Actors

Multiple Levels

Part II: Establishing Your Practice

Advisers' Roles

Thematic and Change Expertise

Ownership, Authority and Conflict

Whose Values Count?

Organizational Development as a Source

'Reading' Situations

Dialogue

Part III: Working with Connections

Institutions, Power and Politics

Public Accountability

Micro-Macro Gap

Working with Value Chains

Engaging with Community Based Organizations

Leadership Development

Knowledge Networking

Part IV: Improving on Results

Measuring Capacity Development

Time Matters

Self-Reflection

Accountability and Learning

Part V: Looking Ahead

Taking Stock

Capacity Development Market?

What Next?

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Ubels is a Senior Strategy Adviser with the SNV Netherlands Development Organization and chair of the editorial committee of Capacity.org.

Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo is a Senior Strategy Adviser and until recently, was responsible for professional development and organisational learning at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.

Alan Fowler is an independent development adviser based in South Africa and author of numerous publications on development issues.