Difference between revisions of "Capacity Building"
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* [http://www.rmponweb.org RMP Knowledge Excellence Centre] | * [http://www.rmponweb.org RMP Knowledge Excellence Centre] | ||
+ | * [http://ec.europa.eu/youth/programme/partnerships/cap_building_en.htm Youth Capacity Building - European Commission] |
Latest revision as of 08:41, 9 April 2014
Capacity Building[edit]
The strengthening of skills, competencies and abilities of a country, which includes improving its institutional, resource, human, scientific, organizational, and technological capabilities. The goal of capacity building is to tackle problems related to policy and methods of development, at the individual, institutional, and societal levels. Capacity building requires sensitivity to potential limitations and the needs of a country and its people. The term capacity building can also encompass the strategic development of cultural skills in a country.