Urban    Capacity    Building

Capacity building is a process that involves value added instruction, the training of trainers, activities with multiplier effects, and networking. It involves both institutional capacity-building, as well as human capacity-building.

Documents and Information resources on Capacity Building



• Defining Capacity Building
• AGENDA 21: Chapter 37 on Capacity Building
• Capacity Building - The UNDP Approach
• Capacity building for better cities - Professor Patrick Wakely
• Capacity Development and Public Private Partnerships - Peter Morgan
• Manual on Capacity Development - Australian Development Agency
• JICA: Capacity Assessment Handbook - Project Management for Realizing Capacity Development
• Promoting Sustainable Urban Development Networking in African Cities - UNHABITAT / SIDA / ACC

  Programmes and Initiatives in Capacity Building

  
  

• ECDPM: Capacity Building and Governance Programme
• Ghana: Capacity development and utilization initiative
• UN DESA - Capacity Development
• Building Capacity for Decentralization and Local Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Municipal Development Programme
• URBACT - Driving Change for Better Cities
• Urbanet: Integrated capacity building for urban governance, planning and management
• A majority of urban city-to-city networkd are involved in capacity building, education and training activities. See the GDRC Guide to City Networks.