1. Capacity Development Design
Support to and Capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme
Capacity Development Design
6th Capitalization Meeting
8 – 10 November 2018 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2. The Three Dimensions of CD
Technical capacity in the broad areas
of food and agriculture
Functional capacities to enable country actors to plan, manage and sustain change.
Capacity: "the ability of people, organizations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully”.
Capacity development: “the process of unleashing, strengthening and maintaining of such capacity". (OECD DAC )
Not a one-off exercise: it implies supporting a process of learning and change and hence takes time.
High engagement with national actors to support their ownership and leadership.

3. CA: what capacity areas?
Individual dimension areas:
Knowledge
Competencies
Attitudes and behaviors
Values
Organizational dimension areas: linked to the functioning and performance of organizations, including the:
Mandates
Systems
Internal processes
Organizational priorities
Motivation and financial/non financial incentives
Collaboration and KS mechanisms
Infrastructures and equipment
Enabling environment areas: the context in which individuals and organizations work, including:
the institutional set-up of a country
implicit and explicit rules
power structures
legal, policy and political environment

4. Capacity development interventions should be based on real needs, and thus the need to assess existing capacities

5. Capacity Assessment Approaches
Participatory /Focus Groups
Interviews
Surveys
Document Review

6. Present capacity state Desired capacity state
Dimensions
Present capacity state
Desired capacity state
How to get there (intervention)
Sequence
Individual
Organizational
Enabling Environment

7. Capacity Development Modalities/Activities

8. INVENTORY OF CD MODALITIES
No single CD modality can address a need. There must be a combination of modalities with the appropriate sequencing.
Informal networks
Twinning arrangements and SSC
Review of workflow/business processes
Policy dialogue
Jobs-swap, secondments Study-visits
Knowledge exchange, KS fairs
Regional policy workshops
Organizational restructuring
High-level advocacy
Strategic planning support (e.g. drawing action plan, prioritization, goal setting)
Integration of training into national courses
Blended and learning on-the-job
Leadership coaching
Creation of multi-stakeholder platforms
F2F training and TOT, toolkit for facilitators
Review of Organizational Mandate
Remember: capacity development goes beyond training !

9. Internal politics and power
WHERE TO START? HOW TO SET PRIORITIES?
Internal politics and power
demand
existing initiatives CA
momentum
local actors
incentives
readiness
motivation
- What are the priority issues?
Which aspects will lead to changes?
Who/what is ‘ready’ to change?
Which capacities are pre-requisites for others (critical path)?
- What resources are there?
- What are the quick wins, and what needs more time?

10. CD Design Example

11. CD DESIGN EXAMPLE / ESP CoOPequity NIGER:
SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION OF PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS IN POLICY DIALOGUE
MULTISTAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS INFORM THE CD DESIGN

12. CD DESIGN EXAMPLE /ESP PRIORITY ISSUES MODALITIES AND SEQUENCE
Action plans
Local Facilitators

13. CD DESIGN EXAMPLE /ESP
WORKING AT THE 3 LEVELS

14. SUSTAINABILITY = CHANGES ARE MAINTAINED AT THE END OF THE PROJECT/PROGRAMME
A WELL DESIGNED CD PROJECT PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR SUSTAINABILITY!
Project results and processes are integrated in existing structures
Partners (universities, research institutes, CSOs, private, regional bodies) maintain /upscale project’s results
New/improved policies enable upscale of project results
New provisions in national budget or other means taken to financially sustain outcomes
Project has an ‘after-project’ vision

15. Group Work

16. INSTRUCTIONs
PART 1 (10’)
In groups, take few minutes to read the Capacity Matrix individually
Then select two capacity issues from the matrix which the intervention should address (these are your entry points)
PART 2 (30’)
Propose the appropriate modalities to address those two issues in the project concept note
Discuss how these modalities will contribute to achieving the project goal
Discuss how you intend to ensure the sustainability of the intervention
Refer to the handouts on modalities and sustainability

17. FAO CD Portal
Learning Modules
Practical Tools
Videos
Good Practices
Briefs