Issue 38 : Local capacity developers

Local expertise to support people and organisations in developing their capacities is arguably one of the most valuable resources a society can have to boost development. In this issue of Capacity.org we focus on local capacity developers (LCDs) who ‘own’ this expertise. LCDs facilitate change, explore new ways of working and help enhance capacity, knowing what long-term development requires. This expertise is usually found among local consultants and NGOs, and in higher education and research institutes.

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Rise of local capacity developers

journalcover-LCBs-ENGLittle is known about local capacity developers in the South. The SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, supported by the UK Overseas Development Institute (ODI), carried out an exploratory study in five countries.

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Rise of local capacity developers

29 October 2010

journalcover-LCBs-ENGLittle is known about local capacity developers in the South. The SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, supported by the UK Overseas Development Institute (ODI), carried out an exploratory study in five countries.

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Jan Ubels, Senior policy advisor (Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), The Hague)

Who are local capacity developers?

29 October 2010

Local capacity developers: who are they, what drives them and what challenges do they face? Capacity.org interviewed three LCDs from Benin, Tanzania and Vietnam to find some answers.

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Nguyen Thi Bich Tam (Trainer and consultant, Centre for Community, Empowerment (Vietnam))
Moussiliou Alidou (Independent consultant, DIRO-Center (Benin))
Peniel Uliwa (Director, Match Maker Associates, Ltd (Tanzania))

The case for local capacity developers

29 October 2010

Local expertise to support people and organisations in developing their capacities is arguably one of the most valuable resources a society can have to boost development.

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Heinz Greijn (Editor in Chief)

Nurturing local capacity builders

29 October 2010

The future of local capacity building in Africa lies in higher education. After years of neglect, the need to strengthen universities is at last moving up the policy agenda.

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Damtew Teferra (Coordinator, International Network for Higher Education in Africa, Boston College Centre for International Higher Education, USA)

Empower LCDs

29 October 2010

One of the core principles of development should be, without a doubt, that helping local capacity developers (LCDs) is a prerequisite for successful and sustainable development. It is a wonder that despite paying lip service to this principle, it is broken time and again.

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Brian Pratt (Executive director and head of research, International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC), Oxford, UK)

November 2009

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