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CD Networks

Capacity.org is more than just a professional magazine. This section of the website provides links to a wide range of organizations and professional networks working in the field of capacity development. The list of organizations presented here will be extended over time. If you wish your organization to be included in this section, please send the link to your website and a brief description (35 words) to editor@capacity.org .


  • Created in 1993, Groupe initiatives is a platform of five French development NGOs working to eradicate poverty through action research and institutional capacity building. Groupe initiatives publishes Traverses, a series for practitioners that examines different types of interventions.

  • BPD is an informal network that seeks to demonstrate that strategic partnerships involving business, government and civil society can achieve more at the local level to improve access to safe water and effective sanitation than any of the groups acting individually.

  • Partners in the Cap-Net network are international, regional and national institutions and networks committed to capacity building in the sector, including WaterNet, WA-Net, and the Global Water Partnership (GWP).

  • GDLN is a global partnership of learning centres using ICTs to connect people around the world. By applying tools and services developed in the field of distance learning, GDLN affiliates enable organisations, teams and individuals to communicate, share knowledge, and learn from each others’ ex...

  • The Pelican Initiative is a network that was launched in March 2005, following an earlier workshop that took place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on the topic "How can we learn more from what we do?" The idea of this network was taken forward by a couple of organisations: Eu...

  • A service of IFAD’s Rural Poverty-Alleviation Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, PREVAL is an information and networking tool for individuals and organisations involved in the monitoring, evaluation and systematisation of projects for alleviating rural poverty.

  • The Seed Initiative aims to inspire, support and build the capacity of entrepreneurial partnerships to contribute to the MDGs. Through an international award scheme, capacity-building activities and a research programme, the Initiative will disseminate good practice and lessons learned, and gen...