How can country partners strengthen capacities and inclusive governance to pursue pro-poor, sustainable growth which adapts to and mitigates the effects of climate change?

Capacity development has increasingly come to the fore as a central concern for sustainable development. It is also a central concern for Aid effectiveness. Still, both country partners and development partners struggle to get it right in practice, and avoid the well-known risks of supply-driven solutions; weak impact in terms of results that matter; fragmentation; and too short time horizons for real change to happen.  As a follow up to the Cairo Consensus on Capacity Development adopted in March 2011, LenCD and concerned partners want to put the recommendations of that consensus through a “stress-test” on the ground and learn from country experiences.  This workshop was therefore planned in order to promote a common understanding of key aid effectiveness and capacity development issues in the sector especially sharing experiences, lessons learned and best practices.

Draft documents from the workshop are attached below:

• Concept note
• Workgroup 1: Sector leadership and ownership of CD
• Workgroup 2: CD Results that Matter
• Workgroup 3: Effective support from development partners
• Workgroup 4: Learning and knowledge management on CD
• Decentralization Reforms in Rwanda and Capacity Development for Local Governments

For further information or clarification, please contact any of the following core organizing team members:

• Peter Malinga, Coordinator, Technical Services, Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat (PSCBS) peter.malinga@pscbs.gov.rw/ pmalinga@gmail.com
• Apollinaire MUSHINZIMANA, Executive Secretary, National Decentralization Implementation Secretariat (NDIS), mushapi@yahoo.fr
• Chantal Rwakazina, Deputy Secretary General, Rwandan Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA), rwachantal@yahoo.fr