LenCD updates 17 January 2011
In this issue:
- Facilitating multi-actor change: Capacity.org journal latest issue
- Rwanda invites proposals for report on public sector capacity building
- Capacity building for advocacy: INTRAC Praxis Paper
- Contracting out and capacity development: OECD handbook chapter
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FACILITATING MULTI-ACTOR CHANGE: CAPACITY.ORG JOURNAL LATEST ISSUE
http://www.capacity.org
Issue 41 of Capacity.org (www.capacity.org) has just been published. In the practice of capacity development, we have seen a gradual shift away from training individuals to strengthening organizations. Currenty, the emphasis seems to be shifting again; from working with single organisations to facilitating multi-stakeholder processes (MSPs). But it would be a mistake to assume that MSPs are just the latest fad in the discourse on capacity development (CD). In fact, they have always been an integral part of human interaction. MSPs spring up whenever people or organisations see that collaboration can help to seize development opportunities.
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RWANDA INVITES PROPOSALS FOR REPORT ON PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING
http://main.pscbs.gov.rw/opportunities/vacancies
The Public Sector Capacity Building Secretariat (PSCBS) in Rwanda wishes to develop an annual report on the state of capacity building in the public sector, to serve as an accountability tool and provide an update on the progress of matching capacity building investments with national priorities. PSCBS is seeking expressions of interests from consulting firms to prepare this report. Terms of reference are accessible at:
http://main.pscbs.gov.rw/opportunities/vacancies. Expressions of interest from consulting firms must be addressed to the Executive Secretary of PSCBS and delivered by email not later than Tuesday, 25th January 2011 to: procu...@pscbs.gov.rw; peter....@pscbs.gov.rw; and in...@pscbs.gov.rw
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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ADVOCACY: INTRAC PRAXIS PAPER
http://www.intrac.org/resources.php?action=resource&id=698
INTRAC's latest Praxis Paper looks at current practice, experiences and theory in advocacy capacity building. The paper’s findings are primarily directed at civil society support organisations globally, but the insights are relevant to CSOs, donors, research institutions and individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Driven by the need to find effective solutions to the problems of poverty and injustice, recent thinking about civil society has begun placing a greater emphasis on advocacy. There is a growing expectation that civil society organisations (CSOs) should be conducting advocacy, engaging with and influencing key policies and decision makers to complement the service delivery role of CSOs. To facilitate the shift, considerable effort has been invested in capacity building for advocacy. What has been learnt in the process?
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CONTRACTING OUT AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: OECD HANDBOOK CHAPTER
http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,3746,en_39406396_39406575_46865379_1_1_1_1,00.html
The OECD has recently published a "Handbook on Contracting Out Government Functions and Services in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations". Chapter 3 of the Handbook is dedicated to the issue of capacity development. It notes that fragile states should evaluate whether they have adequate laws, administrative structure and regulatory capacity to contract out services; contracting out is not a replacement for internal and country-led capacity development; and that a clear capacity development strategy right from the beginning of the contracting out process is important because failure to develop government capacity to assume responsibility for the delivery of services, either as regulator/facilitator or as direct provider, may undermine the legitimacy of the state.
Aussi disponible en français: http://www.oecd.org/document/29/0,3746,fr_39406396_39406575_46854749_1_1_1_1,00.html
