Capacity Development
Decentralisation has shifted roles and responsibilities to local governments and stakeholders. Many of these actors struggle with their newly assigned roles for which they are not fully 'equipped' in terms of financial resources, knowledge, methodologies, tools and experiences. Strengthening these intermediate actors is crucial to achieving good governance.
Strengthening the capacities of local organisations and people
The key question of this session at the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul is: "What organisational and individual capacity development is necessary to enhance the performance of service delivery and how do we ensure that capacity development reflects local needs?"
Briefing and guidance on Strengthening Capacity for local WASH governance
This briefing note looks at ways decentralised bodies can be strengthened to help people gain access to safe water and sanitation services. It deals with the global challenge to capacity, the intermediate level, key challenges and capacity development. Finally eight recommendations for action are given.
Capacity strengthening - articles 2006
Capacity strengthening scored highest with 30 productions, because it was IRC’s key topic for work in 2006 with partners and our annual symposium.
Symposium 2006
Capacity development at the intermediate level is crucial to achieving the MDGs. Local service providers and users cannot efficiently build and ensure a sustained performance of water supply and sanitation systems in the developing world without a suitable enabling environment, good governance, adequate support and competent staff. These issues were addressed during the symposium held in 26-28 September 2006, in Delft, the Netherlands.
Lessons
This folder contains audio files (as well as text summaries) of 5-10 minute interviews in which sector professionals share with us the lessons that they have learned on strengthening capacity for local governance in WASH. Each interviewee shares their most valuable lesson with us, as well as issues that sector staff should keep in mind and ways in which their work will change.
