Whose responsibility is community or organisation capacity development?
2. How are outcomes conceived and how are they measured? 3. How are longer-term processes supported if shorter-term results are wanted? 1. Whose responsibility is community or organisation capacity development? A range of issues were raised, related to the two levels to the question the community and organisational level: • Responsibility and initiative work at a number of different levels in an ongoing way. • Who defines the need, perceived need and how are they articulated? Different people define needs: donors, NGOs, community, CBOs, local orgs. One need is articulated in parliament, another in a kitchen at home. • Capacity development aims at empowerment and this needs ownership, responsibility and motivation. • Importance of long-term relations and dialogue across groups to get buy-in from all stakeholders. • There is a tension between wanting to promote existing best practice, but also to make sure there is appropriate consultation. • Another is around the motivation for any part
