11 Facts About Capacity building

Capacity building is the improvement in an individual's or organization's facility "to produce, perform or deploy".

The Sustainable Development Goal 17 advocates for enhanced international support for capacity building in developing countries to support national plans to implement the 2030 Agenda.

Under the codification of international development law, capacity building is a "cross cutting modality of international intervention".

Consensus approach of the international community for the components of capacity building as established by the World Bank, United Nations and European Commission consists of five areas: a clear policy framework, institutional development and legal framework, citizen participation and oversight, human resources improvements including education and training, and sustainability.

Capacity building is shaped by, adapting to and reacting to external factors and actors, but it is not something external — it is internal to people, organizations and groups or systems of organizations.

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Outside of international interventions, capacity building can refer to strengthening the skills of people and communities, in small businesses and local grassroots movements.

Organizational capacity building is used by NGOs and governments to guide their internal development and activities as a form of managerial improvements following administrative practices.

One of the most fundamental ideas associated with capacity building is the idea of building the capacities of governments in developing countries so they are able to handle the problems associated with environmental protection, economic and social needs.

An independent public measurement indicator for improvement and oversight of the large variety of capacity building initiatives was published in 2015, with scoring, and based on international development law and professional management principles.

Capacity building has been called a buzzword within development which comes with a heavy normative load but little critical interrogation and appropriate review.

Under international development law, there is concern that much of the implementation of capacity building has been and continues to be in violation of existing international treaties such as the U N Declaration Against Corruption and Bribery, Articles 15,16,18, and 19.