Case stories on capacity development and sustainable results

24 Capacity: ResultsFind out morePlease contact Ahmed Mohammed,Acting Country Representative, Pact NigeriaEmail: amohammed@pactworld.orgPhone: +234 9 4619570Web: www.pactworld.org, www.pactnigeria.orgtion, and Kano State’s religious securitygroup on how to manage conflict situations.Kaduna State’s Bureau of ReligiousAffairs is another product of theCentre’s work, and acts as a model forother states.Members of the Interfaith Mediation Centreserve on the National Anti-CorruptionCommittee as well as other committeesin Kaduna State. These platforms havehelped to further enhance the Centre’svisibility and development.Development partners’ supportThe British Council offered valuable moral,material, and financial support for theCentre’s early development, helping tostabilize the young organization and enableits professional growth.With USAID support, Pact worked withthe Centre on a guided organizational capacityself-assessment, which helped itsstaff to honestly identify the programmaticstrengths as well as the organization’s administrativechallenges. Based on a strongand trusting relationship, Pact worked withthe Centre to address its capacity gaps.It provided professional skills trainingand mentoring through internal events. Ithelped develop work plans and strategies,strengthened financial systems, and supportedthe development of a monitoringand evaluation system. A participatory, proactive,and flexible approach to capacity developmentensured the Centre’s ownershipof its results: improved performance andimproved organizational sustainability.