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Development Goal by 2015, and the urgent need for countries, particularly developing<br />

countries, to effectively and speedily respond to the current global economic recession,<br />

climate change and other crises that are plaguing the world and adding to the two billion<br />

people already living below the poverty line, has renewed interest and engagement in<br />

capacity building.<br />

In Developing Societies<br />

In the UNDP's 2008–2013 "strategic plan for development" capacity building is the<br />

"organization's core contribution to development". The UNDP promotes a capacity<br />

building approach to development in the 166 countries it is active in. It focuses on<br />

building capacity on an institutional level and offers a six–step process for systematic<br />

capacity building.<br />

The steps are:<br />

1. Conducting Training Need Assessment (TNA)<br />

2. Engage Stakeholders on Capacity Development<br />

An effective capacity building process must encourage participation by all those<br />

involved. If stakeholders are involved and share ownership in the process of<br />

development they will feel more responsible for the outcome and sustainability of the<br />

development. Engaging stakeholder's who are directly affected by the situation allows<br />

for more effective decision-making, it also makes development work more transparent.<br />

UNDP and its partners use advocacy and policy advisory to better engage stakeholders.<br />

3. Assess Capacity Needs and Assets<br />

Assessing preexisting capacities through engagement with stakeholders allows capacity<br />

builders to see what areas require additional training, what areas should be prioritized,<br />

in what ways capacity building can be incorporated into local and institutional<br />

development strategies. The UNDP argues that capacity building that is not rooted in a<br />

comprehensive study and assessment of the preexisting conditions will be restricted to<br />

training alone, which will not facilitate sustained results.<br />

4. Formulate a Capacity Development Response<br />

The UNDP says that once an assessment has been completed a capacity building<br />

response must be created based on four core issues:<br />

Institutional Arrangements<br />

Assessments often find that institutions are inefficient because of bad or weak policies,<br />

procedures, resource management, organization, leadership, frameworks, and<br />

communication. The UNDP and its networks work to fix problems associated with<br />

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