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Capacity Development For Disaster Risk Reduction: Niloy Banerjee

The document discusses capacity development for disaster risk reduction. It defines capacity building as having a narrower scope focused on initial stages of creating capacities, while capacity development has a broader scope that includes both creating and enhancing capacities as well as their use, management, and sustainability over the long term. It also notes that capacity development is nationally owned and led, with outside support provided to country-led processes.

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Capacity Development For Disaster Risk Reduction: Niloy Banerjee

The document discusses capacity development for disaster risk reduction. It defines capacity building as having a narrower scope focused on initial stages of creating capacities, while capacity development has a broader scope that includes both creating and enhancing capacities as well as their use, management, and sustainability over the long term. It also notes that capacity development is nationally owned and led, with outside support provided to country-led processes.

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CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Niloy Banerjee
Capacity Development Group/UNDP

Geraldine Becchi and Michael Meier


Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative
(UNDP/UNOCHA/UNISDR)
CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
 Narrower scope –capacity  Broader scope –capacity is both the
development as a means to an means and the intended outcome in
end itself
 Focuses more on the initial  Includes both creating and building (or
stages of building or creating enhancement) as well as the
capacities (subsequent) use, management,
 Often concerned with what retention and sustainability of
outsiders will do to help build capabilities
capacity and the contribution  Seeks to capitalize on existing national
they can make capacities as a starting point
 Linked more to technical  Understands that capacity
cooperation and to skills development is nationally owned and
development, training, led, with outside actors providing
technology transfer support to country led processes
 One off or shorter –term  Includes a mix of approaches and
interventions measures, technical and less tangible,
formal and informal
 Longer-term perspective
What Does the Evidence Show (1/4)

• Capacity development is underpinned by the


fundamental characteristic of national ownership
• A comprehensive capacity development response
must link to and draw from relevant national reforms
to be sustained, e.g., civil service, wage, language,
education, pubic administration reforms
• Taking a capacity development response to scale
requires linking it to national and local plans,
processes, budgets and systems

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What Does the Evidence Show (2/4)

• Tendency often to look only inside of an organization and


downplay larger institutional context in which that
organization resides
• A capacity development response should be based on the
findings of a capacity assessment, and is a deliberate set
of sequenced actions that will influence a given set of
skills, systems and power relations
• A capacity development response can and often must
show both short- and long-term gains, to ensure
continued political commitment and resource support

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What Does the Evidence Show (3/4)

• Capacity development is not about a technical fix. It is


about transformations and must address how best to
manage change
• “Capacity traps” more often pertinent to the “soft
side”, such as power relations, vested interests,
access, ethics and attitudes
• Technical assistance and capacity development are
not the same thing! Capacity development is more
than training. Training is necessary, but what learning
strategies work best for what purpose….

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What Does the Evidence Show (4/4)

• Our approach to supporting capacity development


need to be highly contextual, iterative and flexible for
“good fit”
• The hardest part of a CD process for external partners
is the “letting go”- the litmus test for capacity
development is if we make ourselves irrelevant!

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UNDG Capacity Development Approach

Step 1:
Engagement
with Partners
and Building
Consensus

Step 5: Step 2:
Evaluation of Assessing
Capacity Capacity
Development Capacity Assets and
Efforts Needs
Development
Process

Step 4: Step 3:
Implementing Designing
Capacity Capacity
Development Development
Strategies Strategies

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A Systems Approach
to Capacity Development

Enabling environment
(policies, legislation, power
relations, social norms

Organisational level
(policies, procedures,
frameworks)

Individual level
(skills, knowledge,
experience)

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Capacity Assessment
and Capacity Development…
Key Design Questions

Capacity for Why?

Capacity for Whom?

Capacity for What?


Core Issues & Capacity Development Actions

1. Institutional Arrangements: e.g., support to functional reviews and the


design of human resource management systems, monetary and non-
monetary incentive mechanisms and results-based management.
2. Leadership : e.g., support to visioning, systems thinking and strategic
planning exercises; promotion of peer-to-peer mentoring; coalition
building and negotiation skills development; design of career
management systems.
3. Knowledge: e.g., support to education reform strategies to incorporate
human development needs into curriculum reform; facilitation of
partnerships for investment in reforming post-secondary education;
support to south-south learning solutions.
4. Accountability : Design and support to monitoring and evaluation
systems and independent partner review mechanisms; promotion of
public information disclosure policies and legislation; support to civic
education.
Measuring Capacity Development

An improvement in capacity accelerates achievements of


development goals
Change in
Capacity Change in
Development
Conditions

Change in System
Performance, Stability
and Adaptability
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Capacity Assessment
and Development Planning…

Multiple Points of Entry

National Development Strategies

Sectors

Themes
UNDP Capacity Assessment Methodology –
What’s New?

• Brings rigor and a systematic process for assessing existing


capacities and needs and formulating a capacity
development response

• Provides a structure for discussion about the scale and


scope of a capacity assessment and more generally about a
capacity development agenda

• Provides resources and tools to support a capacity


assessment including content for assessing the various
cross-sections of point of entry, core issue and functional
capacity
UNDP Capacity Assessment Methodology –
What’s Different?

• Focuses on capacity… not organizational design, not


functional roles and responsibilities, not risk

• Emphasizes the link with capacity development responses…


tries to move beyond “analysis paralysis” – people are happy
to stay in the analysis phase… most have skills in this area,
accountability for results is limited… it’s a safe area

• Establishes indicators… the indicators used to assess


capacity become the benchmarks against which to measure
progress
Capacity Development Website –
www.undp.org/capacity
UNDP Capacity Development Resources
Theoretical and Case Study Publications
• Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems
• Developing Capacity through Technical Cooperation
• Ownership, Leadership, and Transformation: Can We Do Better for
Capacity Development?
• Action Brief on Capacities for Integrated Local Development
• Action Brief on Brain Gain
• Action Brief on Ethics and Values in Civil Service Reforms

Practice Notes
• Practice Note on Capacity Development
• Practice Note on Capacity Assessment
• Practice Note on Supporting Capacities for Integrated Local
Development
• Practice Note on Capacity Development during Periods of Transition
UNDP Capacity Development Resources
(Contd.)

Concept Notes on Capacity Development Responses


• Institutional Reform and Change Management: Managing Change in
Public Sector Organizations
• Incentive Systems: Incentives, Motivation and Development
Performance
• Leadership Development: Leading Transformations at the Local Level
• Knowledge Services and Learning
• Mutual Accountability Mechanisms: Accountability, Voice and
Responsiveness
• Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Processes

Concept Notes on Capacity Development Applications


• Capacity Development and Aid Management
• Procurement Capacities
UNDP Capacity Development Resources
(Contd.)
Resource Guides and Tools (Selection)
• UNDP Capacity Assessment User’s Guide and Supporting Tool
• A Review of Selected Capacity Assessment Methodologies
• UNDP Procurement Capacity Assessment User’s Guide and Supporting
Tool
• Resource Catalogue on Measuring Capacities: An Illustrative Guide to
Benchmarks and Indicators

Network
• Capacity Development Network and Community of Practice
Questions?

Thank you

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