UNDP’s Capacity Development Approach
UNDP’s 10 default principles for capacity development
Principles for Capacity Development
1. Don’t rush. CD is a long-term process
2. Respect the value systems and foster self-esteem
3. Scan locally and globally; reinvent locally
4. Challenge mindsets and power differentials
5. Think and act in terms of sustainable capacity outcomes
6. Establish positive incentives
7. Integrate external inputs into national priorities, processes and systems
8. Build on existing capacities rather than creating new ones
9. Stay engaged under difficult circumstances
10. Remain accountable to ultimate beneficiaries
Source: Lopes, Carlos and T. Theisohn, Ownership, Leadership and Transformation: can we do better for capacity development? UNDP, 2003