Praxis Paper 8. Building Organisational Capacity in Iranian Civil Society: Mapping the Progress of CSOs

This paper outlines the various capacity building approaches and activities undertaken within Iran: from promoting the concepts of democracy, rights, and citizens’ participation through workshops and seminars etc; skills training courses for individuals; to capacity building at the organisational level. The paper details key civil society capacity building issues in relation to organisations’ internal organisation, external relations and programme performance, and provides a summary of priority needs relating to organisational capacity building practice.