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, […]
Praxis Paper 7. Building Analytical and Adaptive Capacities for Organisational Effectiveness
This Praxis Paper argues that there is a need to recognise and enhance these analytical and adaptive capacities in order […]
Empowerment through Intermediation: Assessing the Role of Civil Society Support Organizations
The overarching goal of development is to promote policies, institutions and capacities that strengthen the voices and participation of the […]
Evaluating Civil Society Building in Afghanistan
When we are talking about Civil Society in Afghanistan two terminologies come to mind: one the Civil Society with its […]
OPS 43. Leaders Changing Inside-Out. What Causes Leaders to Change Behaviour?
Our experience of capacity building has shown that for organisations to fundamentally change, their leaders themselves have to change. Leadership […]
Praxis Note 14. Autocratics Anonymous: A Controversial Perspective on Leadership Development
This note suggests an alternative approach to leadership development , guided by the similarity between the behavioural change processes that leaders went through and some key elements of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Twelve-Step process.
Praxis Paper 5. Capacity Building: Perspectives from the NGO Sector in Spain
This is the second Praxis Paper in the contextual capacity building studies series which aims to complement existing literature by […]
Praxis Paper 4. Building Organisational Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Implications for Capacity Building
HIV/AIDS is fast becoming the worst ever human disease disaster. The economic and social costs are escalating, particularly in sub-Saharan […]
Praxis Paper 3. Organisational Learning in NGOs
NGOs work in an increasingly demanding environment characterised by growing competition for shrinking aid budgets. They are under pressure to […]
Praxis Paper 2. Rising to the Challenges: Assessing the Impacts of Organisational Capacity Building
This paper offers a brief overview of current thinking and practice in relation to the impact assessment of organisational capacity building interventions. It highlights some challenges and then goes on to provide an overview of some of the practical approaches that have been adopted by NGOs and CSOs.
ONTRAC 29. Diversity and Inclusive Development: Do NGOs Engage Effectively with Diverse Populations?
Two central tenets of NGO ‘good practice’ are that NGOs should be rooted in a particular constituency or target group […]
Civil Society Capacity Building and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
The starting point of this paper is that the potential for HIV/AIDS to structurally undermine gains in human well being […]