Publications

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Agendas for Capacity Development

• Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness  March 2005 international agreement
• Accra Agenda for Action  Issued at Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in September 2008
• Berlin Statement on International Development Training  Issued in June 2008
• Working Towards Good Practice  OECD DAC guidance note
• Working Group on "Results of Learning for Capacity Building"  Agenda in the areas of learning effectiveness and results management

Conference Materials and Reports

• Strategic Planning Workshop May 2011 in Liberia
• Capacity is Development  Final report for March 2010 global conference in Marrakech
• Presentations from June 2009 Forum on Learning Results  From the forum, "Improving the Results of Learning for Capacity Building"
• Mainstreaming Results-Oriented Approaches in Capacity Development: Toward Action and Collaboration   A forward note based on outcomes of the forum, "Improving the Results of Learning for Capacity Building"
• June 2008 Retreat on Development Training  Materials from "Effectiveness of International Development Training" held in Berlin
• Capacity for a Change  Based on "Capacity Collective" workshop in September 2007

Frameworks, Toolkits, and Glossaries

• WBI Capacity Development Results Framework  Results framework to guide, measure, and communicate capacity development efforts
• The Need for a Conceptual and Results-oriented Framework in Capacity Development  Current issues hindering capacity development
• InWEnt's PriME Handbook  Programme-integrated planning, monitoring, and evaluation system
• Guide to Results-Based Capacity Development  Practitioner’s guide from the Austral Foundation for leaders of organizations and development managers
• Train4dev Training Management Toolkit   For managing and evaluating joint donor training programs
• UNDP Capacity Assessment Practice Note   Basics of capacity assessments and organizational assessment tools
• UNDP Fast Facts on Capacity Development   Five-step capacity development process
• Change Management Toolbook  Tools for systems change, stakeholder engagement, organizational analysis
• DFID Sourcebook for Institutional and Organizational Development  Tools for problem analysis, stakeholder engagement, and risk management
• Commonwealth Foundation toolkits on civil society accountability

Lessons Learned

• Lessons Learned in Results Measurement From a review of World Bank Projects
• Lessons from Capacity Development in Aid Business Processes Meeting  OECD/DAC issue brief from November 2010 consultation
• Lessons Learned from National Programs  INDES lessons learned
• Participant Interaction in Leadership Training Course  INDES Latin American case study of a regional, non-academic, online training course
• Inventory of Donor Approaches  OECD DAC inventory through the lens of the Accra Agenda for Action

Practical Tools 

• Writing Terms of Reference for an Evaluation World Bank how-to-guide on defining terms for a consultant or team conducting an evaluation
• Steps for Designing a Results-Focused Capacity Development Strategy WBI primer provides operational steps to help a project leader or task team facilitate stakeholders in designing a capacity development strategy
• Reviewing Project Results Retrospectively Using a Results-Focused Approach WBI Describes how to review the results of existing or completed capacity development projects in a development portfolio
• Citizens Education Action Learning Guide  Commonwealth Foundation guide for learning targeted to facilitators, trainers or community leaders in the field of citizenship and governance education