Difference between revisions of "Capacity"
Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
==== [[Romania]] ==== | ==== [[Romania]] ==== | ||
{{definition|Capacitate: Resurse necesare, militare sau civile pentru realizarea sarcinilor sau subsarcinilor în operaţiuni, altele decât cele de conflict armat (ex.: situaţii de urgenţă). Resursele includ personal şi echipament grupat în pachete şi/sau module, respectiv forţe de sprijin, ateriale, servicii, asistenţă financiară şi timp necesare realizării sarcinilor sau subsarcinilor specifice. <ref>[http://www.editura.mai.gov.ro/documente/biblioteca/2006/Glosar%20de%20termeni%20din%20domeniul%20ordinii%20publice/GLOSAR%20OP.pdf GLOSAR de termeni din domeniul ordinii şi siguranţei publice, MINISTERUL ADMINISTRAŢIEI ŞI INTERNELOR DIRECŢIA GENERALĂ ORGANIZARE, PLANIFICARE MISIUNI ŞI RESURSE]</ref>}}<br/><br/> | {{definition|Capacitate: Resurse necesare, militare sau civile pentru realizarea sarcinilor sau subsarcinilor în operaţiuni, altele decât cele de conflict armat (ex.: situaţii de urgenţă). Resursele includ personal şi echipament grupat în pachete şi/sau module, respectiv forţe de sprijin, ateriale, servicii, asistenţă financiară şi timp necesare realizării sarcinilor sau subsarcinilor specifice. <ref>[http://www.editura.mai.gov.ro/documente/biblioteca/2006/Glosar%20de%20termeni%20din%20domeniul%20ordinii%20publice/GLOSAR%20OP.pdf GLOSAR de termeni din domeniul ordinii şi siguranţei publice, MINISTERUL ADMINISTRAŢIEI ŞI INTERNELOR DIRECŢIA GENERALĂ ORGANIZARE, PLANIFICARE MISIUNI ŞI RESURSE]</ref>}}<br/><br/> | ||
+ | ==== [[Saint Lucia]] ==== | ||
+ | {{definition|Capacity: Physical social, economic and institutional means as well as skilled personal or collective attributes such as leadership and management (ISDR). <ref>[http://www.nemo.gov.lc/DRRProfile.pdf Disaster Risk Reduction Country Profile for Saint Lucia: August 2012]</ref>}}<br/><br /> | ||
==== [[Switzerland]] ==== | ==== [[Switzerland]] ==== | ||
{{definition|Capacité (Capacity): Correspond à la puissance des installations électrique ou de transport ou d’autres installations électriques, exprimée généralement en [KVA], kilo-volt-ampère. <ref>[http://www.swisselectricity.com/publique/services/glossaire/ Swiss Electricity Glossary]</ref>}}<br/> | {{definition|Capacité (Capacity): Correspond à la puissance des installations électrique ou de transport ou d’autres installations électriques, exprimée généralement en [KVA], kilo-volt-ampère. <ref>[http://www.swisselectricity.com/publique/services/glossaire/ Swiss Electricity Glossary]</ref>}}<br/> | ||
Line 74: | Line 76: | ||
[[Category:Civil Protection]][[Category:Emergency]] | [[Category:Civil Protection]][[Category:Emergency]] | ||
− | {{#set:defined by=IAEA|defined by=ISO|defined by=EU|defined by=Romania|defined by=United Kingdom|defined by=Switzerland|defined by=UNISDR|defined by=IPCC|defined by=ENTSO-E|defined by=ENTSOG|defined by=UN|defined by=CDC|defined by=United States}} | + | {{#set:defined by=IAEA|defined by=ISO|defined by=EU|defined by=Romania|defined by=United Kingdom|defined by=Saint Lucia|defined by=Switzerland|defined by=UNISDR|defined by=IPCC|defined by=ENTSO-E|defined by=ENTSOG|defined by=UN|defined by=CDC|defined by=United States}} |
Revision as of 02:17, 3 March 2017
Capacity is often used in an interchangeable way with Capability.
Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
ENTSO-E
ENTSOG
EU JRC
Other International Definitions
IAEA
Capacity is defined relative to a specific metric.
UNISDR/IPCC
National Definitions
Romania
Saint Lucia
Switzerland
United Kingdom (UK)
United States
Center for Disease Control
Standard Definition
ISO 22300:2012(en)
Note: Capacity can include physical, institutional, social, or economic means as well as skilled personnel or attributes such as leadership and management.
Other Definitions
CARICOM
Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity also may be described as capability. Capacity assessment is a term for the process by which the capacity of a group is reviewed against desired goals, and the capacity gaps are identified for further action (UNISDR, 2009).
ICDRM/GWU
UNDP
Capacity development is defined as the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time.
Academic Studies
The Aspin Institute
Chaskin (2001)
See also
- Capability
- Civil Protection
- Crisis
- Emergency Management
- S. Merino, I. de los RÃos Carmenado, Capacity Building in Development Projects, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 46, 2012, Pages 960-967, ISSN 1877-0428 [25],[26]
Notes
- ↑ ENTSO-E Glossary of Terms
- ↑ ENTSOG Glossary of Terms
- ↑ Definition of an assessment framework for projects of common interest in the field of smart grids, 2014
- ↑ IAEA - Nuclear Security Series Glossary Version 1.3 (November 2015)
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary
- ↑ UNISDR glossary in Bahasa
- ↑ UNISDR glossary in Malay
- ↑ GLOSAR de termeni din domeniul ordinii şi siguranţei publice, MINISTERUL ADMINISTRAŢIEI ŞI INTERNELOR DIRECŢIA GENERALĂ ORGANIZARE, PLANIFICARE MISIUNI ŞI RESURSE
- ↑ Disaster Risk Reduction Country Profile for Saint Lucia: August 2012
- ↑ Swiss Electricity Glossary
- ↑ Swissgrid glossary
- ↑ The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate, UK Government (2013)
- ↑ OFGEM Glossary
- ↑ CDC Drinking water advisory communication toolbox
- ↑ ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
- ↑ Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Results Framework 2014-2024
- ↑ ICDRM/GWU Emergency Management Glossary of Terms. The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the George Washington University, Washington DC.
- ↑ How to Prepare an UNDAF: Part (II), UN Development Group
- ↑ MEASURING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING, The Aspen Institute
- ↑ Chaskin (2001)
- ↑ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.231
- ↑ Article