Capacity Building

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Note: Capacity is often used in an interchangeable way with Capability. Moreover, Capacity building is often used in an interchangeable way with Capacity development.

Definitions

European Definitions

EU EuropeAid
Capacity Development is the process whereby people, organisations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt, and maintain capacity over time. [1]



Other International Definitions

UNCED

Capacity building includes country human, scientific, technological and institutional resources and capabilities. [2]



UNDP

Capacity building is a process that supports only the initial stages of building or creating capacities and assumes that there are no existing capacities to start from. [3]


Capacity development is defined as the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time. [4]



UNDRR/IPCC

Capacity development: The process by which people, organizations and society systematically stimulate and develop their capacities over time to achieve social and economic goals, including through improvement of knowledge, skills, systems, and institutions. [5]


Développement de capacités: Processus par lequel les personnes, les organisations et la société stimulent et développent leurs capacités au fil du temps, pour atteindre des objectifs économiques et sociaux, y compris par l’amélioration des connaissances, des compétences, des systèmes et des institutions. [6]


Развитие потенциала: Процесс, в рамках которого люди, организации и общество с течением времени систематически стимулируют и развивают свой потенциал для достижения социальных и экономических целей, в том числе посредством усовершенствования знаний, навыков, систем и учреждений. [7]


Desarrollo de capacidades: El proceso mediante el cual la población, las organizaciones y la sociedad estimulan y desarrollan sistemáticamente sus capacidades en el transcurso del tiempo, a fin de lograr sus objetivos sociales y económicos, a través de mejores conocimientos, habilidades, sistemas e instituciones, entre otras cosas. [8]


تنمية القدرات --
العملية املنهجية التي تقوم بواسطتها الشعوب واملنظمات واجملتمعات باستنهاض وتطوير قدراتها مع مرور الوقت، وذلك من أجل حتقيق أهدافها االجتماعية واالقتصادية، مبا في ذلك حتسني املستوى املعرفي واملهارات والنظم واملؤسسات. [9]


Pengembangan Kapasitas: Proses dimana penduduk, lembaga dan masyarakat secara sistematis mendorong dan mengembangkan kapasitas mereka seiring dengan waktu untuk mencapai tujuan-tujuan sosial dan ekonomi, termasuk melalui peningkatan pengetahuan, ketrampilan, system dan kelembagaan. [10]


Pembangunan kapasiti: Proses apabila individu, organisasi dan masyarakat merangsang dan mengembangkan kemampuan mereka secara sistematik, dari semasa ke semasa bagi mencapai matlamat sosial dan ekonomi, termasuk melalui peningkatan pengetahuan, kemahiran, system dan agensi. [11]


توسعه ي ظرفيت
فرآيندي است كه از طريق آن، مردم، سازمانها و جوامع به طور نظامند، ظرفيت و قابليت خود را در طول زمان
براي دستيابي به اهداف اجتماعي و اقتصادي از طريق بهبود دانش، مهارت ها، سيستم ها و نهادها، برانگيخته، و
توسعه مي دهند. [12]



World Federation of Engineerings Organisations

Capacity building is the building of human, institutional, and infrastructure capacity to help societies develop secure, stable, and sustainable economies, governments, and other institutions through mentoring, training, education, physical projects, the infusion of financial and other resources, and, most importantly, the motivation and inspiration of people to improve their lives. [13]



National Definitions

Argentina

Desarrollo de Capacidades: Proceso mediante el cual la población, las organizaciones y la sociedad estimulan y desarrollan sistemáticamente sus capacidades en el transcurso del tiempo, a fin de lograr sus objetivos sociales y económicos, a través de mejores conocimientos, habilidades, sistemas e instituciones, entre otras cosas. [14]



Indonesia

Capacity Building atau Pembangunan Kapasitas: Pembangunan atau peningkatan kemampuan (capacity) secara dinamis untuk mencapai kinerja dalam menghasilkan out-put dan out-come pada kerangka tertentu. [15]



Saint Lucia

Capacity building: Efforts aimed to develop human skills or societal infrastructures within a community or organization needed to reduce the level of risk. Capacity building also includes development of institutional, financial, political and other resources, such as technology at different levels and sectors of the society. (ISDR). [16]



Tonga

Capacity building: In the context of climate change, the process of developing the technical skills and institutional capability in developing countries and economies in transition to enable them to address effectively the causes and results of climate change. [17]



United Kingdom (UK)

Capacity building – in the context of climate change, capacity building describes developing the right skills and capabilities to help countries adapt to climate change. [18]



Dictionary

Capacity building: Een netwerk opzetten van verantwoordelijke organisaties om de weerbaarheid van een land te vergroten op het vlak van cybersecurity en cybercrime. [19]



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