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|definition= '''Capacity Assessment''' is an analysis of desired future capacities against current capacities; this assessment generates an understanding of capacity assets and needs, which in turn leads to the formulation of capacity development response strategies. Capacity assessment serves as input to defining capacity development response strategies that address those areas where national and/or local capacities could be strengthened or that optimize existing capacities that are strong and well place. The capacity assessment also sets the baseline for ongoing monitoring and evaluation progress against relevant indicators. Capacity assessment provide a systematic analysis of what key capacities exist, and a point of dialogue and negotiation on what additional capacities may be required to reach a desired development outcome. However, it is understood that fulfilling such capacity needs as identified provides necessary but often not sufficient conditions for the achievement of the development outcome <ref>[http://www.capacity.undp.org/indexAction.cfm?module=Library&action=GetFile&DocumentAttachmentID=1422 UNDP Practice Note: Capacity Assessment, September 2008]</ref>.}}
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|definition= UNDP defines capacity development as "the process through which individuals, organizations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time". To support this process effectively, it is important to identify what key capacities already exist and what additional capacities may be required to reach these development objectives. This is where a capacity assessment comes in. A '''Capacity Assessment''' is ''an analysis of desired capacities against existing capacities; this generates an understanding of capacity assets and needs, which informs the formulation of a capacity development response'' <ref>[https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/capacity-building/undp-capacity-assessment-methodology.html UNDP Capacity Assessment Users Guide]</ref>.}}
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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Definition of [[Capacity Development]]
 
Definition of [[Capacity Development]]
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[[Capacity Assessment in ICZM]]
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[https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/capacity-building/undp-capacity-assessment-methodology.html UNDP Capacity Assessment Users Guide]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 09:50, 1 September 2020

Definition of Capacity Assessment:
UNDP defines capacity development as "the process through which individuals, organizations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time". To support this process effectively, it is important to identify what key capacities already exist and what additional capacities may be required to reach these development objectives. This is where a capacity assessment comes in. A Capacity Assessment is an analysis of desired capacities against existing capacities; this generates an understanding of capacity assets and needs, which informs the formulation of a capacity development response [1].
This is the common definition for Capacity Assessment, other definitions can be discussed in the article

See also

Definition of Capacity

Definition of Capacity Development

Capacity Assessment in ICZM

UNDP Capacity Assessment Users Guide

References

  1. ↑ UNDP Capacity Assessment Users Guide
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