UNDP in Europe and CIS brings together experienced national and local government officials, specialist consultants, prominent members of academia, NGOs and think-tanks, UN colleagues, and other development partners – in order to provide practical advice and peer-to-peer solutions for UNDP country offices as they support the development of national capacities. >> Read more
Coming up
17-19 March 2010
MARRAKECH Morocco
Organized by the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and UNDP and with support from the Government of France, Capacity is Development is a global event that brings together world leaders from the North and South to focus the spotlight on policy choices, institutional reforms and investment decisions that enable states, institutions and societies to deepen a more sustainable, stable and equitable human development. Participants will share and learn from each other’s country experiences, offer solutions to key capacity challenges, and explore policy and institutional transformations that create resilience to economic, crisis-related and environmental shocks. Participants will include high level government and non-government representatives, experts and representatives of regional institutes, members of the international development community, and UN partners. Stay tuned! For more information please visit the Capacity is Development Global Event web site
The latest
SKOPJE – 17 February 2009 – Across the country, capacities are being developed to ensure that local policy decisions are linked with real life issues such as health care, domestic violence, assistance to single mothers, access to employment, education and justice. With financial support from the Government of Norway, a project implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, that supports municipal Equal Opportunity Commissions and Coordinators is helping to make sure that gender equality is mainstreamed into all functions and working sectors of municipalities. >> Read more
BUDAPEST, Hungary – 11 February 2010 – For the last five years, the Cserehat Programme has helped to develop the capacities of disadvantaged Roma communities living on the border between Hungary and Slovakia to take an active role in local development. It also helped to develop the capacities of local and national authorities to address complex development challenges related to social exclusion. >> Read more
YEREVAN, Armenia – 6 February 2010– UNDP teamed up with national partners in Armenia to assess capacities related to the country’s disaster risk reduction system. The UNDP capacity assessment methodology was adapted to reflect national priorities, as well as the Hyogo Framework for Action, which calls for: integration of disaster risk reduction into sustainable development policies and planning; development and strengthening of institutions, mechanisms and capacities to build resilience to hazards; and the systematic incorporation of risk reduction approaches into the implementation of emergency preparedness, response and recovery programmes. >> Read more
MOSCOW, Russia – 26 January 2010 – Building on Russia’s strategic vision for the country’s development assistance programme, a recent capacity assessment of the Directorate for Development Assistance in the CIS within Russia’s Development Agency Rossotrudnichestvo was carried out. The assessment examined institutional arrangements including human resources, strategy and planning as well as capacities related to providing ODA according to the principles of aid effectiveness. >> Read more
ANKARA – 13 January 2010 – Short, medium and long term capacity development responses are now being developed following a capacity assessment of Turkey’s Development Cooperation (TIKA), completed in January 2010. Assessment findings are serving as the basis for a response that will support the development of capacities necessary for TIKA’s expansion – the organization is advancing in terms of staff size, complexity of work, budget, and overall capacities. TIKA now has a budget exceeding $100 million and plans to establish coordination offices in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan and two African countries. In 2008, Turkey’s official development assistance reached US $780 million and TIKA is now responsible for compiling ODA data from all Turkish institutions that provide diverse forms of development assistance. >> Read more
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – 11 January 2010– Investments in local level capacity have contributed to local governments and community based organizations in five of the 12 regions of the country that are able to advocate for change and participatory rural development. Following the first ever comprehensive capacity assessment of sub-national authorities for service delivery in the country in 2009, local authorities as well as partners from the Ministry of Economy, the Academy of State and Social Construction and community based organizations received training on local development planning, results based management, and monitoring and evaluation. >> Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – 10 January 2010 – UNDP’s capacity assessment methodology has been adapted for anti corruption agencies, using best practices and lessons learned from support provided to anti-corruption agencies in Eastern Europe and the CIS. The methodology (pdf) was developed to assist development practitioners in assessing the capacities of anti corruption agencies to perform corruption prevention functions, and designing capacity development programmes that respond to their needs. >> Read more
9 December 2009 - It is notable that much of the international and national government response to the AIDS epidemic in the Europe and CIS region has been focused at the national level, with little recognition given to the role that local authorities can, and do, play. What is also clear is that the epidemic in the region is manifesting itself amongst specific groups of the population that local authorities are potentially in the best position to serve due to their proximity. The risk has also risen due to the massive influx of migrant labourers to their home communities in Central Asia as a result of job losses from the economic crisis. In collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Practice, the Capacity Development Practice developed a study on local authorities' responses to HIV/AIDS as an exploratory research piece. The discussion paper makes a persuasive argument based on ongoing small scale initiatives in the region for strengthening local capacities to combat the epidemic.
Read the discussion paper (pdf)
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