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The Capacity Development Practice - who we are and what we do

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UNDP can access capacity development expertise throughout the region and beyond, including experienced national and local government officials, specialist consultants, prominent members of academia, NGOs and think-tanks, UN colleagues, and other development partners. Our partners provide knowledge and practical advice and workable peer-to-peer solutions in an array of areas; for example, helping state and non-state institutions improve their performance and deliver quality services.

5 team members in the Bratislava Regional Centre
90+ government and non-government capacity development practitioners
17 capacity development Country Office designated professionals from across the region
76 active projects in Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC)
20 recommended consultants
$28 million in capacity development initiatives across 24 countries in the RBEC Region
8 joint initiatives with other Practices - Capacity Development for: Green Jobs, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Good Governance and Local Service Delivery, Social Inclusion, HIV/AIDS at the local level, Anti-Corruption, Emerging Donors, Human Rights Institutions

The Capacity Development Practice offers substantial knowledge and experience in growing and retaining national capacity for better human development. As an approach to development cooperation, capacity development represents a more rigorous, comprehensive and nationally owned and driven process. That process stresses the use of existing capacity assets within a country, and developing national institutions rather than bypassing them or substituting them with external expertise.

We provide support in the following service areas:

Capacity development approach to policy and programming - FYR Macedonia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, UN Administered Territory of Kosovo (UNSC1244), Montenegro
Capacity development for aid and development effectiveness - Russian Federation, Turkey
National Implementation capacities/national systems - Montenegro, Azerbaijan
National and sector CD strategies - FYR Macedonia
Capacities for local service delivery - Western Balkans, UN Administered Territory of Kosovo (UNSC1244), Uzbekistan

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