Capacity development

The objective of capacity development is to develop skills, transfer knowledge, change attitudes, and to support long-term motivation and commitment.

The objective of capacity development is to develop skills, transfer knowledge, change attitudes, and to support long-term motivation and commitment. Capacity development efforts may target individuals, organisations as well as institutions, although the focus and approach may differ.

Our pedagogical approaches are based on scientifically proven methods for effective learning based on the four steps: experience, understanding, planning and strategies and action.

1. Experience: Relate to the participants' own experience and build an understanding of need for development/change. A learning process is facilitated by connecting with the individual experience.
2. Understanding: An improved understanding comes by learning theory with practical examples.
3. Planning and strategic work: Develop strategies for change - how to go from theoretical understanding to implementation.
4. Action: How to work around organizational and structural changes, apply practical tools and methods to the implementation process. 

We offer capacity development with different aims and levels of ambition, including:

• International Training Programs
• Generic and specific trainings (awareness raising, development of skills)
• Study visits/study tours, exchanging experience
• Establishing and running networks
• Professional/technical development (on-job training and acquisition of advanced knowledge and know-how)
• Higher education