Capacity Building
Village Corps leverages existing frameworks to solve difficult problems. If there is a practice that works in development, then we want to use it.
In the early 1990s, a process for development was articulated called ?œcapacity building?? As the name suggests the aims of capacity building are to develop a ?œcountry?™s human, scientific, technological, organizational, institutional and resource capabilities??[1] This is by no means an overnight process. It is one that will take the combined contributions of all stakeholders (local inhabitants, local and national government, non-governmental organizations, sponsoring corporations, academics, individuals) in an ongoing dialogue. This includes cultivating the relationships between every stakeholder, creating the appropriate legal frameworks, and the ongoing development of human resources.
In short, capacity building enables development work to be transformed from short-term band-aid approaches to systemic change at key leverage points enabling the space for peoples to create their own sustainable prosperity.
[1] Capacity Building ??Agenda 21?™s definition (Chapter 37, UNCED, 1992)