Local Capacity Building (LCB)
Documents and Links

• Bibliography of Local Capacity Building Resources in the Food Security Resource Center (FSRC) at FAM
  Updated May 2001 (MS Word, 68 KB)

• Community Approaches for Health and Measuring Community Capacity
  by Lisa Howard-Grabmann, Save the Children
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS PowerPoint, Caution! Large file: 7.2 MB)

• Counterpart International's Approach to Community Development
  by Arlene Lear, Counterpart International
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS PowerPoint, Caution! Large file: 1.6 MB)

• CRS' Experience in Institution Strengthening
  by Meg Kinghorn, Catholic Relief Services
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word, 460 KB)

• CRS Principles of Partnership
  Catholic Relief Services
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word, 439 KB)

• The Design and Use of Capacity Development Indicators
  by Peter Morgan, CIDA Consultant, OECD/Development Assistance Committee, 1997 (Adobe pdf, 160 KB)

• The Development of Capacity
  by Allan Kaplan, 1999, Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), South Africa

• FAM Local Capacity Building Workshop Proceedings
  November 8-10, 1999 (MS Word, 95 KB)

• Grant Evaluation Checksheet, USAID/BHR/PVC
  (in MS Excel, 24 KB)

• Institutional Development (ID) Framework Paper
  by Luke Greeves, American Red Cross
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word 504 KB)

• LCB Tools Seminar with GEM and PACT
  by Claudia Liebler, GEM, and Evan Bloom, PACT
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word, 29 KB)

• Local Capacity Development: Principles and Standards
  Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word, 443 KB)

• Measuring Capacity Building
  by Lisanne Brown, Anne LaFond, and Kate Macintyre
  March 2001.  MEASURE Evaluation (Adobe pdf, 132 KB)

• Mercy Corps and the Jakarta Flood
  A Case Study by the Mercy Corps Indonesia Civil Society Team, July 2002
  (Adobe pdf, 463 KB)

• Organizational Assessment Tool
  by Pacific Women's Institute
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS Word, 149 KB)

• Organizational Development: A Global Framework for Facilitating Local Change
  by Luke Greeves, American Red Cross
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS PowerPoint, Caution! Large file: 2.3 MB)

• Organizational/NGO Capacity Building: An Overview of PCI Approaches
  by Project Concern International (PCI)
  Presented as part of the FAM LCB Working Group's review of LCB methodologies and tools (MS PowerPoint, 132 KB)

• Presentations from the PVO Partnership Conference
  USAID, PVOs and Local NGOs: Mission Priorities and Perspectives (2003 Conference)

• Second-Level Organizations: A Partnering Option
  by Joe Stuckey, CARE USA, Rafael Luna, and Miguel Mondol, 1995
  (Adobe pdf, 135 KB)

Progress Report: Local Capacity Building in USAID-Supported Title II Programming
by Margie Ferris-Morris, 2002, in MS Word, 176 KB

Organizational Capacity Building Indicator Matrix
by Margie Ferris-Morris, 2002, In MS Word, 103 KB

Community Capacity Building Indicator Matrix
by Margie Ferris-Morris, 2002, in MS Word, 51.5 KB

Individual Capacity Building Indicator Matrix
by Margie Ferris-Morris, 2002, in MS Word, 54 KB

Presentation on the Project
in MS PowerPoint, 136 KB

• Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), South Africa
  CDRA is an African, non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to build the capacity of organizations and individuals engaged in development and social transformation. The web site contains numerous online resources for capacity building and contact information for the Association's African-based resource center.
  Please note: Netscape users will have difficulty viewing this web site.

• Development Directory Online
  Browse lists of development organizations by region and even by country. Click on the region you are interested in and you can then download the entire regional list in Adobe pdf to browse through and/or print. The directory provides basic information and some countries have more complete and accurate information than others.  In most cases, each entry provides a contact person with all of the contact information including address, phone, fax and email.

• FAM Local Capacity Building Working Group home page
  Visit our working group's home page to view notes from their recent and previous meetings, and find out what activities are planned for the year!

• International Forum for Capacity Building (IFCB)
  The IFCB is a global initiative launched by Southern NGOs (SNGOs) from Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America in an effort to focus on key future priorities of capacity building for SNGOs  to enhance their effectiveness in addressing issues of poverty, marginalisation, democratisation and strengthening of civil society, human rights and sustainable human development.

• MWENGO
  MWENGO's mission is to strengthen the capacities of NGOs in Eastern and Southern Africa to articulate and implement a development agenda rooted in African experience and analysis.

• USAID/PVC (Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation)
  PVC provides direct support to efforts made by the U.S. PVO community (private voluntary organizations) and by its local partners (non-governmental organizations - NGOs) to address critical needs in developing countries and emerging democracies. PVC also aims to strengthen the capacity of local NGOs and community groups to deliver sustainable services, particularly to underserved communities.