Capacity Development - The Pathway to Self-Reliance for Host Nations
Abstract
Capacity development has increasingly gained worldwide recognition as fundamental to effective governance, capability enhancement, ownership commitment, and successful program and project operation and sustainability. The U.S. government s experience in reconstruction of infrastructure in Iraq and Afghanistan and the response and recovery actions from natural disasters in the United States, Haiti, and elsewhere have helped raise the issue of capacity development to the forefront of our government s policy. Both U.S. civilian and military agencies are revising their methods and approaches to include capacity development as an integral part of their planning for programs and projects. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has employed capacity development methods for decades, often as a means of preparing and equipping owners of infrastructure and other engineering products and services to manage, operate, and maintain them in a sustainable manner. USACE uses various training, teaching, and mentoring programs aimed at strengthening public and private sector management, engineering, and technical capabilities to support the self-reliance of host nations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA565808
Entities
People
- Sheryl Lewis
Organizations
- United States Army Corps of Engineers