CD Tools


Selected Tools

Tools for CD are used in the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time.

Assessment of innovation capacities - A scoring tool

Capacity development interventions in support of agricultural innovation are more effective when based on systematic and participatory assessments of existing skills and capacity needs. Recognizing that, an instrument has been developed in the context of the Capacity Development for Agricultural...

Additional Tools

These other tools are commonly used in the context of capacity development.

Farmer field schools: key practices for DRR implementers

Natural hazards have become more frequent and intense in the last few decades, increasing the often significant negative impacts on the gross domestic product of countries in southern Africa and undermining development efforts. Forecasts are negative as a result of...

Learning for capacity development: a holistic approach to sustained organisational change

This article describes a holistic approach to organisational development that promotes learning and its integration into everyday work practice. It presents the approach and how it leads to genuine organisational transformation, increased organisational efficiency, and resilience during change. When an...

Assessment of innovation capacities - A scoring tool

Capacity development interventions in support of agricultural innovation are more effective when based on systematic and participatory assessments of existing skills and capacity needs. Recognizing that, an instrument has been developed in the context of the Capacity Development for Agricultural...