This paper examines the design and implementation of a package of capacity strengthening
interventions undertaken between March 2007 and March 2011, which aimed to enhance the
performance of the national agricultural research system (NARS) in Lesotho. It also identifies some
initial outcomes from these interventions and makes recommendations to sustain the process of
organisational and institutional change and build on the results that have been achieved. The paper
is the first of three case studies which investigate the application of a holistic approach to capacity
strengthening developed through the project ‘Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research and
Development (SCARDA)’ which was coordinated by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa.
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has been working in Nepal since 1986 with the objective of undertaking research in water management and to strengthen the research capabilities of concerned government agencies. The research helped to develop appropriate mechanisms for...
Innovation capacity has to be viewed as a consequence of properly operating innovation system. Well established and functioning innovation system is a result of enhanced by government innovation policy. In comparison with other European Union (EU 27) countries, innovation capacity...
This article presents a different dimension of the innovation systems approach, going beyond analysis and shedding light on how these processes can be facilitated in practice. This is based on 20 years' experience with innovations systems. The focus is on...
This issue of the quarterly journal "Capacity.org" focuses on methods that can help to understand the societal context in which capacity development takes place. One of these methods is systems thinking, in which organisations, sectors and societies are seen as systems composed...
There is increasing emphasis being put on the need to be 'internationally competitive'. This imperative is being driven, it is argued, by the globalization of economic and corporate life. This 'globalization' is the subject of a burgeoning academic literature. To...