Capacity Assessment: Practice Note (UNDP, 2008)

Executive Summary

This practice note introduces the first two components. It discusses the dimensions of the UNDP Capacity Assessment Framework and provides process guidelines for managing an assessment, from mobilizing stakeholders to designing the assessment approach to conducting the assessment, and analyzing and interpreting its results. It also discusses how these results lead to the formulation of a capacity development response. Additional guidance on the process and supporting tools can be found in the UNDP Capacity Assessment Methodology User’s Guide.

Capacity Assessment: Practice Note, editor: Jennifer Colville, jennifer.colville@undp.org