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Organization capacity assessment (CA) aims to provide a clear picture of a country or sector’s capacity in terms of strengths, weaknesses and available assets. It is a structured approach for analyzing capacity across three dimensions: individuals, organizations and the enabling environment.
Smartic Consulting Company acknowledges that organizations are the owners of their development process. Our approach to capacity assessment is participatory by nature and joins members from all levels of an organization, whenever possible, creating a space for sharing, analyzing, and making judgments about organizational performance.
Our approach to capacity assessment is participatory by nature and joins members from all levels of an organization, whenever possible, creating a space for sharing, analyzing, and making judgments about organizational performance.
OCAs identify capacity gaps, and highlight the institutional dynamics, that cause a development challenge to persist. Put another way, even the welldesigned programmes cannot be effective, or sustainable, in situations where capacity gaps hinder delivery.
In addition to the technical assessments which are normally part of programme design, OCAs should also be conducted. Findings from CAs should then be the basis for Programming Frameworks (PFs), strategic action plans, programmes and projects and include the following steps.