The research and analysis has made an important contribution to the field of organisational development and support for capacity building of civil society in Africa.
Final Evaluation Report, December 2008

INTRAC had a field presence in Malawi for almost 10 years, until July 2006. We continue to provide support from the UK to the Malawian capacity building providers (such as CABUNGO and CADECO) that we have worked with over the years. This is part of our commitment of leaving local organisations able to provide high quality capacity building services to CSOs in the country.

Achievements and learning from the programme:

• Strengthened capacity building providers such as CABUNGO and CSO coalitions including MEJN and CISANET
• Provision of high quality capacity building services to NGO support organisations (organisational development, management development, monitoring and evaluation systems development and staff formation)
• Development of an innovative M&E system for capacity building
• Facilitating the establishment of a local CSO policy research institute (IPRAD)
• Leadership development: 100 per cent pass rate for 45 students on the NGO Management distance learning course from the University of London
• Raising and exploring issues of HIV/AIDS and capacity building: within Malawi and globally
• A series of ‘capacity building through reading’ workshops 

Publications from the programme

• Leaders Changing Inside-Out: What Makes Leaders Change? by Rick James, OPS 43 (2003)
• People and Change: Exploring Capacity Building in African NGOs by Rick James, NGOMPS 15 (2002)
• What makes CSO Coalitions Effective? Lessons from Malawi by Rick James, OPS 38 (2002)
• Practical Guidelines for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Capacity-Building: Experiences from Africa by Rick James, OPS 36 (2001)