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Praxis Note 26. Capacity Building: The Impact of Practice

Authors:

Bénédicte Maccatory and Kadidia Mambo-Danté

Praxis Paper 11. Counting the Organisational Cost of HIV/AIDS to Civil Society Organisations: Pilot Research Study, Malawi

This paper suggests how CSOs in Sub-Saharan Africa can build organisational resilience in order to survive the loss of valuable staff, time and money that HIV/AIDS will cause. It also concludes with practical recommendations for their donors in how they can move beyond being 'concerned bystanders'.

Author:

Rick James with Brenda Katundu

Praxis Note 25. Learning Leadership Development from African Cultures: A Personal Perspective

This note argues that, to stand any chance of being effective, leadership development in Africa must be rooted in the influential cultural heritage. The note explores aspects of leadership and leadership development in precolonial Africa and draws lessons for leadership development in civil society organisations.

Author:

Chiku Malunga

ONTRAC 34. Capacity Building and the State

Authors:

Kasturi Sen, Charlie Buxton, Asiya Sasykbaeva, Brenda Lipson, Louis Callewaert, Bill Sterland

Praxis Paper 9. Civil Society Capacity Building in Post-Conflict Societies: The Experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

This paper investigates the approaches and methods applied to NGO capacity building in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo during parallel and ongoing experiences of internationally determined post-conflict social, political and economic rehabilitation and transition.

Author:

Civil Society and the War on Terror

Author:

Kasturi Sen with Tim Morris

ONTRAC 33. Aid Harmonisation: Challenges for Civil Society

Authors:

Louis Callewaert, Brian Pratt, Linda Lonnqvist, Janice Giffen, Indrani Sigmany, Cornelius Murombedzi