‘Influencing and Supporting Change in Complex Contexts’ Face to Face training in Nairobi
In January 2015 INTRAC developed and ran a training course in Nairobi, Kenya, in partnership with the Policy and Advocacy […]
Praxis Note 69. Making Consortia Work. An example of competing consulting firms in Ethiopia
In this Praxis Note, INTRAC Principal Consultant Rick James explores the reasons why the consortia funded by the Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) in Ethiopia proved him wrong.
Why Mission and Values Matter: a rather Darwinian approach to Sustainability
By Rick James. The NGO sector has plenty of dead wood. NGOs are set up with good intentions, but simply not […]
Capacity Building, Partnership Relations and Exit Strategies
By Rachel Hayman, with inputs and insights from action learning set participants. Over the past few months my colleague Rick […]
M&E Training with Forum Syd
Forum Syd is a Sweden-based human rights organisation with offices in seven countries. Its core funder is Sida, the Swedish […]
Strategic funerals in capacity building
By Rick James This blog is no. 9 in a series of nine on the subject of capacity building: No. […]
Letting go: The missing step in capacity building
By Rick James This blog is no. 8 in a series of nine on the subject of capacity building: No. […]
Making it personal
By Rick James This blog is no. 7 in a series of nine on the subject of capacity building: No. […]
Praxis Note 67. Survival is not enough: Building capacity of a thriving civil society in West Africa
This paper summarises lessons about capacity building in the region learnt by WACSI, including questions both funders and CSOs should ask themselves and each other before embarking on any capacity building programme.
Cultivating trust in partnerships
By Rick James This blog is no. 6 in a series of nine on the subject of capacity building: No. […]
ONTRAC 57. Beyond spring: Civil society’s role in the Middle East and North Africa
In 2011, the world watched amazed as people across the Arab world stood up to demand change. Beginning with a […]
Cultivating character in capacity building
By Rick James This blog is no. 5 in a series of nine on the subject of capacity building: No. […]