Capacity Building in Development Projects

Sastre-Merino, Susana; Carmenado, Ignacio de los Ríos

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.231

Cited by 57 publications

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“…Three types of capacities can be considered at individual and community levels: technical; behavioral; and social [97]. Enhancing all three of these capacities is crucial to increase the success of sustainable development projects.…”

Section: Building Community Resilience and Community Capacities Simulmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges to Implementing Socially-Sustainable Community Development in Oil Palm and Forestry Operations in Indonesia

Pasaribu

Vanclay

Zhao

2020

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Through the lenses of community development and social licence to operate, we consider the complex relationships between local communities and forest plantation and oil palm companies. We examine the practical challenges in implementing socially-sustainable community development (SSCD) by analyzing two corporate social investment community development projects located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: Desa Makmur Peduli Api (integrated fire management) and Pertanian Ekologi Terpadu (ecological farming). Our study scrutinized: (i) What were the practice challenges faced by the companies in establishing SSCD?; Along with (ii) what should be done to improve how SSCD is undertaken, especially in Indonesia? We identified five challenges: (1) unresolved land conflict; (2) determining the right program; (3) building community capacity rather than providing irrelevant training; (4) a shortage of company field staff and government facilitators; and (5) managing community expectations. Better governance of SSCD will reduce conflict between affected communities and companies.

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Section: Building Community Resilience and Community Capacities Simulmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges to Implementing Socially-Sustainable Community Development in Oil Palm and Forestry Operations in Indonesia

Pasaribu

Vanclay

Zhao

2020

Land

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“…The community capacity characteristics are an important element required for building capacity development programs (Aref et al, 2013). Merino and Carmenado (2012) and Park et al (2012) divide the community capacity characteristics into two major groups, namely individual capacity and social capacity. Individual capacity can be divided into two dimensions, namely: technical capacity and behavior capacity.…”

Section: Community Capacity: Definition and Characteristicsmentioning

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“…On the social level they are (among others): participation and cooperation, trust, communication, networking, norms, teamwork, vision, and strategy. However, the literature and field measurements generally focus on capacity development of organizational or personnel/human resources (Merino and Carmenado, 2012) to build community capacity. Therefore, to develop community capacity, we have to focus on the individual and the organization level.…”

Section: Community Capacity Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Capacity Building in Social Forestry Development: A Review

Pujo

Sofhani

Gunawan

et al. 2018

jrcp

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“…This is explicit in various declarations on sustainability for higher education that confirm the importance of learning, communication, and capacity building for sustainable development (Moore, 2005, Lozano et al, 2011Tilbury, 2012 Merino and Carmenado (2012) comment that building capacity through the community contributes not only to social development, but also to economic growth. These arguments support the need for research that explores how HEIs are working with communities in terms of building capacities for sustainability, but also to show advances and ways forward.…”

Section: Capacity Building and Universities: The Need For Researchmentioning

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Evaluating the engagement of universities in capacity building for sustainable development in local communities

Shiel

Filho

Paço

et al. 2016

Evaluation and Program Planning

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Universities have the potential to play a leading role in enabling communities to develop more sustainable ways of living and working however, sustainable communities may only emerge with facilitation, community learning and continual efforts to build their capacities. Capacity building entails approaches and processes that contribute to community empowerment; universities may either lead such approaches, or be key partners in an endeavour to empower communities to address the challenges posed by the need for sustainable development. Although capacity building and the promotion of sustainable development locally, are on the agenda for universities who take seriously regional engagement, very little is written that illustrates or describes the various forms of such activities that take place. Further, there is a paucity of studies that have evaluated the work performed by universities in building capacity for sustainable development at the local level. This paper is an attempt to address this need, and entails an empirical study based on a sample of universities in the UK, Germany, Portugal and Brazil. The paper examines the extent to which capacity building on sustainable development is being undertaken, suggests the forms that this might take and evaluates some of the benefits for local communities. The paper concludes by reinforcing that universities have a critical role to play in community development; that role has to prioritise the sustainability agenda.

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Capacity Building in Development Projects

Cited by 57 publications

References 15 publications

Challenges to Implementing Socially-Sustainable Community Development in Oil Palm and Forestry Operations in Indonesia

Challenges to Implementing Socially-Sustainable Community Development in Oil Palm and Forestry Operations in Indonesia

Community Capacity Building in Social Forestry Development: A Review

Evaluating the engagement of universities in capacity building for sustainable development in local communities

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