Capacity Building

Capacity building is a strategic priority of the GEF that cuts across all focal areas. The GEF helps to build technical, human, and institutional capacity at the local and national levels as a foundation to effective conservation and sustainable use.Capacity building is an integral part of most GEF projects.

Targeted capacity building across focal areas (cross-cutting) is seen as a cost-effective means of addressing, at a systemic or institutional level, capacity building needs that are not unique to any one focal area. It helps countries manage global environmental issues in a more general way. Examples include:

1. - institutional strengthening
2. - assistance for enacting legislation, regulations, and other administrative measures
3. - capacity building for public awareness and education
4. - development of training material

Related Documents

• Strategic Approach to Enhance Capacity Building
• - Operational Guidelines for Expedited Funding of National Self Assessments of Capacity Building Needs (English, French, Spanish)
• - A Guide for Self-Assessment of Country Capacity Needs for Global Environmental Management (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
• - Proposed Elements for Strategic Collaboration and a Framework for GEF Action on Capacity Building for the Global Environment (English, French)
• - National Dialogue Initiative
• - Country Capacity Development Needs and Priorities - A Synthesis
• - Report for Small Island Developing States
• - Regional Report for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• - Regional Report for Asia and the Pacific
• - Regional Report for Latin American and the Caribbean
• - Regional Report for Africa
• - Assessment of Capacity Development in the GEF Portfolio
• - Assessment of Capacity Development Efforts of Other Development Cooperation Agencies
• - Scientific and Technical Capacity Development - Needs and Priorities