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Wetta-Hall, Ruth, Elizabeth Ablah, Julie Oler-Manske, Mark Berry, and Craig Molgaard. "Strategies for Community-Based Organization Capacity Building." Health Care Manager 23, no. 4 (October 2004): 302–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00126450-200410000-00003.

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Pawson, Hal, Vivienne Milligan, and Chris Martin. "Building Australia's affordable housing industry: capacity challenges and capacity-enhancing strategies." International Journal of Housing Policy 19, no. 1 (May 28, 2018): 46–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2018.1469108.

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Mertkan, Sefika, and Ciaran Sugrue. "Building institutional capacity: more accountability than autonomy?" Journal of Organizational Change Management 27, no. 2 (April 8, 2014): 331–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jocm-07-2013-0142.

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Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the strategies schools use to build capacity in English secondary schools where they operate under strong pressures to improve continuously and failure to do so carries severe penalties. Design/methodology/approach – The approach involved in-depth case studies of six schools that utilized multiple sources of evidence. These include policy documents, interviews with multiple actors and observations of key management meetings. Findings – Findings suggest travelling strategies used by schools, but these are implemented with varying intensity, hybridity and creativity. The common travelling strategies re-contextualized in organizational fields are data workmanship, multi-level monitoring, and performance development. For participating schools, successfully replicating these three pillars through identity cloning, an attempt to establish institutional identities identical to that of the “performing schools”, helps lift schools in different contexts. Originality/value – There has been ample discussion on organizational capacity building, but the evidence on the actual strategies schools use is thin. This paper contributes to knowledge generation and understanding by providing as complete a picture as possible of the strategies schools use while remaining skeptical regarding the long-term consequences of short term “gains”.

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Haines, Danell J., and Tyler L. Fortman. "Building Research Capacity in College Recreational Sports." Recreational Sports Journal 31, no. 1 (April 2007): 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/rsj.31.1.26.

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The field of college recreational sports is growing, but research in the field has not grown equally. To ensure that decisions are made correctly and to justify the worth of college recreational sports to administrators, it is vitally important that research within the field expand. The purpose of this article is to identify strategies for building research capacity within the NIRSA community and in departments of college recreational sports. Previous literature was examined and four strategies within the context of building research capacity emerged: (1) create a research culture in which those affiliated with a given department have comparable positive views about the role of research within the department and use research to make evidence-based decisions; (2) develop and practice research skills; (3) select or be a research mentor; and (4) provide research resources including human resources, facilities, funding, and libraries. These themes are explained in detail and implementations strategies to build research capacity within college recreational sports are given.

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Breen, Lauren J., Samar M. Aoun, Bruce Rumbold, Beverley McNamara, Denise A. Howting, and Vincent Mancini. "Building Community Capacity in Bereavement Support." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 34, no. 3 (July 11, 2016): 275–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049909115615568.

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Background: Most bereaved people do not require specialist intervention, yet building community capacity in providing bereavement support is underdeveloped. While family caregivers indicate a need for more information about bereavement, there is little evidence to guide what this information might contain. Objective: The study’s purpose was to inform bereavement support by determining the advice people bereaved through expected deaths in palliative care have for others in that situation. Design: Four funeral providers posted a questionnaire to previous clients who had used their services 6 to 24 months prior and 678 bereaved people responded. Setting/Participants: The sample size for this study comprised 265 bereaved people whose relative used palliative care services. Measurements: The questionnaire comprised 82 questions about caregiving, bereavement support, current bereavement-related distress, and 2 open-ended questions concerning their bereavement, one of them on advice they have to other people in the same situation. Results: Family caregivers (n = 140) of people who received palliative care responded to the open-ended question about advice for others. An open content analysis yielded 3 themes—preparations for bereavement, utilizing social networks, and strategies for dealing with grief. Conclusions: Bereaved family caregivers’ experiential knowledge can be harnessed to progress the development of bereavement care strategies for the good of the community. These responses could be incorporated into information brochures, posters, and other community education avenues in order to upskill palliative care bereavement volunteers and the wider community so that bereaved family caregivers are best supported.

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Pauls, Jake. "Environmental Design Strategies for Building Egress." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 46, no. 9 (September 2002): 865–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120204600908.

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The events of September 2001, 2001, plus the events' technical and political aftermath have helped to identify an unfortunate lack of research into building evacuation. The relative dearth of research is ironic given evacuation's central role in mitigation for a range of emergencies and its prominence in environmental design requirements in building codes and standards. The field of human factors has much to offer, for example, in a philosophical or strategic focus on human-centered design as well in more-prosaic issues such as exit stair width and handrail provision. Much of the available research addresses fairly low-level ergonomic issues such as exit stair width in relation to egress capacity and the impact on evacuation time. in addition to more-sophisticated research into the relatively simple issues, ahead lies more-difficult research relating to strategic issues and the provision of information to building occupants in emergencies, occupants' situational awareness generally, and the many social interactions—in seldom-considered environmental contexts—that are at the heart of major evacuations of large buildings such as in the case of the World Trade Center.

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Genthner, Klaus. "Strategies and perspectives for collaborative regional capacity building in desalination." Desalination 141, no. 2 (December 2001): 101–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0011-9164(01)00396-4.

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Huenneke, Laura F., Diane M. Stearns, Jesse D. Martinez, and Kelly Laurila. "Key Strategies for Building Research Capacity of University Faculty Members." Innovative Higher Education 42, no. 5-6 (March 16, 2017): 421–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10755-017-9394-y.

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Norton, Sophie, Andrew Milat, Barry Edwards, and Michael Giffin. "Narrative review of strategies by organizations for building evaluation capacity." Evaluation and Program Planning 58 (October 2016): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.04.004.

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Aczel, J. C., S. R. Peake, and P. Hardy. "Designing capacity-building in e-learning expertise: Challenges and strategies." Computers & Education 50, no. 2 (February 2008): 499–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2007.07.005.

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Cranston, Kayla A. Cranston. "Building & Measuring Psychological Capacity for Biodiversity Conservation." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1472034188.

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DuPraw, Marcelle Elise. "Illuminating Capacity-Building Strategies for Landscape-Scale Collaborative Forest Management Through Constructivist Grounded Theory." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/6.

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This dissertation uses the constructivist grounded theory methods of Charmaz (2011) to explore: 1) the unique characteristics of landscape-scale collaboration; 2) implications for collaborative capacity-building strategies; and 3) the relationship between conflict, landscape-scale collaboration, and conflict resolution. The study was conducted through the US Forest Service's Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP). In the 1980s and 1990s, national forest management conflicts brought the forest industry to a standstill, with many jobs lost. In addition, historic fire suppression practices have made our national forests highly vulnerable to catastrophic wildfire. Many have strong opinions about what should be done and how. The proposed substantive theory suggests landscape-scale collaboration can serve as a conflict prevention, problem solving, or conflict resolution venue and offer opportunities for remarkable efficiencies in forest restoration as well as profoundly restorative transformation in ecological, social, economic, personal, and spiritual dimensions. It identifies unique characteristics of collaboration at this scale; suggests that realizing benefits depends on collaborative capacities at the collaborator, constituent organization, collaborative stakeholder group, and sponsoring organization levels, and on mastering nine challenges; and suggests eight implications for collaborative capacity building strategies. The study contributes to forest restoration, reduced loss of life and livelihood, and economic recovery by contributing to CFLRP effectiveness. It contributes to the field of conflict resolution by: illuminating the collaboration / conflict resolution relationship; a particular application of collaboration; related sources of conflict; and conflict resolution strategies. It advances new directions of study for conflict resolution scholars--i.e., how to help agencies and groups strengthen their collaborative capacities.

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Jamar, Jacye. "District Support: Strategies for Building Capacity in Elementary Principals in a Rapid Growth District." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862745/.

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The purpose of this descriptive case study was to examine the role of the central office staff and the strategies used to support capacity building in elementary principals in a rapid growth district. By synthesizing research and models from education reform scholars, the conceptual framework of professional capital, intrinsic motivation, the educational change process, and professional learning communities was generated to advance the understanding of utilizing PLCs as a foundation for central office to initiate and sustain continuous improvement in a rapid growth district. The Professional Learning Community Assessment - District Support developed by Olivier, Huffman, and Cowan was administered to 126 participants within the curriculum and instruction department and three elementary schools to collect data to analyze the five dimensions of PLCs within the school district. Eleven interviews were conducted with members of the curriculum and instruction department and elementary principals. According to the eleven interviewees, and PLCA-DS, six themes emerged to support the role of capacity building in elementary principals using the PLC model as a framework. The PLC infrastructure, supportive central office, collaborative culture, continuous improvement, differentiated opportunities to learn, and data use were the six themes generated by the participants to support continuous improvement in elementary principals. Each of the five PLC dimensions were visible throughout the themes as the findings illustrated six key practices currently in motion within the rapid growth school district used to build capacity in elementary principals.

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Neumann, Natalie. "Capacity Building in Urban Mongolia: Evaluating Optimal Strategies to Improve Pediatric Medical Training From Abroad." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17295882.

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This paper, a needs assessment, represents the first-order objective of larger project to enhance post-graduate education and patient outcomes at the National Center for Maternal and Child Health in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (NCMCH). Its analysis reviews Mongolia’s political, economic, and historical context, and outlines the state of healthcare nationally and at NCMCH in particular. Subsequently the paper evaluates the relevance, impact, feasibility, and utility of international health electives and programs of telemedicine both at large and in the Mongolian context. Ultimately, semi-structured interviews, observational study, and a comprehensive, comparative literature review will demonstrate that a bilateral exchange program, ideally at the fellowship level, is the best way of improving identified hospital and health-system weaknesses.

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Larrimore, Elizabeth Fogarty. "The use of capacity building strategies in non-profit speech and hearing centers a national study /." Click here to access dissertation, 2007. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2007/elizabeth_f_larrimore/larrimore_elizabeth_f_200701_edd.pdf.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2007.
"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Under the direction of Walter S. Polka. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180)

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Simons, Abigail. "A systematic review of literature reporting on the strategies/interventions addressing research capacity building in new academics." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4184.

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It is often assumed that postgraduate students and neophyte academics have the capacity to conduct research independently. Thus, upon qualification, it is expected of postgraduate students and academics to conduct research independently, publish their findings, meet publication targets and to supervise student research towards completion. However, the transition from postgraduate student or clinician to academia is considered very challenging as they are often not prepared for the multiple changes they will embark on upon entry into the Higher Education sector. As a result, various programmes and frameworks have been introduced to assist new academics in enhancing their research capacity. Such strategies included but were not limited to, writing retreats, peer monitoring, and dedicated time. However, these interventions reported on in literature are from primary sources and fail to comment on either the methodological rigour or the quality of the studies investigating these interventions. Thus there exists a gap in the literature for filtered information that has been systematically evaluated for methodological rigour and coherence. The present study aimed to establish an empirical base (filtered evidence) of literature reporting on strategies or interventions aimed at addressing research productivity in new academics. The study incorporated a systematic review methodology to identify appropriate literature for inclusion, evaluate literature for methodological quality and provide a meta-synthesis of the findings of included studies. The review considered studies, reporting on strategies or interventions with new academics during the period of 2000-2013. The review was conducted along three levels. Firstly, identification of potential titles, whereby keywords were combined and a comprehensive search of databases available at the University of the Western Cape library was initiated. Published research was also retrieved through mining the reference list of all included reports and articles. Secondly, a pair of reviewers worked together by screening the abstracts which were retrieved based on the titles identified, and thirdly, the abstracts that were successfully screened moved forward to full text reading. These studies were evaluated for methodological quality using the critical appraisal tool. Eligibility for inclusion was determined by a threshold score of 61%. As a result, the title search yielded a search result of 755, from these only 63 titles were selected for possible inclusion. The abstract screening resulted in the exclusion of 35 articles and 28 were included. After the critical appraisal, 15 articles were excluded. The findings of the present study revealed that there is good quality research on research capacity building for neophyte academics, as assessed on methodological rigour and coherence. Seven articles attained the threshold score (61% and above) for inclusion in the final summation and meta-synthesis. Evidence suggested that there are various interventions which have been implemented successfully to enhance research capacity building. The meta-synthesis revealed four core approaches to developing research capacity, namely mentoring approaches, theoretical formulations, research/evidence-based investigation as well as a multidimensional and integrated approaches. These approaches were aimed at bridging that gap between research and teaching and developing competent researchers. The core feature that emerged from these approaches was that successful or effective strategies have to include numerous components such as individual characteristics (motivation), effective leaders and institutional characteristics (rewards, incentives and resources). It was found that these components were integrated and often reciprocally influencing. Ethics clearance was obtained from the relevant committees at UWC. Furthermore, plagiarism and collaboration was taken into account as this study forms part of a larger project.

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Chowawa, Rosemary Shanice. "An evaluation of the implementation of capacity building strategies in the provision of health services in the central region of Malawi." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007122.

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of implementing capacity building strategies on the provision of health services in the central region of Malawi. The study intended to determine why a lack of quality services is still prevailing in the health services in the central region despite implementing capacity building strategies aimed at improving the delivery of health services. In addition to this, to come up with recommendations to improve the implementation of the existing capacity building strategies so that the implementation results in the intended impact, that is efficient and effective provision of health services in the central region of Malawi. The studies reviewed what various scholars have written on capacity building in order to ground capacity building in Public Administration and provide the study with a conceptual, theoretical and legislative framework. This enabled the researcher to describe the nature and place of capacity building in Public Administration. It was evident from the review that the implementation of capacity building strategies is a systematic process which requires that chief officials follow all the steps in order to effectively and efficiently implement the capacity building strategies so that the intended impact is achieved. In this regard, capacity building is a management function which requires that chief officials play an enabling role by providing the necessary resources (both human and financial) and policies that support the implementation of capacity building strategies. The study used both quantitative and qualitative research methods whereby thirty-five respondents composed of political office-bearers and chief officials from Lilongwe, Dedza, Mchinji and Dowa districts and Ministry of Health Headquarters in the central region of Malawi were given self-administered questionnaires to complete. Face-to-face interviews and document analysis were also used as research methods. The intention was to determine the problems that are being experienced in the implementation of the existing capacity building strategies and find out if the strategies are resulting in the intended impact. The study findings confirmed that there are indeed problems being experienced in the implementation of the existing capacity building strategies, namely: inadequate human and financial resources, corruption, political interference, lack of consultation with stakeholders and lack of political will to make sure that the implementation of the capacity building strategies is effectively and efficiently done. It was also revealed that the implementation of the existing capacity building strategies is impacting negatively on the provision of health services in the central region of Malawi, hence indicating a need to change in approach. The study concludes that in order for the capacity building strategies to achieve the intended impact there is a need to broaden the scope of the legal framework on health capacity building strategies in Malawi, enforce the use of performance standards and improve the operational framework to gain efficiencies and effectiveness from current investments in capacity building.

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Leon, de la Barra Sophia. "Building research capacity for indigenous health : a case study of the National Health and Medical Research Council : the evolution and impact of policy and capacity building strategies for indigenous health research over a decade from 1996 to 2006." University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3538.

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Master of Philosophy
As Australia’s leading agency for funding health research (expending over $400 million in 2006), the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has a major responsibility to improve the evidence base for health policy and practice. There is an urgent need for better evidence to guide policy and programs that improve the health of Indigenous peoples. In 2002, NHMRC endorsed a series of landmark policy changes to acknowledge its ongoing role and responsibilities in Indigenous health research—adopting a strategic Road Map for research, improving Indigenous representation across NHMRC Council and Principal Committees, and committing 5% of its annual budget to Indigenous health research. This thesis examines how these policies evolved, the extent to which they have been implemented, and their impact on agency expenditure in relation to People Support. Additionally, this thesis describes the impact of NHMRC policies in reshaping research practices among Indigenous populations.

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Finneran, Clara A. "Building the leadership capacity of women in K-12 education| Successful strategies that create the next generation of women school and district leaders." Thesis, University of Southern California, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10235549.

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Increased demands, retirement rates, and attrition rates have caused a growing instability in the quantity and quality of education leaders, thereby mandating leadership capacity-building efforts. While women are nearly 75% of the teaching force, they are markedly absent from the education leadership picture, especially at the secondary principal and superintendent level. Few studies related to women in education leadership have assessed specific practices that have been attempted to increase the numbers of women education leaders. The purpose of this study is to examine how a district in southern California works to build the next generation of women school and district leaders. Specifically, it investigates the strategies employed by the district, explores perceptions of district stakeholders, especially women, regarding the influence of the leadership capacity-building strategies, and identifies factors that facilitate and inhibit these strategies. Transformational leadership and social role theory serve as the theoretical framework for the study. A combination of interviews, observations, and document analysis are utilized in the qualitative case study methodology.

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Amaglo, John Kwaku. "Strategies for Sustainability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6963.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 92% of all Ghana firms, providing 60% of citizens' employment and contributing about 70% of Ghana's income from gross domestic products. Within the first 5 years of operation, 40% of new businesses fail. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies used by Ghanaian SME manufacturing leaders in the fruit industry to sustain business for longer than 5 years of operation. The conceptual framework for this study was open systems theory and complexity theory. The population for this study was 5 Ghanaian SME manufacturing business leaders in the fruit industry who maintained their businesses longer than 5 years of operation. The data sources were semistructured face-to-face interviews, interview notes, and the organizations' manuals for standard operations. Data collected were transcribed, member checked, analytically coded, and analyzed using Yin's 5-stage method of qualitative data analysis. Four themes emerged: training and capacity building, the need for good equipment and good packaging, the availability of working capital, and the need for target marketing. The implications of this study for positive social change include lowering high unemployment, alleviating poverty, supporting community development, and enhancing economic growth in the country.

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Liu, John. Strategies for capacity building uptake. Port Vila, Vanuatu: s.n., 2003.

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Motihar, Renuka. New hopes, new horizones: Capacity building strategies for girls. New Delhi: Population Council, South & East Asia--Regional Office, 1999.

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Capacity-building in science and technology in the Third World: Problems, issues, and strategies. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1991.

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Sako, Soumana. Capacity building for the promotion of trade and investment in Africa: Challenges and strategies. Harare: African Capacity Building Foundation, 2007.

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Andrew, McCoshan, ed. Enterprise and human resource development: Local capacity building. London: P. Chapman Pub., 1993.

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Women, Chicago Foundation for, and Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Asset-Based Community Development Institute, eds. A guide to building sustainable organizations from the inside out: An organizational capacity-building toolbox. Chicago, IL: Distributed exclusively by ACTA Publications, 2000.

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Verghese, B. G. Project India: Human resource development and capacity building : the Ford Foundation in India, 1952-2002. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research, 2006.

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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute., ed. AFRICOM's dilemma: The "global war on terrorism," "capacity building," humanitarianism, and the future of U.S. security policy in Africa. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007.

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Rayner, Mike, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Julianne Williams, Karen McColl, and Shanthi Mendis. Capacity building. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198791188.003.0011.

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This chapter opens with a definition of capacity building and the history of its emergence as a concept. It outlines how capacity is required at the level of the environment, within organizations and individuals in order to enable individuals, institutions and societies to function. It goes on to describe the process for capacity building and provides examples of three attempts to integrate institutional capacity building into a larger long-term non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention strategies. The chapter includes a discussion of a systems approach. Just as the problem of NCDs exists within a highly complex system, responses need to be complex and viewed as just one of many pieces of a solution. The chapter outlines the levels where public health interventions can be made and discusses challenge of translating NCD interventions from one setting to another.

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Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ed. The district role in building capacity: Four strategies. [Philadelphia, PA]: Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

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Martinez, Peter. "Building Astronomy Research Capacity in Africa." In Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy Volume 6, 39–62. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4056-3_3.

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Castellano-Álvarez, Francisco Javier, María de la Cruz Del Rio-Rama, Amador Durán-Sánchez, and José Alvarez-García. "Strategies for Rural Tourism and the Recovery of Cultural Heritage: Case Study of La Vera, Spain." In Capacity Building Through Heritage Tourism, 53–70. Series statement: Advances in hospitality and tourism book series: Apple Academic Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003034391-3.

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Wangwe, Samuel. "Building Indigenous Technological Capacity in African Industry: An Overview." In Alternative Development Strategies in SubSaharan Africa, 238–42. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12255-4_8.

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Ohiorhenuan, John F. E., and I. D. Poloamina. "Building Indigenous Technological Capacity in African Industry: The Nigerian Case." In Alternative Development Strategies in SubSaharan Africa, 294–317. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12255-4_11.

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Wangwe, Samuel. "Building Indigenous Technological Capacity: A Study of Selected Industries in Tanzania." In Alternative Development Strategies in SubSaharan Africa, 265–93. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12255-4_10.

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Marshall, Gail, and Mikko Ruohonen. "Discussion Group 2 — Policies, strategies & initiatives of ICT in education." In Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries, 327–31. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_35.

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Cohen, R. "Technology and young children — new strategies to prevent illiteracy and create better chances of success for all." In Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries, 155–62. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_17.

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Boyd, Taylor. "Education Reform in Ontario: Building Capacity Through Collaboration." In Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Education Reforms, 39–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57039-2_2.

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Abstract The education system of the province of Ontario, Canada ranks among the best in the world and has been touted as a model of excellence for other countries seeking to improve their education system. In a system-wide reform, leaders used a political and professional perspective to improve student performance on basic academic skills. The school system rose to renown after this reform which moved Ontario from a “good” system in 2000 to a “great” one between 2003 and 2010 (Mourshed M, Chijioke C, Barber M. How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better, a report McKinsey & Company. Retrieved from https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/how-the-worlds-most-improved-school-systems-keep-getting-better, (2010)). Premier Dalton McGuinty arrived in office in 2003 with education as his priority and was dubbed the “Education Premier” because of this mandate. His plan for reform had two primary goals: to improve student literacy and numeracy, and to increase secondary school graduation rates. McGuinty also wanted to rebuild public trust that had been damaged under the previous administration. The essential element of Ontario’s approach to education reform was allowing educators to develop their own plans for improvement. Giving responsibility and freedom to educators was critical in improving professional norms and accountability among teachers (Mourshed M, Chijioke C, Barber M. How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better, a report McKinsey & Company. Retrieved from https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/how-the-worlds-most-improved-school-systems-keep-getting-better, (2010)) and the sustained political leadership throughout the entire reform concluding in 2013 provided an extended trajectory for implementing and adjusting learning initiatives. The Ministry of Education’s Student Achievement Division, which was responsible for designing and implementing strategies for student success, took a flexible “learning as we go” attitude in which the reform strategy adapted and improved over time (Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group. The Ontario student achievement division student success strategy evidence of improvement study. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/research/EvidenceOfImprovementStudy.pdf, (2014)). This chapter will discuss influences on the reform design and key components of strategies to support student and teacher development and build a relationship of accountability and trust among teachers, the government and the public. The successes and shortcomings of this reform will be discussed in the context of their role in creating a foundation for the province’s next steps towards fostering twenty-first century competencies in classrooms.

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Spencer, Michael, Laura Kohn-Wood, Rachael D. Dombrowski, Omari Keeles, and Daniel Birichi. "Environmental justice and the well-being of poor children of color: Building capacity in Head Start parents through Photovoice." In Qualitative strategies for ethnocultural research., 143–60. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13742-008.

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Lips, Wouter, and Dries Lesage. "Medium-Term Revenue Strategies as a Coordination Tool for DRM and Tax Capacity Building." In Taxation, International Cooperation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, 77–92. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64857-2_5.

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AbstractThis chapter investigates the introduction of Medium-Term Revenue Strategies (MTRS) in developing countries as part of technical assistance for tax capacity building. The MTRS concept was devised by the Platform for Collaboration on Tax and is supposed to be a holistic high-level roadmap for tax policy reform around which civil society and external aid donors can coordinate. Tax capacity building for domestic resource mobilization has become a crowded governance field over the last decade with multiple bilateral and multilateral partners involved, sometimes in the same country. While there have been multiple high-level coordination efforts, within-country coordination is still lacking. As such, we investigate the concept’s usefulness as a coordination tool for donors to ensure their assistance is matched with a country’s needs and preferences. We also critically examine the concept’s potential pitfalls and deficiencies in terms of scope and ambition, partners, and legitimacy. We conclude that if the MTRS is evaluated as it is intended, an additional tool in the larger toolbox of coordination in the tax capacity building regime, the concept holds promise but calls for close scrutiny to ensure that they are truly country-owned and country-specific roadmaps.

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Conference papers on the topic "Capacity building strategies"

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Enejo, Idachaba Francis. "Capacity Building Strategies for the Nigerian Educational System." In Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/128338-ms.

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Chalkiadakis, Charis, Panagiotis Iordanopoulos, Fanny Malin, Katharina Helfert, Michael Zangl, Manuela Flachi, and Risto Oorni. "Capacity Building Strategies for further growth of the ITS Sector in Europe." In 2019 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mtits.2019.8883287.

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Agboola, O. Phillips, and O. Mary Agboola. "Nigeria's Bio-Ethanol: Need for Capacity Building Strategies to Prevent Food Crises." In World Renewable Energy Congress – Sweden, 8–13 May, 2011, Linköping, Sweden. Linköping University Electronic Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp11057258.

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Endarto, Savana Andang, Desiderius Priyo Sudibyo, and Rina Herlina Haryanti. "Strategies and Challenges of Capacity Building in Partnership Tourism Development in Indonesia." In 6th International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICOSAPS 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201219.045.

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RYABEV, Anton, Iryna BALANDINA, Iryna POLCHANINOVA, and Larysa OBOLENTSEVA. "RECREATION CAPACITY OF UKRAINE’S REGIONS, STRATEGIC GOALS OF ITS USAGE AND BUILDING." In Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Economics Engineering. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/cibmee.2019.004.

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Purpose – to reveal the scientific approach to the regional policy in the field of research, use and increase the recreational potential of the regions of Ukraine, creating an effective mechanism for the development of the recreational system of the region due to an in-depth study of the recreational system potential, the quality of the recreational environment and highlighting its special structure. As a sub-goal of the study was determined the identification of factors affecting the competitiveness of the recreational system of the regions, which will make it possible to clarify the directions of activities to increase the competitiveness of the tourism and recreation sector of the economy of Ukraine. Findings – the paper proposes the mechanism of well-balanced mutual development of humanʼs health and recreational system management. Research limitations – the study addresses the problem of using recreational potential in such a way that, as a result of its use, the least damage is inflicted on the territory and on the population. To determine the direction of development were identified as “sore spots” groups of the recreational system. To solve this problem has been proposed a mechanism for the balanced development of the recreational system, which will allow: 1) to maintain and develop the existing recreational potential; 2) to increase the share of regional profits from the use of recreational potential. Methodology – the methodology and research tools are based on the methods of theoretical generalization, refinement of the conceptual apparatus, logical-structural modelling, scientific argumentation, and comparative analysis. Practical implications – the practical significance lies in the fact that the article reveals the problematic issues of recreation in Ukraine and suggests a mechanism for the management and sustainable development of the countryʼs recreational potential. The use of the proposed mechanism will lead to an increase in the incomes of the regions from the exploitation of the recreational potential and will create the conditions for the preservation of the recreational systems themselves. Originality/Value – the article value lies in the fact that it proposes a mechanism for the balanced development of the recreational system and the person in it; carried out the allocation of recreational management in a special function of the recreational system. The relationship between the development strategies of the recreational system and the assessment of the recreational competitiveness of the region is shown.

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Hu, Junfei, and Michel-Alexandre Cardin. "The Value of Flexible Capacity Expansion Strategies in Design of Complex Decentralized Engineering Systems." In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2015-46277.

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This paper presents and applies a simulation-based methodology to assess the value of flexible decentralized engineering systems (i.e., the ability to flexibly expand the capacity in multiple sites over time and space). This work differs from others by analyzing explicitly the tradeoffs between economies of scale (EoS) — which favors building large capacity upfront to reduce unit cost and accommodate high anticipated demand — and the time value of money — which favors deferring capacity investments to the future and deploying smaller modules to reduce unit cost. The study aims to identify the best strategies to deploy capacity of complex engineered systems over time and improve their economic lifecycle performance in the face of uncertainty. This study is illustrated using a waste-to-energy system operated in Singapore. The results show that a decentralized design with the real option to expand the capacity in different locations and times improves the expected net present value by more than 20% under the condition of economies of scale α = 0.8 and discount rate λ = 8%, as compared to a fixed centralized design. The results also indicate that a flexible decentralized design outperforms other rigid designs under certain circumstances since it not only reduces transportation costs, but also has the advantage of flexible deployment strategies, such as deferring investment and avoiding unnecessary capacity. The results help designers and managers better compare centralized and decentralized design opportunities and to recognize the value of flexible decentralized designs in small-scale urban environments. The example also provides guidance for applying flexibility to a wider range of complex engineered systems and to determine the best strategies for deploying the capacity of systems in other urban contexts.

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Rogulska, Aleksandra. "TEMPORARY CULTURAL FACILITIES AS AN ELEMENT OF REBUILDING STRATEGIES FOR CITIES AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKES." In GEOLINKS International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/geolinks2020/b2/v2/35.

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The Apennine Peninsula is one of the most densely-populated and most seismically active regions of Europe, possessing a wealth of cultural heritage. Historical cities and buildings are a part of this heritage. The earthquake damage prevention programme implemented in Italy does not cover existing buildings, and reconstruction plans for damaged cities, because of the threat's specificity, are always prepared after a disaster. In the case of heritage buildings, particularly those of super-local significance, decisions involving a complete reconstruction of their original form are typically made, erasing all traces of the tragedy. Reconstruction can take years, during which society is left without cultural facilities that are key to good morale. Opportunities provided by the phase between a disaster and restoring the buildings are too often underappreciated, while the time spent making the decision what and how to rebuild should be spent on action. Strategies involving temporary buildings allow to prevent the disappearance of public functions during the period preceding the reconstruction of major cultural facilities. These buildings should be designed as resilient, assuming a capacity to adapt to changing conditions and upholding or rapidly returning to a functional state after a disaster. They can enable the time between the disaster and making the decision about reconstruction to be used to identify and test new relations in the surroundings created through the loss of a section of substance. They provoke a debate about what must be rebuilt and at what cost, they facilitate understanding of the goals of a planned reconstruction. But most importantly, they sustain the genius loci, in order to affect the city's reconstruction process in its social, psychological and economic aspects. By analysing temporary cultural facilities built in Italian cities damaged by earthquakes, the study discusses methods of building temporary public buildings and features an attempt at assessing interventions that precede reconstruction. Based on the experiences of the city of L'Aquila severely damaged in 2009 and drawing conclusions from mistakes made during the implementation of pre-reconstruction strategies in the town, the author developed a proposal of a temporary intervention for the Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia, which collapsed on the 30th of October 2016 as an effect of the Amatrice-Visso-Norcia seismic sequence. The proposal stresses the preservation of the previous function of the complex at its original site. This is meant to maintain the occupancy of Norcia's centre by the Benedictine monks, whose tradition is strongly linked with the city and makes it a major pilgrimage destination that is important to Christians.

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Colella, Whitney G. "Optimizing Operation of Stationary Fuel Cell Systems (FCS) Within District Cooling and Heating Networks." In ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fuelcell2010-33134.

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We evaluate innovative design, installation, and control strategies for generating combined cooling, heating, and electric power (CCHP) with fuel cell systems (FCS). The addition of an absorptive cooling cycle allows unrecovered FCS heat to be converted into cooling power, such as for air-conditioning. For example, unrecovered low temperature (80–160°C) heat can be used to drive absorption chillers to create a chilled water stream to cool building spaces. Compared with separate devices that individually generate electricity, heat, and cooling power, such CCHP FCS can reduce feedstock fuel consumption and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by at least 30%. We develop economic and environmental models that optimize the installed capacity of CCHP FCS to minimize either global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions or global energy costs. Our models evaluate innovative engineering design, installation, and control strategies not commonly pursued by industry, and identify strategies most beneficial for reducing CO2 emissions or costs. Our models minimize costs for building owners consuming cooling power, electricity, and heat by changing the installed capacity of the FCS and by changing FCS operating strategies. Our models optimize for a particular location, climatic region, building load curve set, FCS type, and competitive environment. Our models evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of pursuing more innovative FCS operating strategies; these include 1) connecting FCS to distribution networks for cooling power, heat, and electricity; 2) implementing a variable heat-to-power ratio, to intentionally produce additional heat to meet higher heat demands; 3) designing in the ability to tune the quantity of cooling power from the absorption chiller compared with the amount of recoverable heat from the FCS; and 4) employing the ability to load-follow demand for cooling, heat, or electricity. We base our datum design conditions on measured data describing generator performance in-use, and on measured data describing real-time electricity, heating, and cooling demand over time. A unique feature of our data sets is that the space cooling demand is directly measured and distinguishable from electricity demand (unlike as with standard air conditioning systems). We report results for optimal installed capacities and optimal FCS operating strategies. We generalize these results so that they are applicable to a wide-range of environments throughout the world.

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Cowie, M., A. Marantan, P. W. Garland, and R. Rademacher. "CHP for Buildings: The Challenge of Delivering Value to the Commercial Sector." In ASME 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2002-33336.

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The commercial sector has historically not seen the same level of investment in Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP) as the industrial sector. The average commercial building has smaller and more diverse energy requirements than would be expected at a typical industrial site. Consequently, even though the electrical requirements of the commercial and industrial sectors are very similar there is nine times more installed industrial CHP capacity than commercial CHP in the U.S. However, the advent of microturbines and increasing commercial viability of fuel cells promises generator sizes much more suitable for use in the commercial sector. There are many possible uses for the waste heat in a commercial building, depending upon geographic location, occupant requirements and the energy cost structures of both fuel and grid electricity. Possible waste heat technologies include absorption chillers, humidifiers, desiccant dehumidifiers, steam generators, hot water heating, space heating and thermal storage. Several of these could be combined with a generator to produce a commercial CHP for Buildings package. A well-designed and operated package should deliver energy and environmental savings as well as significant cost savings to the customer. Other potential value streams are improved indoor air quality, peak shaving to reduce demand charges, enhanced power reliability, tradable environmental credits or grid independence. This presentation is a broad discussion of the challenges that CHP faces when competing in the commercial sector and the technologies and strategies that will help overcome them.

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Hajjar, Jerome F., Lizhong Wang, and Mark D. Webster. "Design for Deconstruction for Sustainable Composite Steel-Concrete Floor Systems." In 12th international conference on ‘Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures’ - ASCCS 2018. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/asccs2018.2018.7060.

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Conventional steel-concrete composite floor systems utilizing steel headed stud anchors and metal decks are cost-effective and widely used solutions for non-residential multi-story buildings, due in part to their enhanced strength and stiffness relative to non-composite systems. Because these systems use steel headed stud anchors welded onto steel flanges and encased in cast-in-place concrete slabs to achieve composite action, it is not possible to readily deconstruct and reuse the steel beams and concrete slabs. As the building industry is moving towards sustainability, there are clear needs for developing sustainable steel-concrete composite floor systems to facilitate material reuse, minimize consumption of raw materials, and reduce end-of-life building waste. This paper presents the behavior and design strategies for a sustainable steel-concrete composite floor system. In this system, deconstructable clamping connectors are utilized to attach precast concrete planks to steel beams to achieve composite action. The load-slip behavior of the clamping connectors was studied in pushout tests, and the test results showed that the clamping connectors possess similar shear strength to 19 mm diameter shear studs and much greater slip capacity. Four full-scale beam tests were performed to investigate the flexural behavior of the deconstructable composite beams under gravity loading and validate the connector behavior attained from the pushout tests. All the beams behaved in a ductile manner. The flexural strengths of the composite beam specimens closely match the strengths predicted for composite beams by the design provisions of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

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Reports on the topic "Capacity building strategies"

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Houwer, Rebecca Houwer, and Emily Alston-O'Connor Alston-O'Connor. Growing The Grassroots: Strategies For Building The Organizational Capacity Of Youth-Led Organizations And Initiatives. Toronto, Ontario Canada: Youth Research & Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), December 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15868/socialsector.33748.

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Williams, Teshanee, Jamie McCall, Maureen Berner, and Anita Brown-Graham. Strategic Capacity Building in Community Development Organizations Post COVID-19: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Describing Social Capital. Carolina Small Business Development Fund, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46712/social-capital-covid19-recovery/.

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Much like the 2008 financial crisis, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely shape historically underserved communities for decades to come. Now, more than perhaps ever before, community development organizations (CDOs) will be central actors and foundational institutions for sustainable economic growth. Our data suggest social capital is important for CDO capacity across multiple dimensions. Given the central role CDOs will likely play in rebuilding local economies in the wake of the pandemic, we highlight how these organizations can use social capital to maintain and build political, resource, network, and organizational capacity.

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Carter, Becky. Inclusion in Crisis Response, Recovery and Resilience. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.079.

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This rapid review provides examples of what has worked to include people in humanitarian assistance who experience heightened vulnerability during crises, due to social inequalities and discrimination relating to gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and sex characteristics; and religious belief . Overall, robust evidence is limited for what are, in most cases, relatively new areas of practice in challenging crisis situations. However, the literature does identify promising practices. Emerging themes from the research on what has potential for improving inclusion in humanitarian assistance include: affected people’s meaningful participation in intervention planning and design; whole-of-community approaches while maintaining accountability to the targeted beneficiaries; multi-component approaches combining complementary strategies (e.g. economic empowerment with social norms change programming); longer-term, pre-crisis investment in relationships with, and capacity building of, local organisations; and disaggregating data and undertaking intersectional analyses to include those hardest to reach.

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Akasha, Heba, Omid Ghaffarpasand, and Francis Pope. Climate Change and Air Pollution. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.071.

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This rapid literature review explores the interactions between climate change and air pollution, with a focus on human health impacts. In particular, the report explores potential synergies in tackling climate change and air pollution together. The impacts and implications of the transition from a carbon-intensive economy upon air quality and consequently human health are examined. Discussing climate change without air pollution can lead to risks. For example, strategies that focus on electrification and transition to renewable energy achieve maximum health and air quality benefits compared to strategies that focus mainly on combustible renewable fuels (biofuel and biomass) with some electrification. Addressing climate change necessitates a shift towards a new low carbon era. This involves stringent and innovative changes in behaviour, technology, and policy. There are distinct benefits of considering climate change and air pollution together. Many of the processes that cause climate change also cause air pollution, and hence reductions in these processes will generate cleaner air and less global warming. Politically, the consideration of the two issues in tandem can be beneficial because of the time-inconsistency problems of climate change. Air pollution improvements can offer politicians victories, on a useful timescale, to help in their aims of reversing climate change. By coupling air pollution and air pollution agendas together, it will increase the media and political attention both environmental causes receive. Policies should involve the integration of climate change, air quality, and health benefits to create win-win situations. The success of the strategies requires financial and technical capacity building, commitment, transparency, and multidisciplinary collaboration, including governance stakeholders at multiple levels, in both a top-down and bottom-up manner.

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Michalak, Julia, Josh Lawler, John Gross, and Caitlin Littlefield. A strategic analysis of climate vulnerability of national park resources and values. National Park Service, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2287214.

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The U.S. national parks have experienced significant climate-change impacts and rapid, on-going changes are expected to continue. Despite the significant climate-change vulnerabilities facing parks, relatively few parks have conducted comprehensive climate-change vulnerability assessments, defined as assessments that synthesize vulnerability information from a wide range of sources, identify key climate-change impacts, and prioritize vulnerable park resources (Michalak et al. In review). In recognition that funding and planning capacity is limited, this project was initiated to identify geographies, parks, and issues that are high priorities for conducting climate-change vulnerability assessments (CCVA) and strategies to efficiently address the need for CCVAs across all U.S. National Park Service (NPS) park units (hereafter “parks”) and all resources. To help identify priority geographies and issues, we quantitatively assessed the relative magnitude of vulnerability factors potentially affecting park resources and values. We identified multiple vulnerability factors (e.g., temperature change, wildfire potential, number of at-risk species, etc.) and sought existing datasets that could be developed into indicators of these factors. To be included in the study, datasets had to be spatially explicit or already summarized for individual parks and provide consistent data for at least all parks within the contiguous U.S. (CONUS). The need for consistent data across such a large geographic extent limited the number of datasets that could be included, excluded some important drivers of climate-change vulnerability, and prevented adequate evaluation of some geographies. The lack of adequately-scaled data for many key vulnerability factors, such as freshwater flooding risks and increased storm activity, highlights the need for both data development and more detailed vulnerability assessments at local to regional scales where data for these factors may be available. In addition, most of the available data at this scale were related to climate-change exposures, with relatively little data available for factors associated with climate-change sensitivity or adaptive capacity. In particular, we lacked consistent data on the distribution or abundance of cultural resources or accessible data on infrastructure across all parks. We identified resource types, geographies, and critical vulnerability factors that lacked data for NPS’ consideration in addressing data gaps. Forty-seven indicators met our criteria, and these were combined into 21 climate-change vulnerability factors. Twenty-seven indicators representing 12 vulnerability factors addressed climate-change exposure (i.e., projected changes in climate conditions and impacts). A smaller number of indictors measured sensitivity (12 indicators representing 5 vulnerability factors). The sensitivity indicators often measured park or landscape characteristics which may make resources more or less responsive to climate changes (e.g., current air quality) as opposed to directly representing the sensitivity of specific resources within the park (e.g., a particular rare species or type of historical structure). Finally, 6 indicators representing 4 vulnerability factors measured external adaptive capacity for living resources (i.e., characteristics of the park and/or surrounding landscape which may facilitate or impede species adaptation to climate changes). We identified indicators relevant to three resource groups: terrestrial living, aquatic living (including living cultural resources such as culturally significant landscapes, plant, or animal species) and non-living resources (including infrastructure and non-living cultural resources such as historic buildings or archeological sites). We created separate indicator lists for each of these resource groups and analyzed them separately. To identify priority geographies within CONUS,...

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Scoular, Claire, and Ian Teo. Developing strategic plans for an aligned approach to 21st century skills integration. Australian Council for Educational Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-626-0.

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This report describes an online course developed to support education systems to build an aligned and sustainable approach to integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS). 21CS are those skills that are considered particularly important to succeed in today’s knowledge-based society in which innovation and technology are predominant. Prominent examples include critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration, and such skills need to be better understood in order for them to be integrated. While different countries may have their own frameworks or priorities surrounding 21CS, a consistent approach to integration can still be achieved with a shared understanding from all stakeholders within the system. The course objectives focused on supporting countries to develop a strategic plan for 21CS integration, providing resources to aid that plan, and building capacity to implement the plan. The specific learning objectives were to: Understand components and steps leading to 21CS alignment; Conduct a needs analysis, identifying which steps are currently being met, and which steps need more attention; Develop a strategic plan, identifying which steps are to be prioritized and in which order; Gain insights from other education systems from reflections on successful developments and lessons learned; and Engage in discussion within education systems and with other countries about the emerging area of skills integration, as well as identify future directions. Course participants joined from across 16 Asia Pacific countries and from the Education Quality and Assessment Programme for the Pacific Community (EQAP). The course comprised of eight modules that were spread over three weeks, with content hosted online through the Moodle platform.Each module consisted of pre-recorded video content (30-60 minutes) and team and/or individual activities. The modules were supported by three live sessions that allowed participants to ask questions and share reflections in real time. The course concluded with a webinar that consisted of presentations that were delivered by one member from each Core Strategy Team who shared their team’s strategic plan and reflections from this course.

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Frazer, Sarah, Anna Wetterberg, and Eric Johnson. The Value of Integrating Governance and Sector Programs: Evidence from Senegal. RTI Press, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2021.rb.0028.2109.

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As the global community works toward the Sustainable Development Goals, closer integration between governance and sectoral interventions offers a promising, yet unproven avenue for improving health service delivery. We interrogate what value an integrated governance approach, intentionally combining governance and sectoral investments in strategic collaboration, adds to health service readiness and delivery using data from a study in Senegal. Our quasi-experimental research design compared treatment and control communes to determine the value added of an integrated governance approach in Senegal compared to health interventions alone. Our analysis shows that integrated governance is associated with improvements in some health service delivery dimensions, specifically, in aspects of health facility access and quality. These findings—that health facilities are more open, with higher quality infrastructure and staff more frequently following correct procedures after integrated governance treatment—suggests a higher level of service readiness. We suggest that capacity building of governance structures and an emphasis on social accountability could explain the added value of integrating governance and health programming. These elements may help overcome a critical bottleneck between citizens and local government often seen with narrower sector or governance-only approaches. We discuss implications for health services in Senegal, international development program design, and further research.

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Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned. Population Council, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh15.1026.

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