General Perspectives: Capacity Development in Fragile States Improving State Effectiveness in Fragile States

1
General Perspectives Capacity Development in
Fragile States Improving State Effectiveness in
Fragile States

• July 16th 2009
• ISE

2
From the why to the how

• Global Consensus on the Why of Importance of
  Addressing Fragile States
• Recognition of, but Lack of Understanding of the
  How To
• Capacity Development as a Central Challenge
• The Toolbox What are the Tools for the 21st
  Century

3
Challenges Gaps

• Problem Solving or Problem Setting
• the importance of design
• Understanding Capacity as a System
• education, training, networking, career paths
• Politics vs. Technical Space
• Leaders, Managers, Operators
• Fragmentation
• the coordination issue
• Rule of law as system glue

4
ISEs Approach on the Ground

• Reading the Context
• Critical Stakeholder Inquiry Institution
  Mapping
• Leadership as a Team Activity
• Consensus on Vision formulation of strategy
• Configuring the partnership
• the State Building Strategy
• Implementation
• National Programs
• Adjusting to Context
• Monitoring and Calibration

5
Breaking Down the Black Box of Governance and
Capacity

• Characteristics of Political Process Political
  Leadership
• coherence, vision, commitment, commitment to
  systematization
• Creation of a Technical Space
• agreement on functions and an agenda
• Mapping Institutions Organizations
• which functions are performed at each level
• Rules, Processes, People, Information
  Infrastructure, Mechanisms of Accountability
• flows of decisions, money and career paths
• Systematic Programs of Capacity-Development
• determining existing flows, determining
  objectives and mapping sequence of actions

6
Reflections Some Enablers of Capacity

• Harnessing time and the 80/20 rule
• Ranking reforms and agreement on a program
• Focus on implementation
• Addressing corruption through system building
• Citizen engagement and communication
• Information management systems
• Career paths for reformers

7
ISEs Toolbox Next Steps

• Codifying Documenting the How To
• Training Courses
• Specifications, design and execution
• Community of Practice
• Country Support
• Rapid reaction support/coaching to leaders and
  managers and facilitation of process
• A Global Network of Partners, Practitioners,
  Experts Collaborators