This category is about aligning and mainstreaming the international context (if existing also the national policies) into cities’ existing strategies, agendas and approaches. It is about reviewing existing plans, mandates and policies to elaborate how they can be adapted to align with global agendas.

This category is about approaches for capacity development and capacity assessment; Regional, international training initiatives, but also beyond only training; embedded in institutional and organizational approaches.

Capacity buiding propositions (based on Position Paper by UN-Habitat – http://uni.unhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/06/Capacity-Building-in-New-Urban-Agenda-HABITAT-III.pdf )

Capacity building is integrated into the implementation arrangements of the global agendas

Capacity building that support evidence-based policy making and implementation (ICT solutions)

Partnerships amongst knowledge-based institutions and capacity building organisations must be strenghtened through the implementation of the global agendas (universities, national and international training institutions, government schools, public administrations institutions, NGOs, etc.)

New curricula for the creation of new generation of urban practioners should be supported by the global agendas

Adopt innovative and transformative capacity building strategies to establish the instituional and human resource basis for global agendas implementation (Webinars, MOOCs, online applications, city labs, peer to peer learning)

Promote capacity building programs targetting different urban stakeholders and urban institutions

Capacity building must be part and parcel of policy making and implementation of the global agendas

Capacity building should be result-oriented and be assessed and monitored in order to anticipate the changes of urbanisation

TOOL 7.1 Identify  key areas where strong capacity development is needed

Further tool: capacity assessment from METROCam

Resources:

Capacity works

Cities and Climate Change Training

Metropolitan governance capacity assessment

Human Resources Capacity Benchmarking – municipal finance, revenue, planning, engineering and public works, and environmental health and solid waste management

http://www.citiesalliance.org/sites/citiesalliance.org/files/Final%20Report%20on%20Municipal%20Staffing%20Toolkit_0.pdf