A report of the
African Governors of the World Bank dated September 28, 1996 and addressed to
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group on the subject of Partnership
for capacity Building in Africa suggested that one of the instruments to be
used in the implementation of the Governor’s report was the establishment of a
National Capacity Building Secretariat in each participating country in
Africa. The Secretariat would be the
focal point for all capacity building activities in the country and would among
other tasks, coordinate and provide leadership to the country’s capacity
building efforts. The African Governor’s
had defined “Capacity” as the people, institutions and practices that enable
countries to achieve their development goals, and “Capacity building” as
investment in human capital, in institutions and in practices.
Following the
report of the African Governors, a World Bank “Regional Workshop on Strategy
and Approach for Implementation” was held in Kampala, on July 6 – 8, 1997, and
it made a number of recommendations aimed at bringing the proposals of the African
Governors closer to reality.
We shall support
and fund the National Capacity Building Secretariat in Uganda to be able to
carry out the following functions:
Coordinate all
activities dealing with capacity building in the country,
Provide a vision
and set of priorities and guidelines for capacity building,
Develop national
priorities, strategies and programmes for capacity building and coordinate
national technical cooperation programmes,
Act as a Central
Clearing House to receive and disseminate information on capacity building and
maintain records of all capacity related activities, and keep an inventory of
relevant, accurate data base,
Evaluate the implementation
of all capacity building programmes,
Participate in the
planning and establishment of regional centres of excellence, regional capacity
building secretariats and regional information network on capacity building.
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