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The Nuts and Bolts of Post-conflict Capacity Building : Practicable Lessons from East Timor

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posted on 2023-08-05, 13:39 authored by Reyko Huang, Joseph Harris

‘Capacity building’ has become a ubiquitous term in the international peacebuilding community. While the need for capacity building in post-conflict contexts is widely accepted, discussions rarely venture into what it is in practical and operational terms, and how it ought to be done. This article examines a major capacity building project in East Timor, focusing on capacity building as it occurs day to day and on the ground. Following a brief overview of the concept of capacity building, it identifies a number of key challenges that arise in initiatives in which internationals work directly with local actors to build their capacity. It then offers a set of concrete proposals, targeted at capacity builders and their managing institutions, for improved practice.

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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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English

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http://hdl.handle.net/1961/5358

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