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Capacity Building
Human resource and organisational
development in international cooperation
on behalf of:
Introduction
The Capacity Building Concept is the framework thus a vital contributor to Germany’s development
for InWEnt´s activities in the field of advanced cooperation profile.To this end, InWEnt systema-
professional training, as well as in human resource tically makes use of its:
and organisational development. It is used as a
guide for the conceptualisation and implementation ¾ Methodological-didactic competence:
of InWEnt’s activities in these areas. The Capacity InWEnt offers needs-oriented capacity
Building Concept is the fundamental pillar of building based on its long-standing inter-
InWEnt’s strategic direction and defines the frame- national experience. Its programmes are
work for action in the medium term.In the context characterised by two main features: firstly,
of development cooperation, “Capacity Building“ its methodological-didactic competence
encompasses advanced professional training, as which has been verified by decades of
well as human resources and organisational devel- practical experience, and, secondly, its
opment. Its aim is to enhance the partners’ capaci- high degree of flexibility in methods and
ties to plan and implement viable development the duration of learning, according to the
strategies and policies. Advanced professional types of capacity building activity, and the
training is perceived as part of human resource place of its realisation; however, the focus
development, which consequently shapes the of learning locations remains Germany.
development of organisations. InWEnt syste-
matically facilitates access to knowledge as a ¾ Private-sector relationship: InWEnt
strategic development resource. InWEnt hence fosters intense working relations with the
considers itself as an international knowledge German business community, business
facilitator. InWEnt fosters dialogue, provides associations and with international
advanced training, builds networks and offers companies.
consultancy services for professionals and
decision makers, and consequently supports ¾ Decentralised structure and a firm base
change processes in organisations and institutions in Germany: InWEnt collaborates closely
as well as economic, political and social reform with the Federal Ministry for Economic
processes worldwide. Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and
other federal ministries, as well as with
bodies of the federal states and local
The company authorities.
InWEnt’s activities in Germany and abroad aim at “Organisations only learn if the individuals
fostering the problem-solving competences of learn something. Individual learning is no
decision-makers and executives on different levels. guarantee that the organisation learns
We focus on strengthening the structures required something but without individual learning,
for these processes, enhancing the perception of there is no learning organisation.”
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social responsibility and human values, and on Peter Senge
systematically conceptualising access to know-
ledge as a strategic development resource.InWEnt
perceives social change as a complex process Individual
which involves people with different competences
and different organisations autonomously shaping InWEnt strengthens the decision-making compe-
their working and living conditions. They effect tence of individual decision-makers, junior execu-
these changes in the political realm by creating the tives and professionals. It does so by systema-
preconditions for economic, social, ecological and tically combining professional knowledge with the
cultural development, as well as in organisations of competence to take on political and legal respon-
the civil society, the private sector and public ad- sibility, and to facilitate the interaction between
ministration. Involving those who promote change organisations and the general population. Interna-
is, therefore, both the precondition for and the tional key qualifications and “Global Governance”
objective of the political focus and the methodo- competences are becoming increasingly important.
logical approach of InWEnt’s Capacity Building These include negotiation and communications
Concept. The equal participation of women in skills. InWEnt’s capacity building measures thus
decision-making processes and in policy-shaping highlight interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral coop-
has to be strengthened. InWEnt systematically eration, knowledge management and organisa-
follows the Gender Mainstreaming approach in the tional management as well as international and
conceptualisation and design of its programmes as intercultural competences. InWEnt’s programmes
well as in the selection of partners and do not focus solely on facilitating knowledge, but
participants. also aim at behavioural changes. InWEnt’s
methods are target-, implementation- and action-
oriented and build on participants’ experiences.
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Peter M. Senge is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He is also Chairperson of the Society
for Organizational Learning (SoL). His research focuses on
organisational development.
¾ Social development
Methodological competence
¾ Environment and natural resources
Participant involvement is an intrinsic political and
¾ Sustainable business methodological principle of InWEnt’s programmes.
Advanced professional training continues where
¾ Foreign trade and international relations prior learning processes have left off, enabling
critical reflection and the definition of one’s own
¾ International vocational training situation. This makes them more than mere meas-
ures of knowledge transfer. Presence and distance
¾ Education for international development modules are used as needed, striking a balance
between theory and practice. InWEnt’s idea of
¾ International management skills in change training is firmly based on this balance between
processes method and content. The combination of measures
promoting an individual person’s competence
¾ Management of international education development with the aim of controlling and
programmes shaping organisational development processes
and of initiating and accompanying both political
opinion-forming and development processes,
Regional competence characterises the methodical core competence in
InWEnt’s Capacity Building approach.
InWEnt’s regional structure abroad ensures that
international clients are met with a straight-forward To ensure impact orientation and the sustainability
structure of contacts. Due to its decentralized of our programmes, the transfer and the
structure and its firm base in Germany, InWEnt subsequent monitoring of the newly-acquired
has widespread contacts in within Germany whilst competences are integral components of our
working on a global basis and in many different methodological approach (follow-up contacts,
areas. InWEnt has a diversified structure at the international alumni networks and coaching).
level of the German federal states, which enables
us to establish contacts between international
partners on the one hand and organisations and
companies in Germany on the other.
Conclusion
Market competence
For our programmes to offer optimum solutions,
International co-operation focuses on political we at InWEnt combine professional, regional,
framework conditions at a global, regional and market, and methodological competence in a
national level. The complexities in this area require demand-oriented and flexible way, whilst
direct cooperation based on trust, with decision- cooperating with competent professional partner
makers and opinion-leaders at the management networks. InWEnt acts as a global provider of
level of national and international institutions. Capacity Building through advanced training,
Relationships based on trust between InWEnt and dialogue, as well as human resources and
its key partner organisations result in our organisational development, as part of
programmes and products always being tailored to development and international cooperation.
the actual demand. The excellent co-operation with
both German and international companies and
Our capacity building programmes are directed at experts and executives from
politics, administration, the business community, and civil society. We are
commissioned by the German federal government to assist with the
implementation of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.
In addition, we provide the German business sector with support for public
private partnership projects. Through exchange programmes, InWEnt also
offers young people from Germany the opportunity to gain professional
experience abroad.
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