PARTNERSHIPS AND CAPACITY BUILD ING CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE : WHY DO WE OFTEN FA IL AND WHAT

MIGHT WE DO D IFFERENTLY.

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT @ JSI

FOUR IDEAS

1) The Art vs. the Science of Capacity Building

2) Change vs. Transformation

3) Leadership

4) UBUNTU

FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES HIV AND AIDS

THE ART & THE SCIENCE OF CBSTARTING POINTS

ART

• How we do capacity building is as important, than the what we do;

• Role of co-discovery, facilitating, listening; and

• Good capacity building ultimately provides opportunities for communities to lead in the response.

SCIENCE

• Tools are useful, but ‘one size fits all’ approaches are not

• Measurement is critical and needed – but we are not very good at it;

• Systems are essential.

CHANGE OR TRANSFORMATION

Change

Fixes the Past

Transformation

Creates a Future

ELUDING ABDUCTION IN NORTHERN UGANDA: NIGHT COMMUTERS AND EVALINE AKELLO

I AM THE NURSE ON THE RIGHT

TRANSFORMATION AND LEADERSHIP

MANDELA SAID…

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have

fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is

an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for

which I am prepared to die.” Mandela

HE DID NOT SAY…

“I have a 3 point plan which outlines our vision on how to end apartheid through the creation of:

1) A free and fair society;2) A democratization process; and3) An increase in equal opportunities for all.”

UBUNTU

“A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel

threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs to the

greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1999

UBUNTU AND CAPACITY BUILDING

As long as there are employees who think of themselves as ‘little people’, the work of Ubuntu is not finished

Considers the success of the group above that of the individual

With trust and respect, others will give you the benefit of the doubt. Without trust and respect, motivational techniques come across as manipulation

Does not mean respecting bad work. It does mean respecting the person who does the work.

If you allow differences to define a relationship, you will always be at odds with others. Ubuntu asks:

What do we have in common?How can we best work together?• Developed from ‘Ubuntu!’ Stephen Lundin and Bob Nelson

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OR PARTNERSHIP?

• The Art and Science of Capacity Building has its place; how and what we do, but it is not enough. Yet, it is where we often focus.

• Change is designed to make something from the past better. Transformation creates a new future, not bound by what was. “A butterfly is not a better caterpillar”.

• Leadership that transforms, is largely about how we think, act and communicate from the inside out. Leaders don’t talk about plans first, they communicate their purpose, belief, or cause. Martin Luther King had a dream….not a 12 point plan

• Ubuntu inspires us to see that we are linked, together and that diminishing another only diminishes us. That we are partners.

FINAL THOUGHT