The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is currently implementing Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), a project largely financed by the European Union and operating in six tropical forest countries (Brazil, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Vietnam).
Within this ambitious project, considerable attention is being paid to strengthening capacity so that key stakeholders have the enhanced skills and knowledge that will allow them to participate more effectively in the development and implementation of new and improved forest governance arrangements.
The Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) has been asked to design a capacity needs assessment (CNA) process for the six national components of SVBC to adapt, integrate and implement to meet the challenges of their national and field activities. The intended outcome of working systematically through the CNA is a capacity-strengthening strategy which can support the dedicated capacity-strengthening programme of each of the project’s national components.