A teaching and learning capacity-building module was introduced into a new master's programme in family medicine at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION - Collection of learning programmes, capacity building material, and links to insititutions that provide resources, courses and/or trainings on forest and landscape restoration.
Evidence from the case studies suggests that the inclusion of the social dimension of landscape, and the participatory activities that are an integral part of the framework, provide opportunities for social learning and capacity building.
Instead of using the presence of uncertainty as the reason for inaction, the awareness of uncertainty should give momentum for further learning and capacity building.
This intervention by external actors can have both negative and positive consequences for disaster risk management, creating dependency but also enhancing vertical coherence, offering opportunities for learning and capacity building.
Linked to this on-going process of improving the evidence base, there has been a series of learning and capacity building activities over the last four years consisting of training workshops, meetings, conferences and dialogues.
Linked to this on-going process of improving the evidence base on issues of sexuality and rights, has been a series of learning and capacity building activities over the last four years to use the research insights generated for more effective advocacy.
Learning better Now that the Boucan school has its own building, the learning capacity of the students is the main focus.
Effective deliberative policy learning also presupposes capacity building as another important building block.
This contrasted with the usual outcomes focus, and neglect of the capacity building learning processes and structural and policy changes needed to ensure sustainable change.
Researchers tended to focus on learning objectives, such as capacity building through workshops or seminars, consistent with objectives of academic conferences, and all four researchers placed a strong emphasis on the importance of conferences as an arena for young researchers to develop and network.
