But "international agencies often brushed local capacities aside .This lesson is relevant to Haiti now.
She will support projects aiming at the strengthening of local capacities for peace, mainly through existing Local Conflict Conciliation Committees.
But these would be best suited to joint ventures, and this would require the upgrade of local capacities as well as local investment.
The forum also emphasised the urgency of building the long-term local capacities of in-country philanthropy and in-country civil society organisations, and pointed to the potential to strengthen local community resilience by fostering the development of local institutions.
However, there has been great progress in terms of scientific understanding about the Amazonian ecosystems and their use, and local capacities have been built and enhanced.
As external agencies have learnt to work in more participatory ways with vulnerable' groups, the analyses of hazards and vulnerabilities have also come to include analyses of local capacities to identify and act.
Development of local capacities for consensus building constitute a critical step prior to collective action by farming communities resulting in the adoption of integrated soil fertility management strategies at the farm and landscape scale.
However, some data exist regarding local capacities to cope with hazardous events.
Prioritization of actions will largely depend on context-specific variables and existing local capacities.
This flexible approach is appropriate, fair, and important to uncover local capacities.
Says Ehses: "We want this initiative to stimulate universities and research institutions to create new research infrastructure, making the most of the already existing local capacities".
