We found that the complexity-compatible policy design successfully stimulated local dynamics of flexibility, experimentation, and learning and that important mediating factors include leadership, readiness, relationship-building, role clarity, communication, and resources.
The data, however, reveal a rarely considered dimension for building readiness: a sense of meaning was positively associated with preparedness and had the strongest positive effect among all the variables analyzed here.
Herold and Johns, [7] define a REDD monitoring framework with a set of "minimum common characteristics" to provide a starting point for actors to engage in implementation activities, and to support REDD early actions and readiness mechanisms for building national REDD monitoring systems.
Not preparing, not building readiness, exposes our communities and potential victims and responders to its disturbing alternative, a lack of critical knowledge about how to respond.
Literature suggests that organizational readiness for capacity building enables better results.
Organizational readiness for capacity building is comprised of qualities such as the organization's willingness to question itself, its understanding of its own mission and goals, and the level of commitment from key organizational stakeholders to participate in capacity building efforts [ 7].
Herold and Johns, [ 7] define a REDD monitoring framework with a set of "minimum common characteristics" to provide a starting point for actors to engage in implementation activities, and to support REDD early actions and readiness mechanisms for building national REDD monitoring systems.
A review of models for successful implementations [ 21] underlined the need for systematic approaches with focus on achieving a solid preparation and planning that involves ensuring readiness to change, building implementation structures and planning for interventions, support, feedback and evaluation – but also learning from experiences.
Bringing gifts of books and educational toys, materials we can all agree should be in the home of every child, these home visitors model reading, play and conversation activities that strengthen the parent-child bond and build school-readiness skills, while building a community of parents who are their children's most important cuddler, teacher, and academic advocate.
But there's no doubt that we have to continue building up readiness and military strength.
