THE ESSENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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THE ESSENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
By Prof. Francis A.S.T. MatambalyaGuest
Researcher, Nordic Africa InstituteChair,
SITRADE Foundationfmatambalya_at_yahoo.comJoint
ESD Resource Centre / UniPID Network on
Dialogues on sustainable Path for the Future,
Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland 7 8
May 2008l
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1. Context

• 1.1. Background
• Chapter 37 of Agenda 21 of the World Summit on
  Sustainable Development (WSSD) underscores the
  centrality of capacity building (CB) as a sine
  qua non for achieving sustainable development
  (SD)
• The chapter calls for the reinforcement of the
  ability of
• State actors
• National governments
• Regional organisations
• Non-State actors
• Civil society organisations

Institutions seen as one of the pillars for
sustainable development (figures 1, 2)
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1. Context contd.

• 1.1. Background conc.

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1. Context contd.

• 1.2. Conceptual issues contd.

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1. Context contd.

• 1.2. Conceptual issues
• Meaning of institution
• (Generally, nebulous term, with imprecise
  definition!)
• European Agency for Reconstruction group of
  persons, which behave in accordance with sets
  rules (which could be laws of the country, or
  other environmental forces / constraints).
• Thus in this presentation, term institution
  used interchangeably with organisation

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1. Context contd.

• 1.2. Conceptual issues contd.
• Meaning of ICB
• Strengthen
• Optimise
• Puts in place some of the pillars for sustainable
  development (figures 1, 2)

positive developmental impact of one or more
determinants of organisational effectiveness
(figure 3, table 1)
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1. Context contd.

• 1.2. Conceptual issues contd.

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1. Context conc.

• 1.2. Conceptual issues contd.

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons

• 2.1. Why is ICB necessary for SD?
• Dependence of SD on IC
• Institutions one of the four pillars of SD (see
  figure 1)
• Collective action is essential for SD
• Institutions mediate collective action
• Quality of institutions determine the prospects
  for development (e.g., feasible policy management)

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.1. Why is ICB necessary for SD? contd.
• Development strategies need institutional
  anchor
• Institutions part of the software
  infrastructure that drives development (see
  figure 2)
• Institutions ascertain organised participation in
  the development process

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.1. Why is ICB necessary for SD? conc.
• Development strategies need institutional
  anchor
• Institutions play a key role in ascertaining
• Protection of private (physical and intellectual)
  property
• Better operation markets (factor, product)
• Better functioning of system of political
  governance and organisation

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.2. Why institutions operate below expectations
• Several reasons
• Poor design
• Poor management
• Misfit of the drivers of SD
• Poor platforms for inter-institutional
• collaboration,
• Overall dysfunctionality, etc.

Table 2
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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.2. Why institutions operate below expectations
  conc.

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.3. Some lessons from trade-related capacity in
  Africa
• Poor performance in trade negotiations due to
• Gaps in basic institutions
• Figure 4 Advocacy of trade advocacy institutions
  in Tanzania
• Dysfunctional / symbolic inter-institutional
  platforms
• Inter-Institutional Technical Committee (IITC)
• National EPA Technical Team (NETT)
• Figure 5

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.3. Some lessons from trade-related capacity in
  Africa contd.

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.3. Some lessons from trade-related capacity in
  Africa contd.

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons contd.

• 2.3. Some lessons from trade-related capacity in
  Africa contd.
• HRD
• Underdeveloped
• Figure 6
• Policy framework
• Tanzanias national trade policy 2002
• Tanzanias EPZ bill 2003

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2. Significance of ICB for SD theoretical
postulations and practical lessons conc.

• 2.3. Some lessons from trade-related ICB in
  Africa conc.

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3. Fundamentals of institutional structure for SD

• 3.1. Institutional design
• Ascertain structures of individual institutions
  enable them to better support SD
• Figure 7 Intra-institutional multi-level
  governance
• Figure 8 Systematic institutional transformation
  towards New Public Management (NPM)

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3. Fundamentals of institutional structure for SD
contd.

• 3.1. Institutional design contd.

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3. Fundamentals of institutional structure for SD
contd.

• 3.1. Institutional design conc.

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3. Fundamentals of institutional structure for SD
contd.

• 3.2. Inter-institutional arrangements
• Collaborative action as a catalyst for SD
• Since, no one actor can bring about SD
• Creation of inter-instititutional collaborative
  platforms for the management of the process
• Inter-sectoral
• Inter-disciplinary
• International
• Advancement of
• Inter-institutional multilevel governance
• Figure 8 IPF

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3. Fundamentals of institutional structure for SD
conc.

• 3.2. Inter-institutional arrangements conc.

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4. Conclusions

• ICB remains one of the key challenges for
  developing countries
• The existence and quality of institutions will
  continue to influence the prospects for
  development
• More efforts should be directed towards
• Building the necessary institutional capacities
• Addressing the dysfunctionality of existing
  institutions

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