The Conservation Measures Partnership

7 External Capacity Building

Definition: Actions to build the infrastructure to do better conservation

Exposition: As discussed in greater detail in the introduction, every organization has to develop its own capacity to design, implement, manage, and learn from its work. These basic functions should not be considered part of this classification. However, if a group does this type of work to help partner organizations, then it should be part of this class.

7.1 Institutional & Civil Society Development

Definition: Creating or providing non-financial support & capacity building for non-profits, government agencies, communities, and for-profits

Exposition: Building conservation institutions.

Examples:

  • creating new local land trusts
  • providing circuit riders to help develop organizational capacity

7.2 Alliance & Partnership Development

Definition: Forming and facilitating partnerships, alliances, and networks of organizations

Exposition: Promoting cross-organizational informational sharing, learning, and collaboration.

Examples:

  • country networks
  • Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP)

7.3 Conservation Finance

Definition: Raising and providing funds for conservation work

Exposition: Providing the financial resources for conservation.

Examples:

  • private foundations
  • debt-for-nature swaps

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