Capacity Development Initiative  (CDI) is a process for enhancing the capacity of individuals and organization to perform effectively to achieve the set goals.  CDI is done in two phases – Phase - I is Capacity Assessment & Phase - II  is Capacity Development based on the assessment.

A   National   meeting   was     organized   on 20th of October,   2011 at CASA Headquarters, New Delhi  to receive the draft report of CASA’S Capacity Assessment .  CASA   undertook   Organizational    Capacity  Assessment  (OCA) which is a health check up of  the  organization, in order to ensure the organization is effective , healthy and resistant in the current & fast  changing scenario. The process of OCA was a  self assessment   carried out by a team of 10   staff members and Ms. Joycia Thorat of CASA being the focal point and supported by an external facilitator – Mr. Rajendran.  This   process was spread over a period of 6 months beginning May 2011 and  conducted across the 4 Zones  of CASA cutting across the programmes. OCA Guide and Tool developed by  ACT Alliance CDI Team was used for  this purpose    but adapted  to CASA and  the Indian  context.

(Participants of CDI Meeting at CASA, New Delhi)

The six key  domains  CASA assessed its capacity were as following:

1. Act Membership Commitment
2. General Organizational Capacity
3. General Programmatic Capacity
4. Transformational Development.
5. Disaster Preparedness & Response
6. Good Partnership .

(External facilitator Mr. Rajendran, facilitating a session on CDI)

The External Facilitator and the CDI team are working on the final report as per the inputs received in the meeting of 20^th October.   CASA will move into Phase II  and work on the identified gaps to develop its capacity further.

Zonal Workshops on CDI: (Through the eye of camera)

(Zonal workshop on CDI  - North Zone, Padher RC)

(Zonal workshop on CDI  - South Zone)

(Zonal workshop on CDI  - West Zone)

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