Hands Off organisational capacity assessment guide

Last updated on: 27 February 2024

The organisational capacity assessment guide presents a set of participatory exercises that can be used in an interactive three-day workshop to self-assess an organisations’ capacity.The exercises help members of (civil society) organisations to dynamically assess and reflect on strengths and areas for improvement when implementing their organisations’ vision and strategy. The outcomes of the self-assessment build on organisational gains from the past and help organisations in the design of an organisational capacity development strategy.

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