How to Classify Capacity Elements
When customising your tool, use the 5 category framework to sort your capacity elements.
By categorising capacity elements consistently across AKF, we can compare scores between organisations and geographies.
Systems | Activities | Relationships | Adaptability | Culture |
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Governance | Activity Design | Community | Monitoring | Vision |
Meetings | Activity Implementation | Communications | Evaluation | Inclusiveness |
Financial and in-kind resources | Long term planning | Government | Feedback | Conflict mitigation |
Record keeping | Capacity strengthening (external) | Partnerships | Community mobilisation & philanthropy | Democratic processes |
Volunteers | Gender responsiveness (external) | Private Sector | Resource mobilisation | Decision-making processes |
Grant management | Strategic planning | Partnerships | Knowledge management | Gender representation (internal) |
Administration | Operational planning | Civil Society | Funding model | Values in action |
Procurement | Program relevance & integration | Policy influence | Data management | Dependence of Management Team & Staff on CEO/ED |
Governing Body | New Program | Partnerships & alliances | Continuous improvement | Effective Organisational |
Composition | Development | Communications and marketing (external) | Leadership | |
Management of Legal & Liability Matters | Replicability/Scalability | Inclusion of marginalised voices | Internal communication | |
Buildings & Office | ||||
Space | ||||
Human Resources | ||||
Staff diversity & skill set | ||||
Recruiting | ||||
Development | ||||
Retention of Staff and Management | ||||
Institutional Memory |