Capacity building can be done in programs, actions, and steps designed to develop and improve the knowledge, skill and expertise of individual in order to increase the capacity of the Ministry to carry out its functions effectively and efficiently.

Usually capacity can be Education and Training. Education gives intellectual, moral and social instruction. It is about thinking. Training teaches skill or behavior through practice and instruction (On Job Training). It is about doing.

Who responsible for Capacity Building
Personnel Department (PD) is in charged of determination any training. It is responsible and should be seen to act on delegated authority from line management. The entire process must be well managed by PD. It also has to evaluate the source of company to train individual employees and those sources can be internal and external.

Type of Capacity Building:

Types of Training
- In-house informal
- In-house formal
- External in-country
- External abroad
- Study tours
- Correspondence courses
- Distance learning
- Short-term
- Long-term

Types of Education
- Recruitment
- Scholarships: internal and external
- Education support for officials undertaking approved courses
- Educational awards
- Study and examination leave
- Career planning information

Other actions for capacity training
- Induction / onboarding / Socialization
- Fast tracking / steaming
- On-the-job training
- Job rotation
- Transfers
- Management rotation
- Secondments
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Special projects
- Exposure to decision-making
- Understudying / deputizing / temporary assignments
- More...

Most organizations or companies prefer training rather than education thank to the amount of expend. This is how to build capacity affectively. Organization can save more money by using its resource to build capacity of employees. Only in case the organization needs new skill employees and don't want to recruit more employee, there will be education on the exact individual.

Capacity Building