E1n Professional and institutional capacity building for SEA
Maria do Rosário Partidário, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Lee Wilson, Lee Wilson & Associates, USA
Key issues to be addressed
Position Paper:
Increased capacities for improved performances in SEA is the leading theme of this workshop. It relates to individuals and organizations, both in terms of professional and institutional capacities. The increasing use and demand for SEA creates pressures in available capacities for assisting decision-making in different organizations that must be made up for better and more efficient performances. Fundamental questions to be addressed in the workshop at IAIA SEA-Prague should address the “how to” question in capacity-building and include:
1. Basic principles on how to improve the capacity of SEA to impact decision-making.
2. How to generate SEA capacity-building approaches, including forms of communication, guidance documents, training programs, or other, that clearly affect decision-making.
3. Successful stories on capacity-building efforts, including institutional frameworks and technical or methodological approaches that can provide good case material for individual and organizational learning.
Topic leaders would favour a workshop discussion format for this session, and invite suggestions for additional issues on the agenda for discussion. Normal papers would preferably be presented as posters. Active contributions to workshop discussions are encouraged.