There is a significant lack of sector-specific literature on capacity building in the field of passenger transport and urban mobility. Prepared on behalf of the High Volume Transport Applied Research (HVT), the report addresses this gap by examining various capacity building activities and their effectiveness for low-income countries (LICs).
After defining capacity building, the report identifies six types of stakeholders involved in capacity building support (public authorities, international development cooperation agencies, non-profits and NGOs, initiatives and partnerships, universities, and the private sector). A non-exhaustive overview of the different organisations and entities under each type is presented. The report then compiles a catalogue of 14 capacity building formats and lists examples of each related to the transport sector.
Highly relevant for the international transport community and even more so for transport institutions worldwide, the findings of the report give a detailed response to the question of “who does what where” in terms of capacity building support for transport institutions. One of the main findings has been that capacity building can take different forms and extends well beyond trainings to include different formats that promote expert and peer exchanges such as peer reviews, mentorship programmes, participation in committees and working groups etc.