Target audience, capacity building
The definition of capacity-building identifies three broad areas where capacities reside – practitioners, institutions, and communities and networks – and this is the basis for identifying audiences to target for capacity-building initiatives. This is an approach which brings World Heritage in line with other sectors, for example, the UNDP and the health and food aid sector non-governmental organizations.
The following table connects the three target audiences to learning areas and needs; but there is inevitably substantial overlap.
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Where capacities reside: target audiences for capacity building |
Principal learning areas |
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Practitioners (including individuals and groups who directly intervene in the conservation and management of World Heritage properties) |
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Institutions (including State Party heritage organizations, NGOs, the World Heritage Committee, Advisory Bodies and others institutions that have a responsibility for the enabling environment for management and conservation.) |
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Communities and Networks (including local communities living on or near properties as well as the larger networks that nurture them) |
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