Building and maintaining the institutional capacity of an organisation is essential to sustainable development. It is the process through which individuals, organisations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives.

Capacity Building identifies and builds on the assets and strengths within the community. Each segment of the community from families, businesses, governments, schools, faith based institutions, associations and organisations have various commitments, skills and resources to contribute to capacity building and in partnership each gains in capacity