Capacity building - introduction

6 July 2003

Over the past decade there has been a noted decrease in international donor support for NGO programmes in the Caribbean. This has had a number of negative effects on the Caribbean NGO movement and the programmes they implement on behalf of Caribbean peoples. Many NGOs have had to cut back their staff compliment, sometimes by as much as 50%, and reduce the number and scope of their developmental programmes. The once reliable source of financial support, which many NGOs had come to rely on, (...)