Programme Leader - MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs and Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Response, University of York, United Kingdom.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Resilient Urbanism and Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
Disasters. 2021 Jul;45(3):627-646. doi: 10.1111/disa.12435. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
Capacity development has become an embedded component of the aid package offered by international organisations responding to humanitarian crises. The effectiveness of capacity development is, however, rarely monitored or examined. What is more, the local context and the learning preferences of trainees appear often to be overlooked. Yet, the informal construction sector is thriving throughout the world. Using a case study of Nepal, where construction and post-earthquake reconstruction projects are largely delivered by the informal construction sector, this paper analyses, therefore, how and whether informal construction workers successfully develop capacity and utilise trainings to create more disaster-resilient buildings. It goes on to assess how one can draw on the learning preferences of Nepalese construction workers to improve the effectiveness and the sustainability of capacity development initiatives. Lastly, the paper highlights that training programmes informed by the context and the preferred learning style of disaster-affected communities promote and sustain capacity development efforts.
能力建设已成为国际组织应对人道主义危机时提供援助计划的一个固有组成部分。然而，能力建设的效果很少得到监测或检查。更有甚者，培训对象的当地背景和学习偏好往往被忽视。然而，非正规建筑行业在全球范围内蓬勃发展。本文通过尼泊尔的一个案例研究，分析了在尼泊尔，建筑和地震后重建项目主要由非正规建筑行业来完成的情况下，非正规建筑工人如何以及是否成功地发展能力并利用培训来建造更具抗灾能力的建筑。接着，评估如何借鉴尼泊尔建筑工人的学习偏好来提高能力建设举措的效果和可持续性。最后，本文强调，根据受灾社区的背景和偏好的学习方式来制定培训方案，可以促进和维持能力建设工作。
