title: Building capacity through a collaborative international nursing project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss: (a) physical, human, organizational, social, and cultural capital and (b) empowerment as two theoretical foundations for building capacity.
  
  
  METHODS
  These theoretical notions are examined in an analysis of a joint project between the Department of Nursing, University of Ghana and the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Canada.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Capacity for the management of international development projects was enhanced at both sites. Building capacity required mutual trust, tolerance of ambiguity, and a willingness to step into the unknown.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2G3. linda.ogilvie@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ogilvie
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laryea
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Opare
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005869:Ghana; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011209:Power, Psychological; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012945:Social Values; D035502:Trust