title: Methodology for assessment and development of organization capacity.
abstract: Through capacity-building initiatives with obstetrics and gynaecology organizations in Guatemala, Haiti, and Uganda, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada has developed the organization capacity improvement framework (OCIF), a model for strengthening associations' essential organizational capacities. The OCIF focuses on capacity development within the organization over time, rather than on individual training and short-term outcomes. A cycle of assessing, planning, implementing, and measuring improvement builds rigour into the process while encouraging participation, understanding, and commitment to sustainable capacity development.
authors.affiliation: D.S. Bateson Consulting Inc., Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bateson
authors.affiliation: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: André B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lalonde
authors.affiliation: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: Liette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.affiliation: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: Vyta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Senikas
mesh_terms: D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009774:Obstetrics; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*