The emergence of community capacity building approaches

Capacity building was first proposed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

The concept of capacity building was first proposed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1992, with the primary goal of correcting flawed community development practices.

The United Kingdom recognized the importance of community capacity building during the implementation of the New Deal for Communities in the 1990s.

During the promotion of the "New Deal for Communities" in socially excluded areas, the United Kingdom discovered that community organizations lacked the capacity to deliver public services, leading to issues such as community overload and deficit. The UK proposed a new approach to community empowerment or capacity building as a response (Craig, 2007). This provides theoretical support for community capacity building.