CBM Working Standards
Capacity Building and Sustainability
Working standards are constantly updated and adapted according to the developments in CBM’s fields of work. The most essential of them are:
CBM has established the following criteria to decide whether to support a project.
Some of the basic requirements are:
Further information: Sustainability and Partner Enablement
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- Local capacity building is an integral part of international support.
- Human resource development and training are a crucial part of capacity building.
- Services should not only be ‘available’ but also ‘accessible’ to very poor people, whether they live in urban or in rural areas.
- VISION 2020 programmes should be prioritised before other medical eye care services.
- The provision of essential equipment to partners is a priority before other equipment.
- Rehabilitation is provided in the community. This requires community-based services that collaborate with centralised approaches, such as schools, hospitals, and training facilities.
- Whereas serving the poorest of the poor does not allow cost recovery, the programmes should have a sound financial vision and aim at decreasing financial dependency and increasing organisational sustainability.
CBM has established the following criteria to decide whether to support a project.
Some of the basic requirements are:
- Support is needed.
- Assistance is wanted by the local community.
- Able partners exist to run the programmes.
Further information: Sustainability and Partner Enablement
Read more: Human Rights Approach
Go back: Principles
