1. CC-BY-NC-SA Inforgraphic by Leo Romero, based on Brimblecombe, J., Coveney, J., Ferguson, M., Liberato, S. C., & Ritchie, J. (2011). Measuring capacity building in communities: a review of the literature. BMC Public Health, 11, 850. http://leoromero.org
2. Learning opportunities and skills development
   1. Knowledge gaps
   2. Opportunities for skills development
      1. Learning opportunities
      2. Access to funding
      3. Networking opportunities
   3. Empowerment
      1. Social
         1. Friendships and networking
         2. Knowledge of issues
         3. New knowledge
         4. Abilities and competence
      2. Political
         1. Having a voice
         2. Being listened to
      3. Technological
         1. Comfort with information and communication technology
      4. Psychological
         1. Self-confidence, self-esteem
         2. Motivated and respected
         3. Well-being, happiness
         4. Freedom to do things or express yourself
3. Resource mobilization
   1. Identify & access internal & external resources
      1. People
      2. Funds
      3. Buildings & facilities
      4. Time
   2. Using resources in new, creative, and effective ways
   3. Fair distribution Conflict resolution
4. Partnership, linkages, networking
   1. Shared interests, information, and resources
   2. Common goals
   3. Dynamic: varies between program area, actors and phases
   4. Allows people with different levels of commitment and skills to work together
   5. Build confidence in abilities
   6. Broaden capacities
   7. Strengthen relationships
5. Leadership
   1. Ability to:
   2. Mobilize community participation in activities
   3. Understand the “big picture”
   4. Articulate clear vision
   5. Facilitate consensus building and collaboration that fosters
      1. Trust
      2. Respect
      3. Openness
      4. Conflict resolution
      5. Creativity
      6. Responsibility
   6. Acknowledge community and individual achievements
   7. Foster the development and emergence of new leaders
   8. Cultivate community input and action
   9. Change, adapt, adjust
6. Participatory decision-making
   1. Community actively involved in identifying and solving problems
   2. Ability to express concerncs
   3. Ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
7. Assets-based approach
   1. Assets: knowledge, skills, and talents of community members
   2. Identify skills in community
   3. Match with skills needed to achieve the vision
   4. Bring people with different knowledge & skills together
8. Sense of community
   1. Community: sense of place; where people get together to identify issues, solve problems, and handle conflicts as a group, having trust between group members and feeling part of the community
   2. Members have positive perceptions of their communities, value their diversity, celebrate together, and have a sense of control and ownership in planning and implementing local programmes and activities
   3. Respecting and valuing the viewpoints of the community members
   4. Understanding community history
   5. Showing a sense of compassion
   6. Shared identity in relation to the community as a physical and social environment
   7. Willingness to take action based on that identity
   8. Commitment to action
      1. Commitment to:
      2. achieving outcomes and positive change
      3. responsibility for improving the community
   9. SUBDOMAIN
9. Communication
   1. Communication: the honest and open sharing of thoughts, ideas, and information, where everyone:
   2. is informed
   3. takes responsibility to share and seek information
   4. has a say without fear of retaliation or censure
   5. Dissemination
      1. Dissemination: providing a continuous and appropriate feedback to the community
      2. inc best practices and lessons learnt from program implementation.
      3. Through formal and informal networks, inter-professional working, linkages between practitioners and researchers, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications.
   6. SUBDOMAIN
10. Development pathway
    1. Development pathway: organizational procedures, work procedures, programme management and community structure
    2. improving them and creating new ones that help community members achieve work plans and goals
    3. Organisational structure includes standards, guidelines and how tasks and responsibilities are shared
    4. Shared vision and clear goals
       1. Shared vision: a picture of the community at some time in the future
       2. created through true dialogue and consensus with people from all walks of life in the community
       3. painted in enough detail that people can imagine it and believe it is possible to reach
       4. built upon individuals’ needs, experiences, and aspirations
       5. inspires and motivates community members to actively reach it
    5. Community needs assessment
       1. Assessing awareness of the issues considered important among community members
       2. Involving community in the process of asking why
       3. Including the interests and ideas of all members in the project plan, implementation, and evaluation
    6. Process and outcome monitoring
       1. Regularly seeking feedback from participants on what worked well, what did not work well, and how project activities could be improved
       2. Critical reflection and analysis of successes and failures
       3. Explain whether each proposed activity was carried as planned
       4. Identifies outcomes, esp whether the process was conducted in a collaborative way
    7. Sustainability
       1. Capability to maintain delivery of project activities through the community in addition to or instead of project partners involved in initiating the project
       2. Ability of community people to sustain a program’s focus of activity and to gain funding and resource commitment
    8. SUBDOMAINS