Institutional capacity assessment guide : a self-assessment process, developed on the basis of "appreciative inquiry philosophy" for developing capacity of municipal authority for better health services

The Municipal Capacity Assessment process has been developed on the basis of the experience of conducting a Child Survival Sustainability Assessment (CSSA) in the context of the MHPP-working municipalities in Bangladesh. The tool itself and this process were both built with the learning and experience from an original program implemented in Saidpur and Parbatipur Municipalities, which now serve as a �Learning Center� for scaling up seven new municipalities in Bangladesh. The tool and this Guide are not only for MHPP-working municipalities, and are meant to be easily adaptable for use by other municipalities in Bangladesh. (Author abstract)