Examples of general approaches to capacity development include:
· Pre-service training and continuous education: There should be an emphasis on developing curricula, course content and materials for integrating HIV into health, education and other sectors of FBOs. Mechanisms are also needed to support long-term personnel training and staff retention, such as completion of degree programs.
· In-service training, particularly support for the development of regional or different FBOs training institutions: in-service training needs to be responsive to the evolving needs of participants and delivered by institutions that can provide integrated packages of technical, management and leadership training.
· Support for the development and use of national / regional consultants: Training technical support provides is essential to support HIV programming at both government and non-governmental levels. National and regional expertise helps provide more culturally appropriate support.
· Targeted technical assistance: This includes helping program managers gain access to specific types of short-term expertise, from both national and international sources.
· Twinning for training: Institutional and program twinning is an under-utilized, though highly effective, form of capacity development. International and regional South-South technical cooperation and networking requires building institutional frameworks and funding opportunities to operationalize exchange programs that respond to corresponding needs and experiences among participating partners. This will be established to FBOs in Cameroon.
· Distance learning: Existing distance learning mechanisms provide a ready-made delivery mechanism for capacity building in HIV/AIDS programming. They also have been largely underused to date. Capitalizing on this delivery system involves understanding the networks, media, and learning methodologies employed in a given setting, or by a given sector, as well as their outreach and potential for curriculum development/adaptation, including integration of HIV/AIDS specific issues.