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Appreciative Review of Capacity (ARC): Organizational Self-Assessment and Development

Published 03/19/2015 by Global Communities

Appreciative Review of Capacity (ARC): Organizational Self-Assessment and Development
The Appreciative Review of Capacity © (ARC) is an organizational development process designed by Global Communities for civil society organizations to measure and improve their ability to fulfill their mission, manage quality projects and services and achieve long-term sustainability. We have successfully applied this methodology with more than 40 organizations in Colombia, Ghana, India, Nicaragua, and Rwanda, including with our country office in Colombia. The ARC process promotes a cycle of continual improvement to help organizations grow and develop through five major phases illustrated below. The ARC uses appreciative inquiry and storytelling to guide a cross-functional team from an organization through a constructive self-assessment following the steps outlined in the ARC Guide and applying the ARC Index. The process helps organizations understand what has worked well for them in the past and what factors contributed to success. Organizations then identify both internal and external resources they can draw on to improve, develop and implement an action plan for improvement with quarterly progress reviews, before the cycle begins again.
Read more about ARC here.