Guide to Sharing Capacities in Scaling Innovations Issued on 2025 by International Potato Center (CIP)

The Capacity Sharing Guide presents a practical, participatory approach to strengthening capacities and scaling development initiatives across Latin America and the Caribbean. It offers tools and methodologies that facilitate knowledge exchange among stakeholders, promote collective learning, and support the institutionalization of successful practices. The guide outlines concrete steps for identifying capacity needs, mapping existing skills, facilitating collaborative processes, and designing context-appropriate scaling strategies. It emphasizes key principles such as social inclusion, equity, sustainability, and local ownership. Aimed at organizations, technical teams, communities, and facilitators working in agriculture, territorial development, food security, and related fields, the guide seeks to improve the effectiveness of projects and programs through mutual learning, co-creation, and stronger articulation between institutions and communities.