A famous Chinese proverb says, if you want to plan for fifty years plant trees, if you want to plan for hundreds of years, plant men. It is the quality of human resources that determines the quality of change and its management. That is why capacity building is so crucial. IPE provides turnkey consultancy services for capacity building starting from identifying the skills and knowledge required to designing and planning training programmes. Experience also shows that long term capacity building also needs designing of corporate and management structures where the skills are appreciated and actively encouraged. SELECTED CASE STUDIES Training and Capacity Building of Local Government Leaders Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project (KEIP) - Capacity Building Programme Capacity building and Institutional Strengthening through Citizen Satisfaction Surveys Strategy Paper on Poverty Escort Consultants, State Urban Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh, India