Knowledge and Networking Strategies for Community Capacity Development in Oyama-machi: An
Archetype of the OVOP Movement
- 8 -interactive and continuous. Community capacity is a requisite for the successful planning,
implementation and evaluation of community policy structures. Community capacity
development is also often an outcome of community policy structure processes as they often
result in changes in specific target groups and society in general. Likewise, the development of
community capacity also leads to augmentation or changes in community policy structure as a
community with a higher level of capacity will naturally pursue more value-added and
sophisticated policy structures.