1. Capacity developmentguidelines and tools
– General Guidelines on the model and functions of the Salesian PDO (Office of Economer General, SDB) (EN – FR –ES – ITA – POR)
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– Build your own capacity development process up: guidelines, tools, standards and practices to endorse continuous and tailored development processesto perform as a fully fledged PDO (VIS, 2018).
– PDO Profiling – setting standards in diversity: overall definition of work processes, tasks and competences to be detained according the different levels of development ofa PDO (VIS – VdB 2016)
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– Yes you can! – PDO’s guide to capacity self-assessment & capacity development action planning (Via Don Bosco);
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– Management Health Checks:(Via Don Bosco 2017)
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– Encourage PDO’s accountability and ownership of Salesian PDOs – tools (Salesian Missions)

2. Capacity building and Training Material
– Project Cycle Management (Basic, medium and advanced levels – FR – EN)
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– Strategic Planning (EN, FR.)
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– Human Rights Based Approach and Programming
– Human and Financial Resources Management
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– Advocacy
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– Awareness raising campaigns
– Fund raising
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– Web and social media management
– Life Skills and Entrepreneurship
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– Sustainable Environment and International Cooperation
– Monitoring and Evaluation
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– Training of Trainers
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3. Sectorial Manuals and Guidelines
– Human rights based programming(VIS – PDO ANT) ES
– DireitosHumanos – Manual de ferramentasdidácticas (VIS – SDB ANG) POR, ITA
– Office Manual for Awareness raising campaigns: a human rights based approach (ZMB PDO, 2018) – EN
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– Stream of Solidarity: an Emergency Response Mechanism – ERM (Don Bosco Network, 2018) – EN
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– Guide théorique et opérationnel pour l’accompagnement éducatif des enfants et des jeunes en situation de rue (VIS,PDO HAI, 2017)– FR
– A Salesian Response to the 2030 Agenda – Advocacy in SDG implementation focused on Goal 4 – Quality education for all (DBN – SDB Adocacy Group) – EN – FR –ES – ITA – POR
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– CAP Life Skills and Entrepreneurship Manual(Salesian Missions).
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– A quality manual for the salesian JSOs – Job Service Offices (DB Tech Africa, 2018) – EN
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– Manual para profesores_ES
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– Manual para Educadores e Operadores Sociais_POR
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4. Networking and good practices exchange tools
– PDO platform: news, material, projects and actions (Don Bosco Network, VIS 2014)
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– PDO’s APP: a ready-to-use tool for PDO’s action (VIS, 2018)

5. Experiences
– Output realized by PDOs:MouS, Provincial Strategy Plans, PDOs Self-assessment, capacity development plans, action plans, projects and main achievements realized by PDOs so far.
– Video and tutorials: successful stories, good practices and experiences of capacity development straight from the voices of the actors
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