SALI capability program focuses on southern NGOs delivering targeted humanitarian services for vulnerable communities, using a sustainable outsourcing framework that also supports the longer-term development of local health systems and resilient community behaviors.
The structured capability development program is based upon fourteen validated toolkits. The toolkits work together as a system to deliver accelerated capability development and are structured around four areas of operational relevance to local NGOs in fragile countries. It is internationally recognized that traditional methodologies and competencies for strategic formulation, project management and services delivery are inadequate for dealing with real world complexity and emergence. The challenges facing fragile contexts are complex and emergent. Social, political, financial, environmental and political changes drive emergent outcomes that cannot be foreseen
| Sustainability | Partnerships | Governance |
| Public-NGO Partnerships | Stakeholder alignment | NGO selection and support |
| Workforce development | Complex systems | NGO capability development |
| Technology and infrastructure | High quality data | NGO operations |
| Behavioural change | Applied research | Project selection |
| Complexity | Competency standards | Emergent planning |