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Capacity building (or capacity development, capacity strengthening) is the improvement in an individual or organization's facility (or capability) "to produce, perform or deploy". The terms "capacity building" and "capacity development" have often been used interchangeably, although a publication by OECD-DAC stated in 2006 that "capacity development" was the preferable term. Since the 1950s, international organizations, governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and communities use the concept of capacity building as part of "social and economic development" in national and subnational plans. The United Nations system defines itself by "capacity development;" as the "how" for "'how UNDP works" to fulfill its mission The UN system applies it in almost every sector, including now several of the Sustainable Development Goals. For example, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 17 advocates for enhanced international support for capacity building in developing countries to support national plans to implement the 2030 Agenda.