7Jie main focus of this stuc£y 'was to assess tfie practices of rpu6uc sector capacity 6uiUingrntraining program ana imJestigate major Jactors tfiat fiave 6een aaversefy affecting tfiesernpractices in West J[ararge Zone. 7'0 an1've at tfie intenaea target, a aescripti've survey metfioarnwas emp{oyea 6y stmtifiea ranaom sampung tecfinique five Woreaas ]rom wfiicfi sVc sectorsrnwere ta/?gn. fExperts, trainees ana sector fiead's aCong witfi foca{ persons from CCBCBO werernsources of aata for tfiis stuc£y. (])ata was co{fectea using questionnaires ana interviews.rn?Iloreover, refevant aocuments avaiCa6fe at Zone Capacity CBuiUing Office were anafyzea tornsupport tfie aata. tatistica{ tooLs uf?.! parentage, mean, ana t-test were usea to anafyze tfiernaata co{fe -tea. Jlcconfing to tfie aata, it was founa out tfiat ewn tfiougfi training neearnassessment is a crucia{ pTeconcfition Jor successJu{ training, it fias not 6een conauctea in most ofrntfie pu6[ic sectors at Woreaa fe've~ ana tfie ones tfiat fia've 6een conauclea were CacR,jngrnimportant training principfes. Service aeu'very, goo a governance, CB~ Ic:T ana so on wasrnfouna to 6e specific training areas in many sectors; ana stier tfiere is a fiuge gap in manyrntraining areas in Woreaa pu6uc sectors. :A1oreover, tfie aata revea{ea tfiat Cac~ of awarenessrna60ut training neea assessments, Cac~ of concern from tfie management 60c£y, a6sence ofrnspecia{ists to concfuct training neea assessment ana Cac~ of 6ucfget were tfie major factorsrnimpecfing tmining neea assessment. CBasea on tfie fincfings, it was recommenaea tfiat CCBCBO inrnco{Ca60ration witfi Zone ana Woreaa Capacity CBuiUing Offices sfiouU pave tfie way forrnconaucting training neea assessment 6efore trainings are aeuverea. Purtfiermore, it wasrnsuggestea tfiat pu6uc sector capacity 6uiUing training program sfiouU 6e 6asea on concretern06jectives ana sfiouU ma/?g use of various training metfioas for tfie success of trainingsrnprograms. 7'0 reso{ve tfie inaaequacy of aifferent training resources, it was recommenaea tfiatrntfie Peaera{ ?Ilinistry of Capacity CBuiUing need's to support tfie region, ana tfie region in turnrnsfiouU re'verse tfie pr06fem 6y su6sicfizing training programs run in tfie zone at a{{ feveLs.rnPina{fy recommenaations were forwaraea to concernea 60aies to conauct training evaCuationrnprograms, consiaer refe'lJance of training conte'nts, set a cfear ana tra17sparent sefection crite11arnana see~so{utions for a{{ training constraints iaentifiea.