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To that end, resources are required to prepare comprehensive program documents which reflect the desire and target of ATF– ACT in strengthening the capacity of the people and ATF particularly in disaster preparedness, and in general the capacity of ATF to carry out its roles and functions according to its mandates.
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yes, but you need commas -
after ATF
and after general
I agree with Sandy C. Add the commas.
maybe put “and in the general capacity”
Your sentence is a run-on; it appears to be a paragraph rather than just a sentence. You need to break up this paragraph into at least two sentences. However, if you leave the paragraph sentence as is, then, punctuation is definitely needed as follows: To that end,…documents, which…people, and ATF, particularly…preparedness, and in general, the…mandates.
I have no beef with your use of “particularly” and “in general,” but you have a terrible run-on sentence going and it lacks clarity. I think you are trying to say the following:
To that end resources are required to develop comprehensive program documents which reflect the aims and target of ATF-ACT. These documents are necessary particularly to aid and support the people and ATF in preparing adequately for potential disasters, and in general, to empower the ATF to carry out its roles and functions according to its mandates.
The only thing I’m left unsure of is “the people” in the second sentence. To whom do you refer? Are “the people” actually other agencies who might read these documents and respond to them, or are you talking about the public in general? If you meant both, then I would say “the ATF, other agencies and the general population.” Finally I didn’t like the phrase “strengthening the capacity” because it didn’t seem concrete enough of a “gain” to be compelling reason to allocate resources. Therefore, I removed the “capacity” wording and replaced it with more concrete and measurable action verbs.
Good luck. My apologies if this is more editing than you were asking for, but I am a compulsive editor, so I can’t help it. If you read my version and say “that isn’t what I meant to say at all” then you’ll know that your sentence is even less clear than I thought it was.