Knowledge Management
In the development sector Knowledge Management (KM) is seen as promising and a way forward. In this section you will find resources on KM and results from practical application of KM.
Knowledge management for development: finally in French?
A discussion will take place on 5 October 2009 to explore the possibility of setting up a francophone KM4DEV community of practice
Learning for the water sector
IRC’s Jaap Pels helped a team of guest editors coordinate a special issue of Knowledge for Development Journal dedicated to learning, knowledge management and cooperation in the water sector, Volume 5, Number 3, December 2009. It is published by Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, UK. It has been produced by the team of Guest Editors Ewen Leborgne, Jaap Pels, Nadia Manning Thomas and Russell Kerkhoven. Four IRC staff member contributed papers to this special issue.
Call for articles and papers for the December 2009 issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal
Attached, find the full call for articles and papers for the December 2009 issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal.
Volume 5, Issue 3, to be published in December 2009, will focus on the effective (and potential) contribution of approaches to learning, collaboration and knowledge management (KM) to the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, and the integrated water resource management (IWRM) sector. The issue will introduce various academic and practitioner perspectives, thought pieces and case studies on the possibilities and concrete applications of learning, collaboration and knowledge management strategies, activities, processes and systems to address the critical issues of the water sector in a context-specific way.
The contributions are highly encouraged to explore the following questions:
· How can knowledge management, collaboration and learning contribute to addressing the challenges of the water sub-sector, to achieving sectoral goals, to innovating and to reducing fragmentation?
· What thinking / concepts guide the KM frameworks, approaches and tools in the water sub-sectors?
· Where is the current thinking on learning headed in the water sub-sector?
· Which frameworks, strategies, approaches and tools are being used in the water sub-sector?
· Which promising learning, collaboration and knowledge management-related developments could have a significant effect on the way water sector actors operate and co-operate?
· How does the call for increased networking and knowledge management materialise on a personal, organisational and institutional context?
· Is there a need for a more systemic ‘sub-sector learning’ initiative in the countries and, if so, how could it shape up?
We invite practitioners and academics to submit, in the first instance, an abstract of a full paper, case study, story and or opinion piece by 11 May 2009.
As this is an English language journal, we would, if possible, like potential authors to submit proposals and contributions in English.
Submissions deadlines
Submission deadline for the title and abstract 11 May 2009
Acceptance of paper proposal 29 May 2009
Submission of paper 26 June 2009
Peer-review completed 17 July 2009
Final version of paper submitted 14 August 2009
Publication date 31 December 2009
If you would like to submit a paper, or be actively involved in this initiative in any other way, please send your abstract (minimum one paragraph – maximum one page) or your message by e-mail to km4dj-editors@dgroups.org
With best wishes,
Ewen Le Borgne and the guest editorial team (Jaap Pels, Russell Kerkhoven, Nadia Manning)
Knowledge and information management in the water and sanitation sector: a hard nut to crack
Knowledge management: everyone talks about it, but what is it exactly and how can it help us in our work?
Read more or download TOP14_KM_06.pdf (1.21 MB)
Ghana: IRC, WEDC and TREND help train CWSA staff on knowledge management
Knowledge management and sharing experience of IRC and WEDC since 2003 are being used in Ghana, where TREND is tapping this experience in a workshop on knowledge management of selected staff from all districts of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. WEDC and IRC staff helped facilitate this workshop, which attracted 50 participants in early December 2008.
From Learn@WELL to KM@TREND
TREND has been actively involved in promoting Knowledge Management in the Ghanaian water and sanitation sector. Realising the need to also improve knowledge management within TREND itself, TREND has kicked off the KM@TREND initiative.
Design of and practical experiences with the Learn@WELL knowledge management module
Abstract (Jaap Pels, Frank Odhiambo)
Academics, consultants and publishers are pouring out information, both online and in print, on knowledge management (KM). Only an experienced KM practitioner is able to separate fads from applicable information and transform that information into action. KM is essentially about managing activity aimed at improving knowledge-sharing mechanisms and practices in organisational networks or communities of practice (CoPs). This article introduces KM and describes how it is being introduced to partners in WELL (Water and Environmental Health in Developing Countries) through the Learn@WELL KM module. The article provides the rationale for the module and describes the main activities within it. Some KM plans prepared by Southern partners are described.
2005-KM-Pels-Odhiambo.pdf (152 kB)
Five KM case studies Learn@WELL
The presentations on KM case studies by IWSD Zimbabwe, SEUF India, TREND Ghana, AMREF Kenya and NWRI Nigeria presented at the WEDCconference in Uganda 2005.
Learn@WELL distance learning module KM
Presentation by Jo Smet (IRC) on the Learn@WELL distance learning module Knowledge Management to explain to the WELL key contact persons what this module is about and advocate broad participation.
Read more or download 20021111-WELL-KM-LearnWelll.pdf (194 kB)
