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what we mean by knowledge management
Evgeny Tyrtyshny - Saturday 19 March 2005Dear Colleagues,
I appreciate the opportunity to take a part in the KM discussion, know your opinion and share with you mine. My name is Evgeny Tyrtyshny, I’m Executive Secretary of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Kazakhstan Water Partnership, national consultant and expert for water, water supply and environment - http://www.atasu.org/eng/command.html .
Let me shortly express of my point of view on the discussion topic.
• What kind of knowledge is valuable to you?
To me, any knowledge is valuable if it supports or facilitates the changes of existing water management at the country to the IWRM - http://www.atasu.org/eng/news/Summary_IWRM_Review.pdf .
• What are the characteristics of knowledge and managing knowledge?
The knowledge should be adapted on the national and local levels.
For the purpose to avoid any manipulation the knowledge should be disclosed and transparency.
The managing knowledge also should be based on public feedback.
• What kind of knowledge do you need to do your job?
In the fact it is continuation of the answer for first question, i.e. needed knowledge should cover any information gap on the road to IWRM at the county. For instance, in Kazakhstan we have speed up the process of implementation of appropriate country commitments on the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, in particular joining to its Protocol on Water and Health.
• How do you keep knowledge up-to-date?
To keep knowledge up-to-date the email and internet based communication is prevailed. Getting from different network distribution like Weekly News Update is quite helpful on the issue.
• Is there a relationship with learning?
This is permanent learning to increase knowledge because Kazakhstan is country with “transition economy”. Until recent times personal learning through internet founded materials is prevailed.
• What are procedures, methodologies or projects in relation to knowledge management?
The knowledge management is main goal of the UNECE Water Convention project "Capacity for Water Cooperation in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia" aiming to develop activities supporting integrated river basin management and water protection in the region. The funded by Norway Government and UNDP/GWP Project “ Development National IWRM and Water Efficiency Plan in Kazakhstan” has also a component directly related to knowledge management.
Evgeny
Re: knowledge should be disclosed and transparency exist.
Peter - Wednesday 23 March 2005Hi Evgeny
Yes it is nice to share ideas in an e-conference like this one with people in such different geographical areas as you and me !
Do you have any experience in your country with promoting disclosing of valuable knowledge and ensuring transparency? Does this lead to tensions among knowledge holders?
Ciao, Peter
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Evgeny Tyrtyshny - Thursday 24 March 2005Hi Peter
Thank you for your interest to the experience in our country . Yes, we are from different geographical areas but we have one desire to improve our knowledge management for the water in our countries and regions, to contribute really for the Second Water Decade!
In the fact the Kazakhstan Water Partnership(KWP) - http://www.atasu.org/eng/waterpart.html has been established for promoting disclosing of valuable knowledge and ensuring transparency. KWP is a way of cooperation uniting forces and knowledge, creating the new ethical responsibility of public water use by means of explanation, mutual information and education. Today the KWP's parties are representing more 20 key organizations working in the country water sector.
We provide a technical and information support for KWP through the water partnership website and the water information network. In first order we paid our attention to disclose and made transparent all available water information in the country. After the Inauguration of the Kazakhstan Water Partnership during the conference "Water Partnership in Central Asia" (http://www.sic.icwc-aral.uz/releases/eng/065.htm) the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the KWP has been selected.
At present time the work of the KWP's TAC includes events on discussion and working out of joint status, information exchange and also joint actions on the common goals in the context of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), especially in the framework of the new project "National Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan" which was launched half year ago.
Best,
Evgeny
Re: Forum message "Re: knowledge should be disclosed and transparency exist." (17172) was published [www.irc.nl - what we mean by knowledge management]
Peter - Thursday 31 March 2005Dear Evgeny, thanks for your comprehensive reaction. Your website looks good! I was wondering if you plan to make the debate section public too, I think that would be an interesting experiment!
Now the debate does not seem to be public, at least one cannot follow it on the website.
Greetings, Peter
