Five KM case studies Learn@WELL

The harvest of two years of working on knowledge management under the Learn@WELL module.

On KM:

• KM is essentially about managing people’s activity
• Focus on knowledge sharing mechanisms and practices
• Value knowledge as key asset
• KM starts (and fails) at personal level and aims at organisational change

Design of the KM Learn@WELL module:

• Designed by IRC & WEDC – odd one out module
• Provide materials on KM; start communication
• Face to face workshop organised by WELL partner
• Mentor, monitor by IRC & WEDC

Results thus far:

• Articles: WaterLines, 30th WEDC and KM4DEV www.km4dev.org/journal issue 2: Design of and practical experiences with the Learn@WELL knowledge management module (also on www.irc.nl/km)
• Case study organisational change / stories (presentation below)
• To come: WELL briefing notes series

The presentations on KM case studies by IWSD Zimbabwe, SEUF India, TREND Ghana, AMREF Kenya and NWRI Nigeria presented at the WEDC conference in Uganda 2005.

Thanks to KM champions and staff from:

• SEUF, India
• AMREF, Kenya
• IWSD, Zimbabwe
• TREND, Ghana
• NWRI, Nigeria.