Dear all,

The December 2013 issue of the KM4D Journal is out at: http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index

It focuses on "Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics" and contains the following articles:

Editorial
- Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics (Jan Brouwers, Karen Buchanan, Herman Brouwer, Laurens Klerkx, Mirjam Schaap, Ewen Le Borgne) pp. 3-10

Papers
- Analysing stakeholder power dynamics in multi-stakeholder processes: insights of practice from Africa and Asia (Herman Brouwer, Wim Hiemstra, Simone van Vugt, Hettie Walters) pp. 11-31
- Reflective learning for purposeful change: making learning more explicit in multi-stakeholder processes (Femke Gordijn, Jan Helder) pp. 32-46
- Evaluation as a multi-stakeholder process: the Programme for Capacity and Theory Building for Universities and Research Centres in Endogenous Development (CAPTURED) in Bolivia, Ghana and India (David Millar, Rene Halkyer Orellana, Freddy Delgado Burgoa, Balakrishnan Nair, Darshan Shankar, Jan Brouwers) pp. 47-62
- Collaborative learning and stakeholder engagement: lessons and implications of the revitalization of the Continuing Professional Development policy for health workers in Nigeria (Lisa Mwaikambo, Saori Ohkubo, Jarret Cassaniti) pp. 63-78
- Choice-making in facilitation of agricultural innovation platforms in different contexts in West Africa: experiences from Benin, Ghana and Mali (Annemarie van Paassen, Laurens Klerkx, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Richard Adu-Acheampong, Bara Ouologuem, Elisabeth Zannou, Pierre Vissoh, Lassine Soumano, Fadiala Dembele, Mamoudou Traore) pp. 79-94
- Local participation in complex technological projects as bridging between different communities in Belgium (Koen Sips, Marc Craps, Art De Wulf) pp. 95-115
- Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: lessons for facilitation (Kees Swaans, Beth Cullen, André van Rooyen, Adewale Adekunle, Hlami Ngwenya, Zelalem Lema, Suzanne Nederlof) pp. 116-135
- Water management, fact-finding and facilitation in multi-stakeholder platforms in North Afghanistan (Jeroen Warner, Vincent Thomas) pp. 136-152

Case Studies
- Changing our ways: making sense of complex multi-stakeholder systems change by using the four quadrant model (Hettie Walters ) pp. 153-166

Interviews
- From project-based to institutionalised multi-stakeholder learning in the water sanitation and hygiene sector: experience from Uganda (Carmen da Silva Wells, Peter Magara) pp. 167-173

Stories
- The functions of facilitation in multi-stakeholder learning: lessons learned from capacity development on value chains management in innovation platforms in Burkina Faso and Ghana (Jean-Joseph Cadilhon) pp. 174-181

We hope you enjoy it - and welcome any feedback about it :)

Ewen Le Borgne on behalf of the editorial team