KM4D Journal Discussions - Knowledge Management for Development2024-03-29T15:28:39Zhttp://www.km4dev.org/group/km4djournal/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noCOVID-19: Vaccine Education Program & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Malinformation launched through Community Radio in Bangladeshtag:www.km4dev.org,2021-02-07:2672907:Topic:2040642021-02-07T15:27:44.837ZAHM Bazlur Rahmanhttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/AHMBazlurRahman95
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<p>COVID-19: Vaccine Education Program & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Malformation awareness campaign launched on Sunday 7th February 2021 through community radio stations in Bangladesh about COVID: 19 vaccination.</p>
<p>The main objective of the campaign to create the right environment for vaccine confidence to thrive, the COVID-19:…</p>
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<p>COVID-19: Vaccine Education Program & Counter Misinformation, Disinformation & Malformation awareness campaign launched on Sunday 7th February 2021 through community radio stations in Bangladesh about COVID: 19 vaccination.</p>
<p>The main objective of the campaign to create the right environment for vaccine confidence to thrive, the COVID-19: Vaccine Education & Counter Misinformation Program in Bangladesh.</p>
<p>The vaccine education program particularly diverse communities that have been most harmed and those on the front lines of the pandemic & raises awareness of the need to ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the immunization process.</p>
<p>The purpose of the campaign is to identify the misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information about the immunization program and to facilitate the lives and livelihoods of the people by providing scientific information to counter the spread of common misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information. Awareness about the next possible physical problems and ensuring the inclusion of Dalits and disadvantaged groups such as barbers, sweepers, cobblers, blacksmiths, fishermen, transgender people, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized communities at risk in the immunization program.</p>
<p>The campaign is also addressing the COVID-19 infodemic through the development of strategic and well-coordinated national action plans to rapidly counter vaccine misinformation and build demand for vaccination that is informed by social listening. Provide education on, and advocate for, adherence to a gold-standard regulatory review process and addressing a COVID-19 infodemic, and fostering demand for immunization</p>
<p>The initiative will raise awareness around the importance of COVID-19 vaccination for public health, the economy, and the broader society. Promote the impact of vaccination uptake in protecting individuals, families, and communities.</p>
<p>As part of the campaign, community radios are broadcasting various programs to raise awareness about the COVID-19 vaccination program and to counter-propaganda. The programs are News, Radio Spot/Drama, Kathika, Jingle, Voxpop, Public Service Announcement (PSA). The radios are coordinating with members of the locally formed COVID-19 immunization committee consisting of Deputy Commissioner, Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Civil Surgeon, Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer, District/Upazila Parishad Chairman, Interviews of Public Representatives, etc.</p>
<p>Radio programs will provide information on why the vaccine for COVID-19 is important from public health and socio-economic point of view, as well as who will be vaccinated first in the radio broadcasting area, how the vaccine will be available, what to do after vaccination, and at what stage Government instructions regarding him are being disseminated.</p>
<p>Also contact the COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Response Team-2021 to ensure proper vaccine management to prevent COVID-19, telephone number address, harmful/negative effects of vaccination misinformation and rumors and to counter misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information. Information on the subject is also being disseminated through the programs.</p>
<p>Broadcasting on community radio has already made the general public aware of the government's response to the immunization program, and there has been little awareness and demand for the importance of immunization. It is hoped that if the radio campaign on vaccination programs continues through the provision of science-based information, the fear and dilemma that is now prevailing among the general public about vaccination will soon subside. At the same time, the people will be more aware and trying to identify false information and prevent the spread of common misconceptions, rumors, outright lies, and propaganda. Which will play an effective role in keeping their lives and livelihood normal. Besides, the immunization program will ensure the inclusion of Dalits and disadvantaged people, transgender people, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized communities at risk.</p>
<p>It is to be noted that the vision of BNNRC for media development is knowledge-based relevant sensitivity. To develop community radio as a voiceless voice keeping in view the challenges and opportunities created by the fast-changing media environment of Bangladesh in keeping with the future structure of media, information, and entertainment in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bnnrc.net%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR07BF2H3oVidcykqPb0NBzkZL1tREdB5oA6vCYrL3otoUh5dmzbCQ9-CRE&h=AT0F4Q9j6Hm-zV5HqolchkYOjUqgX8hcCxk-0MOCnVzoQ16alwrX9zy8L8rzs54SQczQ-2VZ5avNsPKsrHexvcpW_w2Bzv6MxuNH3DZDtDX6X3tmq2YzDUagkZSbi-G8RCyg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0737Uo-gJdDUN8mW_8KHQEwvyTlXHYZwrZoC9j_OyWuHI1Mw84mc1O_e4KtRluCZcj3nX2Np6JyCpdHoIJ6HbLIzRwhp-Gg4j7DfyQDJGvaKFKIZehNVUeYcmvjQYcRFnrSAXO3TNXvm0RfbXM2ppVsQ">www.bnnrc.net</a></p>
<p>Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in March last year, BNNRC has been working with all community radio stations in Bangladesh to create and broadcast public awareness radio programs aimed at preventing its transmission and providing livelihood security.</p>
<p>Regular coverage of the coronavirus education program on community radios has gradually eased the panic in rural areas, with listeners asking questions about various information during various live broadcasts through phone calls, text messages, and participation on Facebook Live.</p>
<p>Significant to the issue, the community people are taking the necessary preparation for prevention. Now they are getting information about this. As a result, community radio has established itself as a source of objective information to the rural people of Bangladesh.</p>
<p>Supporting journalistic efforts to fact-check misinformation about the immunization process that specifically seeks to support rural people that are underserved by fact-checking or targeted by misinformation.</p>
<p>Assist to detect, debunk and effectively countenance misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process to help journalists spot harmful misinformation about the COVID-19 immunization process more efficiently & making fact checks about COVID-19 immunization clearer and more effective at allaying concerns about the vaccine -- especially with rural people that are explicitly targeted by misinformation.</p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8529187078?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p> New call for papers (Sept. 2017) Communities of Practice in development: a relic of the past or sign of the future?tag:www.km4dev.org,2017-04-23:2672907:Topic:1060942017-04-23T12:18:23.966ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Background_information_and_call_for_papers">Background information and call for papers</span></h3>
<p>The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) is a peer-reviewed community-based journal on knowledge management for development – for and by development practitioners, researchers and policymakers. The journal is closely related to the KM4Dev community of practice ([<a href="http://www.km4dev.org">www.km4dev.org</a>]).</p>
<p>Volume 13, No. 2…</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Background_information_and_call_for_papers">Background information and call for papers</span></h3>
<p>The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) is a peer-reviewed community-based journal on knowledge management for development – for and by development practitioners, researchers and policymakers. The journal is closely related to the KM4Dev community of practice ([<a href="http://www.km4dev.org">www.km4dev.org</a>]).</p>
<p>Volume 13, No. 2 is scheduled to be published in September 2017. Lucie Lamoureux and Riff Fullan are the Senior KM4D Journal Editors for this issue. Guest editors include: Adrian Bannister (IDS), Charles Dhewa (Knowledge Transfer Africa), Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) and Nancy White (Full Circle Associates). The issue is called: '<b>Communities of Practice in development: a relic of the past or sign of the future?'</b></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Communities_of_Practice">Communities of Practice</span></h3>
<p>Communities of Practice, or CoPs, have been recognised as having a particularly high potential when it comes to supporting effective knowledge sharing and learning. They have been described as being akin to communities in towns or cities, but distinguished by their membership being composed of people with shared engagement and interest in a particular domain of knowledge. Communication and sharing of resources often takes place both virtually and face-to-face within CoPs, and they can be widely geographically dispersed.</p>
<p>CoPs have been described as living knowledge repositories, having a high degree of dynamism and representing state-of-the-art thinking in particular domains by virtue of the command their members (and their respective networks) have of a field of expertise. At the same time, it has been recognized that CoPs cannot be made to order but must be nurtured and come into being in a somewhat organic way, evolving through the interactions and motivations of their members.</p>
<p>In the development context, CoPs have been a topic of admiration and discussion from the beginning of knowledge management (KM)-related thinking in the development world in the mid-to-late 1990s, with extensive implementation by development actors during the ‘noughties’ (ie. 2000-2010). But since then, they have received much less attention as a topic of discussion or explicit mechanism for knowledge sharing. Are CoPs a thing of the past?</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="This_issue_of_the_KM4D_Journal">This issue of the KM4D Journal</span></h3>
<p>The topic of CoPs is not only worthy of some reflection in itself, but it is a particularly interesting one for the KM4D Journal as the last issue devoted to CoPs was in fact the very first issue of the Journal published in 2005. The title of that first issue was ‘Supporting Communities in Development’. As the Journal itself grew directly out of the global KM4Dev CoP (which began around the year 2000, so was about 5 years old when the inaugural KM4D Journal came out), it is natural that the topic of CoPs would be on the table for its first issue.</p>
<p>Now, 10+ years later, the topic of CoPs in development seems to be stirring again after some years of dormancy. The time is right to ask some penetrating questions – and perhaps point to some answers – about the real and potential benefits of CoPs, and about what those in the development community might do to harness such benefits (or perhaps find other routes to enhancing learning and knowledge sharing in their work).</p>
<p>So, this KM4D Journal issue on revisiting CoPs, would like to explore such issues as the following:</p>
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<li>Has knowledge sharing in CoPs led to more learning, to capacity development? To changes in the way we do things individually, as organisations, in networks and communities?</li>
<li>Do CoPs contribute (or have they contributed) to sustainable development in any way?</li>
<li>Are there new conceptual ideas or models that can be shared, either about understanding CoPs, or delivering on the promise of them? Any effective funding or incentive models for CoPs?</li>
<li>Have some long-standing CoPs evolved in significant ways and what is their evolution telling us about the relevance of CoPs in current global development?</li>
<li>Is there any solid operational evidence/cases/stories of CoP success, or alternatively from partial successes or failures from which we can learn (especially how these CoPs are animated/facilitated)?</li>
<li>Can we point to innovative learning or training curricula around CoPs?</li>
<li>Has the idea of CoPs as a conceptual framework been superseded by others?</li>
<li>How has the social media explosion impacted CoPs and how has the balance between physical and virtual community building been affected with various competing “spaces”?</li>
<li>Is there a potential for CoPs to contribute to furthering collective goals and holistic approaches, particularly those such as the Sustainable Development Goals associated with Agenda 2030, and if so to what degree and in which ways?</li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Your_Contribution:_Submission_of_abstracts_and_papers">Your Contribution: Submission of abstracts and papers</span></h3>
<p>As with other issues of the KM4D Journal, this one will include articles, case studies, think pieces, publication reviews, short stories, life stories, debates, etc. (have a look at the Journal’s author guidelines for a full list of possible contributions). We are looking to receive a range of contributions, from both academic and practitioner perspectives, including those based on concrete real-world situations to more conceptual pieces that offer new or challenge/reinterpret existing models.</p>
<p>The schedule of the submission and review process leading to publication is below. If you would like to submit a paper, or be actively involved in this initiative in any other way, please submit your abstract (minimum one paragraph – maximum one page) online on the Knowledge Management for Development Journal site.</p>
<p>If you have any question about this specific call for papers please send an email to km4dj-editors@dgroups.org (please include “CoP Issue” in the title of your email). For further information about the journal, kindly consult the journal website at: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></p>
<p>Guidelines for authors are available on the journal’s website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/about">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/about</a></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Timetable">Timetable</span></h3>
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<li>Submission deadline for title and abstract: 30 January 2017</li>
<li>Acceptance of short proposal: 29 February 2017</li>
<li>Submission of full paper: 15 April 2017</li>
<li>Completion of peer-review: 30 May 2017</li>
<li>Submission of final version of paper: 15 July 2017</li>
<li>Publication date: 1 September 2017</li>
</ul> Evolution and future of the knowledge commons: emerging opportunities and challenges for less developed societiestag:www.km4dev.org,2016-12-15:2672907:Topic:1023182016-12-15T14:46:41.638ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>Sebastião Ferreira (2012) Evolution and future of the knowledge commons: emerging<br></br>opportunities and challenges for less developed societies. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol. 8, Nos. 2–3, 41–168</p>
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<p>This article (see attached) addresses the emerging field of the knowledge commons in relation to the challenges of international development. It reviews the history of academic knowledge<br></br>and innovation since the Enlightenment, its evolution and current trends,…</p>
<p>Sebastião Ferreira (2012) Evolution and future of the knowledge commons: emerging<br/>opportunities and challenges for less developed societies. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Vol. 8, Nos. 2–3, 41–168</p>
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<p>This article (see attached) addresses the emerging field of the knowledge commons in relation to the challenges of international development. It reviews the history of academic knowledge<br/>and innovation since the Enlightenment, its evolution and current trends, with the purpose<br/>of exploring the future of the knowledge commons. Assuming that knowledge is<br/>the most important resource in the twenty-first century, the intention of this article is to<br/>map the conditions necessary to take advantage of this resource. What are the barriers<br/>to accessing and using the global common pool of knowledge that is currently being<br/>generated? The supply and the demand sides of the knowledge sharing equation are<br/>reviewed to understand their particularities and trends. Particular attention is given to<br/>the demand side of this equation in order to identify the obstacles that prevent people<br/>from less developed countries from taking full advantage of this fast-growing resource.</p> Call for papers for September 2016 issue of KM4D journal: Knowledge for disability inclusive developmenttag:www.km4dev.org,2015-12-18:2672907:Topic:944602015-12-18T09:32:38.002ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>This Special Issue on disability inclusive development will be published in September 2016. The Guest Editors particularly encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and activists from the Global South. They also encourage submissions from all disciplines, as long as they focus on the role of knowledge or knowledge processes in advancing – or inhibiting – disability inclusive development. Submissions are welcome in English, French and Spanish. They can offer ‘peer…</p>
<p>This Special Issue on disability inclusive development will be published in September 2016. The Guest Editors particularly encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers and activists from the Global South. They also encourage submissions from all disciplines, as long as they focus on the role of knowledge or knowledge processes in advancing – or inhibiting – disability inclusive development. Submissions are welcome in English, French and Spanish. They can offer ‘peer support’ to authors who are inexperienced writers.</p>
<p><br/>Disability inclusive development is gaining ground as a global priority, as is evident by the explicit mention of persons with disabilities in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN 2015). When conceived in terms of knowledge and knowledge processes, disability inclusive development requires negotiated understanding and synthesis of ‘multiple knowledges’ (Brown 2011) to address multiple forms of disadvantage and discrimination experienced by people with disabilities in low and middle income countries (WHO & World Bank 2011). This Special Issue will explore how this has been achieved or impeded by different stakeholders in different contexts, including but not limited to the inclusion or exclusion of the perspectives of persons with disabilities, their families and other advocates, in the formulation and implementation of development policies and programs. The purpose is to enhance understanding of how we can create conditions for more insightful learning and meaningful action among all stakeholders concerned with disability and development who have different ways of knowing and experiencing the world.</p>
<p>If you would like to submit a paper, please send a short proposal, including the title of your paper and an abstract (minimum one paragraph – maximum one page) by email to: <br/>KM4DJ-Sept2016@dgroups.org<br/> <br/>Submission deadline for title and abstract - January 30, 2016<br/>Acceptance of short proposal - February 29, 2016<br/>Submission of full paper - April 15, 2016<br/>Completion of peer-review - May 30, 2016<br/>Submission of final version of paper - July 15, 2016<br/>Publication date - September 1, 2016</p>
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<p>Guest editors comprise: Charlotte Scarf (lead), Fiona Budge, Penafrancia Ching, Sunil Deepak, Ros Madden, Beatriz Miranda, Sainimili Tawake, and Maya Thomas,</p> Call for papers: Knowledge management for development in 2020: let your imagination fly!tag:www.km4dev.org,2015-06-22:2672907:Topic:907672015-06-22T20:05:34.923ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
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<p><b>Rationale</b></p>
<p>There have been some recent efforts to predict the future on knowledge management for development, the field (KM4D) and the community (KM4Dev). One such effort has been the Envisioning Km4Dev Futures 2013-2014, funded by International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) which featured a series of projects looking at the future of KM4Dev.<a title="">[i]</a>, <a title="">[ii]</a> Others have encouraged KM4Dev to take a transformational path such as Valerie Brown’s work…</p>
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<p><b>Rationale</b></p>
<p>There have been some recent efforts to predict the future on knowledge management for development, the field (KM4D) and the community (KM4Dev). One such effort has been the Envisioning Km4Dev Futures 2013-2014, funded by International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) which featured a series of projects looking at the future of KM4Dev.<a title="">[i]</a>, <a title="">[ii]</a> Others have encouraged KM4Dev to take a transformational path such as Valerie Brown’s work on transformational science (Brown and Harris 2013), to focus on KM4Dev as the ‘new Enlightenment’ (Ferreira 2009) or to explore the link between KM4D and transdisciplinary research, and use this to make predictions about the future of KM4Dev (Cummings et al, 2013).</p>
<p>On the private sector side, we regularly see scoping views on where KM is headed, what the ‘next big thing’ is, and what internal and external forces will cause the discipline to shape itself over the coming years. Similarly, it would be interesting to hear what this community thinks about the future KM4D field trends.</p>
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<p><b>This issue</b></p>
<p>In this issue, we would like you to use your experience and imagination to write about where you would see KM4D or KM4Dev in the future, or where you fear it might be going. You can focus on a field of practice, such as <b>facilitation</b>, <b>communities of practice</b> or <b>evaluation</b>, or on a theme or sector, such as KM4D related to <b>big data</b>, <b>food and nutrition security</b>,<b>agriculture and rural development</b> or <b>ICTs</b>, or covering <b>local, regional or continental perspectives</b>. Or you can try to cover the whole field, linking it to predictions about the state of development, such as the <b>Sustainable Development Goals,</b> or of knowledge management. <b>Technological predictions</b> for our field are also welcome. Contributions can cover emerging trends, technologies, political developments, organisational aspects, etc. We hope to see a rich range of contributions, including a combination of personal reflections and papers. We would also like to encourage those involved in the KM4Dev Futures project to share their reflections and insights.</p>
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<p><b>Submission of abstracts and papers</b><br/>We welcome articles, case studies, thought pieces, publication reviews, short stories, KM4Dev Community Notes, life stories, debates, letters and annotated bibliographies from both academics and practitioners. Literary contributions – such as poems, stories or metaphors – would also be welcome. Contributions are welcome in English, French and Spanish.</p>
<p>The submission and review process leading to publication is explained below, together with a schedule. 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 before 3 July 2015 (please include ‘Future Issue’ in the title of your email).</p>
<p>Guidelines for authors are available on the KM4Dev wiki in English, French and Spanish:<a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4D_Journal_-_Editors%27_Workspace#Author_Guidelines">http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4D_Journal_-_Editors%27_Workspace#Author_Guidelines</a></p>
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<p align="center"><b>Schedule</b></p>
<p>Submission deadline for the title and abstract 3 July 2015</p>
<p>Acceptance/rejection of proposal 10 July 2015</p>
<p>Full contribution due 15 September 2015</p>
<p>Peer review completed 15 October 2015</p>
<p>Final versions submitted 15 November 2015</p>
<p>Publication of the issue December 2015 </p>
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<p align="right">Kemly Camacho, Pete Cranston, Sarah Cummings, Charles Dhewa,<br/>Ivan Kulis and Nancy White</p>
<p align="right">Guest Editors, Knowledge management for development in 2020: let your imagination fly!</p>
<div><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1271343128?profile=original" target="_self">Call%20for%20Papers%20Futures%20issue%20Vol%2011%20Issue%203%20December%202015.pdf</a><br clear="all"/><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"/><div><p><a title="">[i]</a> <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Envisioning_KM4Dev_Futures_-_2013_-_2014">http://wiki.km4dev.org/Envisioning_KM4Dev_Futures_-_2013_-_2014</a></p>
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<div><p><a title="">[ii]</a> <a href="http://wiki.km4dev.org/Category:KM4DevFutures">http://wiki.km4dev.org/Category:KM4DevFutures</a></p>
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</div> ‘Facilitation for development’ - New issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal is out & sheds light on the connection between facilitated action and knowledge management in developmenttag:www.km4dev.org,2015-05-14:2672907:Topic:895322015-05-14T13:26:16.859ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
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<p>The latest issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal (May 2015) is dedicated to: “<b>Facilitation for development</b>. Concepts, practices and approaches to share, learn and improve outcomes for societal development, based in the experience of knowledge management for development practitioners.”</p>
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<p>Find the issue here:…</p>
<p>(Sorry for cross-posting)</p>
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<p>The latest issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal (May 2015) is dedicated to: “<b>Facilitation for development</b>. Concepts, practices and approaches to share, learn and improve outcomes for societal development, based in the experience of knowledge management for development practitioners.”</p>
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<p>Find the issue here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></p>
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<p>And a description of the papers below.</p>
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<p>We are very happy with this issue and hope you will like it too. Read more about our impressions on this field of ‘facilitation for development’ in the <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/275/348">editorial</a> (<a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/275/348">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/275/348</a>).</p>
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<p align="right"><i>Ewen Le Borgne, Pete Cranston, Philipp Grunewald, Blane Harvey, Carl Jackson, Lucie Lamoureux, Linda Morris, Simone Staiger</i></p>
<p align="right"><i>Guest Editors, Knowledge management for development journal, issue 11.1 (May 2015)</i></p>
<p><b>Papers</b></p>
<p>Two recent phenomena related to sustainable agricultural development converge to frame the article ‘Facilitating gender-inclusive agri-business’ (by Anna Laven and Rhiannon Pyburn) namely the prioritization of gender and the expanding role of the private sector in agro-businesses. The authors distinguish three arrangements used by large private sector players that operate in international agricultural value chains to link business to sustainable development goals and look at the role of facilitation in getting gender higher on the corporate agendas. The authors use concrete examples from their professional experiences within the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/203/343">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/203/343</a></p>
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<p>Ashley Mullinax and Cydney Gumann outline in ‘The facilitator role within learning networks at USAID’ how the United States Agency for International Development approaches learning networks and translates some of the lessons they have generated into a facilitation framework available for others to adopt and adapt. In their work they attempt to address learning objectives on industry, network and organizational levels; the authors share insights from these attempts. Additionally, they outline recommendations for the planning of a learning network and show various aspects, related to inter- and intra-personal dynamics, that a facilitator should be aware of when involved with a learning network. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/243/344">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/243/344</a></p>
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<p>In ‘Designing facilitation for a knowledge share fair: practical steps’ Sophie Treinen et al. then take us through the practical steps for designing the facilitation of a knowledge share fair, based on the experience of several share fairs organized between 2009 and 2014 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This paper details the role of the facilitator in the design process and the importance of selecting a good mix of knowledge sharing methods to support knowledge exchange and the event’s overarching goals. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/200/345">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/200/345</a></p>
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<p><b>Case studies</b></p>
<p>Petra Herout and Elisabeth Schmid offer a case study ‘Doing, Knowing, Learning. Systematization of Experiences based on the Knowledge Management Approach of HORIZONT3000’ in which they argue that to enable successful processes of learning, rather than information exchange, they recommend a facilitative approach that actively involves all stakeholder on equal footing. The shared experiences gained in such processes can lead, through self-awareness and self-reflection, to changes in practice. In particular, they consider internal vs. external facilitation in the ‘systematization of experiences’ method. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/253/349">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/253/349</a></p>
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<p>In ‘Group facilitation: Experiences and lessons from international agricultural research organizations’, Simone Staiger-Rivas, Ewen Le Borgne, Michael Victor, Juergen Hagmann, Cristina Sette and Petr Kosina put their collective experience as well as results from a survey and follow-up interviews into an overview of group facilitation at CGIAR over a 10-year period, thereby reflecting on how the practice of event facilitation has evolved as to spread onto much wider processes of engagement. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/211/350">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/211/350</a></p>
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<p>‘Co-Design for Collaborative Problem Solving’ (Carl Jackson) uses Human-centered design approaches to encourage staff in the international development sector to experience alternative ways of exploring problems and forming solutions by drawing on humanitarian disciplines such as art, theater or craft. Jackson walks us through a complete co-design process using an example of a program that focuses on issues of governance and accountability by enabling citizen engagement and open, responsive government in 12 countries in Africa and Asia. Jackson makes the case for this approach to build enthusiasm for a more engaged, interactive, collaborative, and learning orientated form of group work. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/351">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/351</a></p>
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<p>In ’Where lectures meet KM4Dev practice’ John Akude, Peter J. Bury, Philipp Grunewald and Jaap (W.J.) Pels track their efforts to transform a conventional conference with lectures to a more inclusive and interactive learning and sharing event, inspired and supported by the global KM4Dev community. They analyze crucial moments that shaped the facilitation process, report on its unfolding and review the effectiveness of facilitator notes, providing information and insights for others who might wish to take a similar path. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/277/352">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/277/352</a></p>
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<p>Shifting slightly away from the use of facilitation, Lefore’s contribution ‘Strengthening facilitation competencies in development – Case study of the processes, challenges and lessons of a learning alliance to develop facilitators for local community engagement’ makes a case investing into developing local facilitation capacities among those who hold an ongoing stake in the development challenges being confronted. She describes the case of the IMAWESA network’s systemic approach to building facilitation capacity within water users’ associations. Lefore concludes with a series of lessons learned to be considered for similar initiatives, including the need for senior-level buy-in to the undertaking, and continuity in the group of participants engaged in capacity development efforts. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/353">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/353</a></p>
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<p><b>Community note</b></p>
<p>In their community note on this issue’s theme, ‘The Heaven and Hell of Facilitation’, White and Lamoureux, two experienced facilitators, reflect on multiple dimensions of facilitation - describing the ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ scenarios for each, and giving practical tips to ensure facilitation success. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/354">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/354</a></p>
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<p><b>Review</b></p>
<p>In what is actually not a publication review, ‘Blogosphere review: Facilitating interactions through blogs and posts’ draws a list of blogs and blog posts that editors of this issue and KM4Dev members have found particularly inspiring on the topic of facilitation and facilitated collective action, and have crowdsourced for this issue. Read it here: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/355">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/197/355</a></p>
<p> </p> Announcement: Competition for the 'best' articles in KM4D Journal in 2014tag:www.km4dev.org,2015-04-23:2672907:Topic:886772015-04-23T08:06:29.438ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>Now that the 2014 issue of the journal is online, the editorial team has been considering how to focus attention on the 3 editorials, 18 papers, 7 case studies, 2 stories and one Community Note published<br></br> last year, and we decided to run a competition for the 'best' contributions.<br></br><br></br> We would like to ask for votes in three categories:<br></br><br></br> - which contribution gave you the most food for thought?<br></br> - which contribution were you able to apply to your own practice?<br></br> -…</p>
<p>Now that the 2014 issue of the journal is online, the editorial team has been considering how to focus attention on the 3 editorials, 18 papers, 7 case studies, 2 stories and one Community Note published<br/> last year, and we decided to run a competition for the 'best' contributions.<br/><br/> We would like to ask for votes in three categories:<br/><br/> - which contribution gave you the most food for thought?<br/> - which contribution were you able to apply to your own practice?<br/> - which contribution did you think was stimulating/unexpected/showing<br/> 'out of the box' thinking?<br/><br/> For each of the three categories, each member of KM4Dev can vote for one contribution - so you can vote for three different articles - but please write a short explanation of why you have done this and provide the link to the article in question. Voting will be open until 23 May 2015.<br/><br/> I guess it goes without saying that you shouldn't vote for your own paper but we would like to ask Guest Editors/Editors to vote - because this role gives you opportunity to become familiar with many different articles and some of them - well, this is my own experience but perhaps I need to get a life :-) - haunt and stimulate you for many years afterwards! Kindly note that some of the contributions are in Spanish, Portuguese and French so we would like to invite Spanish, Portuguese and French speakers to vote for them.<br/><br/> The issues comprise:<br/><br/> 1) May 2014: The Spanish and Portuguese one, largely focused on Latin<br/> America: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/16" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/16</a><br/><br/> 2) September 2014: KM4D in Africa:<br/><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/17" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/17</a><br/><br/> 3) December 2014: the non-thematic issue:<br/><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/18" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/issue/view/18</a><br/><br/> You can either post your vote here or send it to KM4Dev list.</p>
<p> <br/> We will provide an overview and a verdict by 1 June. Every mention<br/> will count as a vote!</p>
<p>The Editorial Team, KM4D Journal</p> December 2014 issue of journal now onlinetag:www.km4dev.org,2015-03-09:2672907:Topic:868582015-03-09T11:00:18.851ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p><b>Available at: </b><span style="color: #888888;"><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></span></p>
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<p><b>Vol 10, No 3 (2014)</b><br></br><br></br><span>Editorial</span><br></br><br></br><b>Papers</b><br></br><br></br><span>Blocked learning in development aid? Reporting success rather than failure in Andhra Pradesh, India (Moeko Saito-Jensen and Maya Pasgaard)</span></p>
<div><br></br>Learning 3.0: collaborating for impact in large…</div>
<p><b>Available at: </b><span style="color: #888888;"><a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></span></p>
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<p><b>Vol 10, No 3 (2014)</b><br/><br/><span>Editorial</span><br/><br/><b>Papers</b><br/><br/><span>Blocked learning in development aid? Reporting success rather than failure in Andhra Pradesh, India (Moeko Saito-Jensen and Maya Pasgaard)</span></p>
<div><br/>Learning 3.0: collaborating for impact in large development organizations (Nancy White, Rachel Cardone and Aldo de Moor)</div>
<div><br/>Collaborative learning for fostering change in complex social-ecological systems: a transdisciplinary perspective on food and farming systems (Maria J. Restrepo, Margareta A. Lelea, Anja Christinck, Christian Hülsebusch and Brigitte A. Kaufmann)</div>
<div><br/>Changing institutional culture: participatory monitoring and evaluation in transdisciplinary research for agricultural development in Vietnam (Oleg Nicetic and Elske van de Fliert)<br/><br/>Knowledge assets of higher education institutions in Uganda: proposing a framework for assessing human, structural and relational knowledge assets (Walter Omona and Theo van der Wiede)<br/><br/><b>Case studies</b><br/><br/>Systematisation: learning from experiences of community-based adaptation projects in India (Somya Bhatt, Shalini Kala and Anna Kalisch)</div>
<div><br/>Navigating complexity: adaptive management and organizational learning in a development project in Northern Uganda (Amir Allana and Timothy Sparkman)<br/><br/><b>Community Notes</b><br/><br/>Knowledge for Development: findings of a stakeholder consultation facilitated by the German Development Institute (John Akude and Philipp Grunewald)</div> Special issue "Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics"tag:www.km4dev.org,2014-01-14:2672907:Topic:757562014-01-14T14:04:38.092ZEwen Le Borgnehttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/EwenLeBorgne
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>The December 2013 issue of the KM4D Journal is out at: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></p>
<p>It focuses on "Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics" and contains the following articles:</p>
<p>Editorial<br></br>- Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics (Jan Brouwers, Karen…</p>
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>The December 2013 issue of the KM4D Journal is out at: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index" target="_blank">http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/index</a></p>
<p>It focuses on "Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics" and contains the following articles:</p>
<p>Editorial<br/>- 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</p>
<p>Papers<br/>- 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<br/>- Reflective learning for purposeful change: making learning more explicit in multi-stakeholder processes (Femke Gordijn, Jan Helder) pp. 32-46<br/>- 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<br/>- 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<br/>- 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<br/>- Local participation in complex technological projects as bridging between different communities in Belgium (Koen Sips, Marc Craps, Art De Wulf) pp. 95-115<br/>- 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<br/>- Water management, fact-finding and facilitation in multi-stakeholder platforms in North Afghanistan (Jeroen Warner, Vincent Thomas) pp. 136-152</p>
<p>Case Studies<br/>- Changing our ways: making sense of complex multi-stakeholder systems change by using the four quadrant model (Hettie Walters ) pp. 153-166</p>
<p>Interviews<br/>- 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</p>
<p>Stories<br/>- 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</p>
<p>We hope you enjoy it - and welcome any feedback about it :)</p>
<p>Ewen Le Borgne on behalf of the editorial team</p> Special Issue: Breaking the boundaries to knowledge integration: society meets science within knowledge management for developmenttag:www.km4dev.org,2013-11-27:2672907:Topic:745822013-11-27T19:32:57.919ZSarahCummingshttp://www.km4dev.org/profile/SarahCummings
<p>Dear All</p>
<p>The September 2013 Special Issue of the journal is now online at: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/issue/current">http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/issue/current</a></p>
<p>Any feedback gratefully received.</p>
<p>Regards, Sarah</p>
<p>Dear All</p>
<p>The September 2013 Special Issue of the journal is now online at: <a href="http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/issue/current">http://journal.km4dev.org/journal/index.php/km4dj/issue/current</a></p>
<p>Any feedback gratefully received.</p>
<p>Regards, Sarah</p>