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Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, FAO, IFAD and WFP are jointly organizing a 3-day event entitled Knowledge "Share Fair" for Agricultural Development and Food Security to be held at FAO Headquarters on 20 – 22 January 2009.

The Share Fair will provide an interactive experience, allowing staff and our Rome-based constituents to:
* share and learn from each others good practices;
* experiment with tools and methodologies for knowledge sharing;
* create linkages and networks for future collaboration between the organizations; <BR* develop ideas to support and enhance knowledge sharing within and across our organizations.

See:

Knowledge Share Fair

"The Knowledge for Poverty Alleviation (KPA) framework is a development model that is built on two recent, powerful development paradigms, Knowledge-Based Management and Sustainable Development. The KPA framework was initially proposed by CCLFI.Philippines, a leading knowledge-based management and organizational learning advocacy and service provider in the Philippines, and is now being applied by the Peace and Equity Foundation, which is a leading loan and grant-giving institution in the Philippines. Developing the KPA framework is a collaborative work in progress."

See:
KPA Framework

This issue of the KM4D journal aims to showcase studies of knowledge management for development strategies, and how these facilitate and catalyse reciprocal learning among different types of development organisations -- NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organisations, community-based organisations, etc -- in different locations, both North and South.

The submission deadline for the title and abstract is 15 September 2008.

Call for papers

Article by Nancy White and Josien Kapma about the future of organizational learning: "from workplace courses to global conversations". It was published in the Dutch magazine "Leren in Organisaties". The KM4dev community is featured in the article.

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Research article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol.86 no.7, Geneva, July 2008.

"For knowledge to benefit society, it needs to be shared, communicated and translated into policy, practice or community action. Increased commitment to knowledge translation is reflected by the 58th World Health Assembly’s declaration in 2005, which encouraged enhanced knowledge transfer".

Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowledge translation

A quarterly publication by the World Bank for professionals interested in knowledge economy issues, including on the economic and institutional regime, education, innovation and information and communication technologies (ICT).

Knowledge for Development Program Newsletter, June 2008

In this issue:

1. Highlight: “Developing Knowledge Economy Strategies to Improve Competitiveness,” Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 15-18, 2008
2. Publications
3. Presentations
4. Recent Events
5. Upcoming Events
6. Welcome New Colleagues

The 2008 KM4dev workshop was held in Almada, Portugal from June 18-21. You can find the workshop reports here on the wiki:

KM4dev workshop wiki

...and more info on the blog: KM4dev workshop blog

...and videos on You Tube: KM4dev on You Tube

... and lastly, photos on Flickr: KM4dev2008 on Flickr

This paper by Hazel Johnson examines "the concept of ‘communities of practice’ for promoting joint learning and knowledge production for international development. How and why communities of practice may or may not lead to socially inclusive and innovative outcomes in the context of international development needs further exploration."

Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, 277-290 (2007). The abstract can be found here:

http://pdj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/277

Recently launched is the "KM4dev 2008 Annual Gathering Blog".

"For those of you coming to Almada, or others interested: subscribe to this blog by email or rss. In the course of the coming weeks, the blog will provide you with updates on logistical information, some background on the methodology, and it is a place to start connecting. It will also, during the event, be a starting place to look for "reports out"."

http://km4dev2008.wordpress.com