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We are pleased to invite you to attend the KM4Dev meeting and the

Knowledge Share Fair for Latin America and The Caribbean which will

take place in the week of May 24, 2010 at the International Center for

Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia.



About the KM4Dev meeting



This year the event will be connected to the below-mentioned CGIAR-FAO

Knowledge Fair. During that event many cases and experiences will be

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“All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in

making the connections” Arthur Aufderheide, University of Minnesota.



By bringing together Knowledge Management professionals over two days

from 27- 29 May, 2010 at the International Center for Tropical

Agriculture (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia, and in connection with

the CGIAR-FAO Share Fair (same location, 25-27 May, 2010)… Continue

Dear all,

In January 2009, Rome-based agencies working in agricultural research and development, and food security joined forces to co-organize the first Knowledge Share Fair in order to enable their staff to showcase, recreate and invent ways to share knowledge and improve…

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The KM4dev Core group has been discussing possibilities for 2010 KM4Dev meetings. While different locations have been explored in the context of funding opportunities, and interesting connected events, we have also discussed opportunities for making more out of the regional and linguistic diversity in the community.



Lucie Lamoureux summarized nicely that "KM4dev events come in all shapes and sizes (annual meetings, regional meetings, informal get-togethers, etc.) which is perfectly… Continue

A series of electronic and face-to-face consultations are being conducted at regional and global levels which will preceed the GCARD Conferences (see below) in order to capture the contributions and perspectives of all stakeholders in the agricultural research, education and development systems. This will reshape the global agricultural research for development (AR4D) agenda and centre it on the needs of the poor in developing countries.



Organized by GFAR, the Global Conference on… Continue