With the increasing frequency and severity of disasters, as well as the social and economic consequences for all countries, the international community has made improving disaster management a top priority. The international community and country-level National Disaster Management (NDM) authorities have made improving their ways to mitigate, prepare for,…

Food security is a basic human right.  In fact, having access to a sufficient amount of nutritious food may be considered the most fundamental of all human rights. According to USAID, Food security means having, at all times, both physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life. A family is food secure…

Do some knowledge management practices have more impact on innovation in International Organizations (IGOs and NGOs)

This research is for my Masters dissertation to find the answer using Structural Equation Modeling. Previous studies only used general knowledge management processes in commercial contexts. This study will dig deeper, in a UN context.…

We are proud to announce that Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)’s three initiatives are supported by Switzerland under the project of Connecting and Empowering Voices for Just, Inclusive and Peaceful Society for the voting process of UN World Summit on the Information Society Forum Prizes 2022 (WSIS Prizes 2022)

Out of 1,000 submitted projects, 360 (twenty in each of the eighteen WSIS Action Line Categories)…

An emergency management plan is a strategy devised to lessen the impact of probable occurrences that could jeopardize a company's capacity to function. A plan like this should contain safeguards for workers, as well as, if possible, property and facilities. It should also have provisions for determining the seriousness of an occurrence and taking steps to resolve the issue. Identifying probable emergency situations and proper solutions to each is one of the elements of emergency management…

Survey is defined as a study of a geographical area to gather impression, opinions, information to satisfying level by polling a section of population. Surveys are widely used in various researches like academic research, market research, business and much more. Some effective tips to increase effectiveness of your surveys:

1. Evaluate your situation:

You must first determine why you are doing the survey and the desired outcome. In terms of how to perform…

Dear colleagues,

The LEAP4FNSSA Project will host the Good Morning Stakeholder Forum ‘From Model to Practice’ – contributions to the Long-term AU-EU Platform for R&I on food, nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNSSA). The overall aim of the event is to bring funding institutions and stakeholders from the West Africa-EU…

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Are you a professional and do you want to develop your skills in sustainable and inclusive food systems, to tackle the major challenges our society is facing? Then this is your chance to improve your knowledge during an online postgraduate course from Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI), part of Wageningen University & Research in the…

This morning, I was having a run-through on some knowledge management principles and practices to develop a strategy for the uptake of some development solutions. Suddenly, it dawned on me that some organisations would not be willing to embrace these tools and methodologies. You know what? They sound simple and negligible for some “too serious” minds (in quote).

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• Published on LinkedIn August 19, 2021…

Oxford HR is working with the International Solar Alliance to fill 10 vacant positions, to be based in Gurgaon, Haryana, (Delhi) India. ISA is a coalition of solar-resource-rich countries and was established to address their special energy needs. ISA is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance energy security and sustainable development, and to improve access to energy in developing member countries. The ISA…

Dear Madam/Sir, 

Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)| www.bnnrc.net  

BNNRC has been struggling for the last 20 years for opening up and strengthening the community media sector including Community Radio and giving focus on its vital role as voices of the voiceless rural people from 2000. BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council…

Community Media development-related ICT initiative of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has recognized as a Champions in the prestigious UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Prizes 2021 and made Bangladesh proud in the World Platform. The award was distributed through…

The tag of "Feminist" is the latest Buzz word in my organisation, born out of a restless need to "pin down" the unease we have with the current system and paradigm and trying to "define" the change that we want to see. 

So you have "Feminist Leadership" being practiced in the organisation led by 10 principles. 

You have feminist MEL…

Working at the intersection of formal and informal knowledge systems in Africa, I spend most of my time trying to identify and energize pathways for decolonizing knowledge in ways that benefit both the Global South and Global North. It is from this vantage point that I have noticed that the Global South has gone through more than a century (since 1923) of coerced adoption of hybrids and chemicals from the Global North.  

The Word Web…

Subject: Open consultation: “Building Europe-Africa Multi-Stakeholder Platform” Have your say!

After years of part-time study, my PhD work is done: The Uptake of Wildlife Research in Botswana: a Study of Productive Interactions was formally accepted by Stellenbosch University in 2021. Sending thanks to the…

Hello Folks,

Has anyone here worked on designing a knowledge architecture for an organization? 

I am looking for inspiration on how to represent the architecture, with its many elements and dimensions. I believe if I have a visual image that frame the K architecture idea, it will be easier to communicate the idea and have the conversations progressing with my colleagues.

if you have ideas, references to share, I would be most grateful. Happy to chat 1:1 as well.

Many…

Here are my remarks from the November 19, 2020 KM4Dev Knowledge Cafe #10 on “Uncomfortable Truths in Development,” with thanks to co-panelists Sarah Cummings, Ann Hendrix-Jenkins and Kishor Pradhan, moderated by Gladys Kemboi.

I want to say a bit about what we can do differently, and better, specifically as knowledge workers, to address the uncomfortable truths and supremacy models the other panelists have so…

As AMCOW Launches Its Knowledge Management Hub Of Hubs

By: Nkem Ekeopara

Nigeria’s former Minister-in-charge of water resources and sanitation, and the first president of African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) Barrister Mulhtari Shehu Shagari, CFR, has called on the United Nations (UN) to include Knowledge Management in their next development goals after 2030.…