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Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation of the CIAT data management strategy in accordance with CGIAR’s open access policy and coordinate the necessary processes in collaboration with researchers, corporate communications, and the information technology unit.
• Provide leadership and strategic guidance in identifying and implementing improved mechanisms for data and…

ARF PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE CATEGORY AND JOB LEVEL: Discipline C, Job Level 4

DURATION:       To 15 February 2015, part time

Background

The Education Resource Facility (ERF) was established in 2009 and will be extended until 2015. ERF is managed by GRM International Pty Ltd through a Program Office located in Canberra, Australia, under a consortium arrangement with the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)…

If you are based in: 

• Ethiopia, 
• Burkina Faso, 
• Dakar, 
• Nairobi, …

Research to Action is currently conducting a website survey as we gear up for phase 2 of the initiative. If you are familiar with the www.researchtoaction.org website we would be most grateful if you could provide some feedback. It will only take 3-5mins and would be massively valuable to us!

You can access the survey here:…

Want to contribute to a world where people can pursue their own sustainable development? Become our agriculture coms officer! http://snv.devhire.devex.com/jobs/328754

It's a temporary job, but certainly one of our most interesting ones.

Creative Associates International is looking for a KM expert for one of their projects:

Description

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senior Knowledge Management Advisor

Education for Development Division

Background:

Creative Associates International (Creative) is a dynamic and fast-growing firm providing professional services in international development for education, economic growth, health, and democratic transitions and stabilization in post-conflict environments.…

Water for Life Solutions (W4LS) is looking for a Collaborative, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Trainer that will be the point of contact for management of the training component of the RLP contract. His or her duties must include but not be limited to responding to task requests, furnishing to appropriate USAID offices the required reports, and meetings with the COR and activity managers as necessary. This position will be based out of Nairobi,…

Water for Life Solutions (W4LS) is looking for a Learning and Knowledge Management Coordinator who will be the key contact for coordination of all the learning and knowledge management components of the contract. His or her duties must include but not be limited to planning and overseeing the implementation of learning and knowledge management activities, mobilizing experts to respond to task requests, furnishing the required reports to USAID, and meeting with the COR and activity…

We're having a discussion about the term "landscape of practices" and what it evokes in our own KM4Dev work: http://wiki.km4dev.org/What_does_the_term_%22landscape_of_practices%22_evoke_for_you_in_your_own_KM4Dev_work%3F 

It leads to a session on Friday December 20th:  …

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Social Collaboration and Knowledge Management Short Term Consultant

The World Bank

The World Bank is currently looking for a Consultant to help to improve knowledge flows, collaboration and connectivity at the Bank through:

• Contributing      to the ongoing implementation of the collaboration/Communities of Practice      program and…

APC is offering an exciting opportunity working with its Communication and Information Policy Programme (CIPP) as coordinator for Global Information Society Watch. GISWatch, launched in 2007, is a premier platform for civil society perspectives on the state of the Information Society at global, regional and national levels.

The Association for Progressive Communications (…

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Liberia has made some impressive reforms to support open government since it signed the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2005. The government has put in place a host of bodies focused on transparency and accountability, including the Liberia Anti-Corruption…

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Film-Making as a Powerful Tool in Accountability and Social Change

One initiative I took on as part of the IFAD synthesis project got going due to a conversation with Philipp Grunewald where we were wondering how a community like KM4Dev could guide a researcher’s activities.  Philipp was willing to give 2 hours a week to the community in some kind of research effort, but wanted to find a topic that was useful or…