The Knowledge Management Education Hub

The Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) Gathering (aka meeting, workshop or forum) and Knowledge Management for Development Online Open Space (KM4DevOOS) are a series of face-to-face and virtual workshops organized by the Knowledge Management for Development Community (KM4Dev).

Conference History:

KM4Dev 25th Anniversary Celebrations, December 18, 2024 – December 17, 2025, Various venues / Virtual venues

KM4DEV: Looking at 25 in 25!!, December 18, 2024, online
KM4Dev’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations Kick-off Event & 2024 End-of-Year Party

… TBD

KM4Dev meeting 2023, Mid-May 2023, Washington DC, USA / Virtual venue

(TBC)

KM4Dev 2Oth Anniversary Celebrations, July 2-3, 2020, Virtual event

Note: The KM4Dev Birthday Event was originally scheduled for July 3, 2020 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands, co-located with the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Conference 2020, 29 June – 2 July

Open Space virtual round-the-world conference, Jul 2-3

• KM4Dev20Years: looking back at the community’s story
• La gestion des connaissance dans le monde francophone et les défis spécifiques concernant l’Afrique
• Lessons Learned from the World Bank Group: Nurturing Communities of Practice
• Conversational Leadership: let’s practice and design this new field together!
• ¿Cómo evaluamos la gestión del conocimiento en Amérca Latina y el Caribe?
• How could a Knowledge Management perspective allow us to more effectively address political polarization as facilitators?
• How to do Knowledge Management from scratch with Zero Budget – Wins and fails from the Case study of ActionAid International
• Experience capitalization: how do we monitor and evaluate this approach?
• Online collaboration, dialogue & interaction – what works in international development
• KM4DEV 20 Years: The future of Knowledge Management & the KM4Dev Community

Pre-conference Knowledge Cafés (May 14 – Jun 25)

• #7 Jun 25, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Decolonization of Knowledge
• #6 Jun 18, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Promoting Knowledge Management for Organizational Learning
• #5 Jun 11, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Knowledge Management Strategies in Organizations (example: IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development)
• #4 Jun 4, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Organizational Learning and its linkages to Knowledge Management (was: Decolonization of Knowledge – postponed)
• #3 May 28, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Connecting across disciplines and communities to remedy siloed thinking
• #2 May 21, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  On-line Collaboration
• #1 May 14, 2020, 3:00 PM (Zürich time zone; GMT +2:00)
  Re-visiting the recent KM4Dev discussion on “What is the role of Knowledge Management in a time of crisis – with specific reference to the current coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic?”

KM4Dev 2019 Community Meeting, September 27, 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

(In conjunction with the 1st African Knowledge for Development Partnership Conference, Sep 25-26)

…

KM4Dev 2018 Conversa – Encuentro KM4Dev Latinoamérica y el Caribe, September 19-21, 2018, Medellin, Colombia

Conference Theme: Aprende – Comparte – Inspírate: Gestión del conocimiento y aprendizaje para el desarrollo en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Mapa interactivo: Nuestro conocimiento colectivo
Espacio abierto rondas 1-3
Reflexiones (1) del aprendizaje, (2) acerca de oportunidades, posibiles acciones colectiva
Mini-talleres: Conceptos de Gestion de Connocimiento, Dinámicas de Gestion de Connocimiento, Herramientas de Gestion de Connocimiento

Associated Events:

2nd KM4DevOOS 2018, June 21, 2018

(Co-organizer: Euforic Services)

Session 1:
Realization of Knowledge Management Strategic Value for SMEs in developing countries

Session 2:
Recreating physical knowledge sharing events as online events
Dynamic, interactive and engaging webinars – experiences, experiments and ideas

Session 3:
Strategies for building a virtual community of practice at the early development phase
Recreating physical knowledge sharing events as online events
Knowledge sharing events (face-to-face and online) and knowledge sharing and learning in international development projects
Gender and Knowledge Management
Decolonising development knowledge
Strategy to recruit passionate and pro-active Knowledge Management4Dev volunteers for various openings

Session 4:
Strategies for improving Knowledge Management4Nutrition
Including learning moments into evaluation processes to support change
Recreating physical knowledge sharing events as online events
Knowledge sharing events (face-to-face and online) and knowledge sharing and learning in international development projects
Dynamic, interactive and engaging webinars – experiences, experiments and ideas
Virtual Twinning

Session 5:
Practical, real-world examples of how to take project-level learning and use it to inform technical practice areas and next-generation project design
Organizational learning and change
Strategy to recruit passionate and pro-active Knowledge Management4Dev volunteers for various openings

Session 6:
Intentional Learning Organizations & Knowledge Management

KM4Dev 2017 Harare Gathering, July 25–26, 2017, Harare, Zimbabwe

Workshop Theme: Learning from Invisible Communities of Practice: The role of informal actors and relationships in African food systems
(Co-organizers: Knowledge Transfer Africa; African Capacity Building Foundation)

Learning visit: Mbare Informal Agricultural People’s market
Experiences from Uganda
Test-drive: Wenger-Trayner Value Creation Framework
Story-telling: How the local Mbira music instrument is a conveyor of knowledge from generation to generation
Open Space: How can the notion of Big Data and Social Media surface knowledge in Informal Agriculture markets?

Associated Events:

1st KM4DevOOS 2017, June 14, 2017

(Co-organizer: Euforic Services)

Session 1:
Benchmarking
Formats and tools to support peer coaching, and how facilitators can support this process

Session 2:
Strategies to integrate Knowledge Management into SDG/Agenda 2030?

Session 3:
Value framework for Communities of Practice; Navigating legacies in CoPs – old members, and then allowing new members to shape their own community
Flip input-driven conferences and mindsets (input + Q&A + discussion) to conversation-driven conferences and networked mindsets
Unpacking the term participation in development
Sensitive political processes and learning: how to enable (organizational) learning when publishing is not possible?

Session 4:
KM4Dev core group : how can we improve?
Flip input-driven conferences and mindsets (input + Q&A + discussion) to conversation-driven conferences and networked mindsets
Unpacking the term participation in development
Sensitive political processes and learning: how to enable (organizational) learning when publishing is not possible?
How can you gauge people’s capacity and readiness to absorb new knowledge?
M&E of Knowledge Management
Local and regional Knowledge-hubs: how to get money for them, who could finance them, who could/ should host them/ where shall they be anchored
Agenda Knowledge for Development, local knowledge, K4D Partnership
Funds and training for members based outside the wealthier countries, and organisations

…Sessions: 6, 7, 8

KM4Dev 2017 Seattle Gathering, April 6-7, 2017, Seattle, WA, USA

Workshop Theme: the heaven, the hell and the alternatives… Practical Experiences of the Application of Communities of Practice (CoPs)
(Organizer: Full Circle Associates, KM4Dev Community)

Conversation Cafe – Where we stand with Communities of Practice
Shift and Share: Cases and Stories
Nine Whys and Wicked Questions: Harvest of patterns, insights and challenges
Open Space: Dive deeper
Summary and identification of ideas

Post-event Workshop (Apr 7):
Learning to make a difference: a framework

Associated Events:

KM4Dev 2017 Geneva Open Space, 2 April, 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management for Development, towards a Knowledge Sharing Society
(In conjunction with the Global Partnership Conference: Knowledge for Development, 3-4 Apr; Organizer: United Nations Joint Inspection Unit, Knowledge Management Austria, KM4Dev Community)

Open Space Sessions:
Organizations Knowledge Retention
Systematic Tacit Knowledge Transfer: Tools/Tips That Work
Knowledge Sharing and Communities of Practice – Do They Need Each Other?
Africa Knowledge Sharing Case: Acteurs du savoir – KM4Dev Dakar coP
Impact of Definitions (Knowledge-Information) for Practical Knowledge Work
Agenda Knowldge for Development and Knowledge Cities
The Future of Knowledge Brokering in International Development
Last Mile Knowledge
Networking
Knowledge Management, Learning, Agenda 2030: What Changes?
Strategizing for Knowledge Management and Becoming a Learning Organization
Internal Knowledge Management
Where We Are, Where We Go? What About Next Generation?
Measuring Impact of Knowledge Products
How to Measuere Knowledge Management Success
Creating a Demand for Knowledge
Future of km4Dev
Knowledge and Data or Knowledge vs Data

KM4Dev 2016 Vienna Day, October 15, 2016, Vienna, Austria

Workshop Theme: The Future of Knowledge Management for Development
(In conjunction with the Knowledge Cities World Summit (Theme: Knowledge for Development), Oct 12-13, and the Global Knowledge for Development Summit, Oct 14; Organizer: Knowledge Management Austria; KM4Dev Community)

Re-cap and discussion of the KCWS and K4D Summit: Implications for KM4Dev

Open Space Session: (market, rounds, outcomes sharing, and initiatives) Melissa Bator’s study of KM4Dev
Facilitating KM4Dev
What next?
Knowledge cities
Knowledge republic
Knowledge Development Goals
Regional/local KM4Dev

KM4Dev 2014 Bonn Workshop, July 8-9, 2014, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn, Germany

Workshop Theme: Knowledge for Development (K4D): Galvanizing Opportunities of a Promising Theme for Improved Development Cooperation
(Organizer: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik; Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, University of Wageningen; KM4Dev Community)

Daily Themes:
Setting the scene – Policy – Funder – Broad trends in development and K4D; Innovate ways of improving development cooperation by using lessons from K4D

Keynotes:
Why knowledge matters
World Bank’s policy of putting knowledge first: The state of the art
International development cooperation from a complex adaptive systems perspective

Presentations:
How do SDC Networks comply with the high expectations regarding knowledge development in cooperation? Conclusions of an evaluation after 5 years of practice
The scientific use of fragmented narrative: Making Sense of Complexity
The context, challenges and promises of ICT development in Africa
Do global science networks matter for development? – Experiences of the Humboldt Foundation
15 years of KM4Dev: An analysis of past debates and future directions

Podium discussions:
Organizational knowledge management

World Café
KM4Dev Open Space
KM4Dev program: The context of development and knowledge (to be determined by the participatory process)

KM4Dev 2013 Seattle Workshop, July 29-31, 2013, Seattle, WA, USA

Workshop Theme: Stocktaking on knowledge management for development
(Organizer: Full Circle Associates, KM4Dev Community)

A little introduction to KM4Dev History
Finding Interest and Interesting Intersections

World Cafe:
Taking stock: If we had to re-invent Knowledge Management today, what would we do differently? A World Cafe on lessons learnt and future opportunities

Open Space Sessions:
Open Access as a mechanism for global knowledge sharing
Measuring Knowledge Management Learning before, during and after
Top 3 most valuable tools and tactics for Knowledge Management
Integration of Knowledge Management and Monitoring & Evaluation
Poster making session
Capturing Lessons Learned
What are some examples of changes in institutional culture as a result of Knowledge Management strategies?
Concerns about big data: to which level do we need to be concerned
Complexity Session
Which strategies have we used in the past (and can we use in the future) to get funders to support the integration of Knowledge Management and M&E for learning?
What does/should a Knowledge Management strategy look like?
Connecting backwards: Link with education or how to plant sharing & collaboration in culture
Where are we going with Knowledge Management? What are some signs that things are going well?
Developing a Knowledge Management Strategy
Can relationships and systems thinking help us understand KM4Dev?
When are communities of practice a good idea?
Experience Capitalization
Work-life balance: finding calm in the chaos

Poster fair

KM4Dev Community Orientation & Meeting
Learn One, Teach One

KM4Dev 2011 Rome Workshop, September 30, 2011, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy

Workshop Theme: (1) Future of KM4dev and (2) Face to Face Fun, Sharing and Learning
(In conjunction with the Second Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair, Sep 26–29; Organizer: International Fund for Agricultural Development, KM4Dev Community)

Introduction to the community

Open Space on KM4dev community
Open Space on broader KM4dev topics

KM4Dev Challenges Tournament

Pre-workshop Events:
KM4Dev Core group meeting (Sep 29)
Annual Meeting “pre-cooking” conversations (online, Start: Sep 7)

KM4Dev 2010 Cali Workshop, May 27-28, 2010, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management for Development in Latin America
(In conjunction with the Latin America and Caribbean Knowledge Fair, May 25-27; Organizer: International Center for Tropical Agriculture; KM4Dev Community)

The Latin America and Caribbean Knowledge Management Community: Who we are, what we do, what we will do jointly (KM stories and experiences, LAC KM network map)

Knowledge Management learning Labs (open space)

KM4Dev 2009 Brussels Workshop, October 6-8, 2009, Brussels, Belgium

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Sharing / Knowledge Management in a World Of Change

Note: The 2009 gathering was originally planned to be organized in South Africa.

World Cafe:
Knowledge Sharing / Knowledge Management in a World of Change

Thematic huddles: Key areas where KM/KS can have a positive impact
Agricultural landscape (AgHuddle); Water and Sanitation (WASHuddle); Climate Change Huddle;
Health/HIV-AIDs Huddle (CANCELLED); Gender Huddle; Local economic development Huddle; Education and Learning (eduHuddle); Cross-Domain Cooperation (academia, practice and policy) Huddle; Wiki Huddle

Hands-on Social Media workshops (start capturing report outs from huddles on some social media)
What do we do with what we have surfaced – weaving and integration

Open Space Sessions:
Business Models for Learning Communities
Complexity and the Cynefin Framework
Blogging session
Graphic Recording
Knowledge Management / Knowledge Sharing In and Out of Research
Knowledge Sharing Curriculum
Mapping
Monitoring and Evaluation of Knowledge Management initiatives: How do we know if what we are doing is making any difference?
Overpopulation: worry or taboo?
Podcasting
Setting-up a Regional/Local KM4Dev Communities of Practice
Strategies for Changing Culture of Information Use
Twiddle
UN Agency Cooperation in Knowledge Management
Video

KM4Dev community business meeting

Pre-workshop meetings: (Oct 5)
IKM-Emergent francophone discussion
Francophone KM4DEV CoP discussion

KM4Dev 2008 Almada Workshop, 18-21 June 2008, Lisbon (Almada), Portugal

Workshop Theme: Topics of Current Interest in Knowledge Management for Development

Open Space Sessions: (Jun 19-20)
KS Workshop and Toolkit for all
Knowledge Sharing and Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation
Calling all KM4Dev techies!
Playing with Complexity
Personal Learning through Social Media Tools
Words for Change
“Learning4Change” instead of “KM4Dev”?
Knowledge Management in low connectivity countries: Western Africa – working with local partners in gender and agriculture
How to create a real virtual online community?
Overcoming cultural and language barriers for effective knowledge sharing?
Creating a knowledge framework in a large organisation
Ensuring Sustainability of Knowledge Management Strategies
Teaching Ravens to Fly Under Water
Teaching Ravens to Samba: Creating Knowledge Management culture witin organisations
Making sense of Sister/Brother communities and networks
Fears in Sharing
Exit interviews – or how to capture 30 years of Roger’s experience in development cooperation?
Taking Learning from conferences and meetings to those who could not be there
Thinking about what the KM4Dev CoP wants to be
The KM4Dev Joint Trip Report
Setting up and maintaining Community of Practice
Knowledge as a Right
Linking ICT4D networks
Professional Development for Knowledge Managers
Working Alone (but together)
Net-Map method
How to assess needs
Mobile phones, audio wiki, etc.
Semantic Profiling and Social Networking
Mainstreaming good practices from bottom up and vice versa in large organizations
Using mobile phones for knowledge sharing
Experimenting with the Learning Alliance approach on KM4Dev implementation

WrapUp & KM4Dev Core Group Meeting (Jun 21)

Pre-Workshop Event: (Jun 18)
Introduction to KM4Dev

KM4Dev 2007 Zeist Workshop, 18-20 June, 2007, Zeist, Netherlands

Workshop Theme: Work on Collaborative Knowledge Management / Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Leaning Projects

Collaborative KM/KS and organizational leaning projects:
Knowledge Management Benchmarking
Social bookmarking: npk4dev@del.icio.us
Capacity Building and Training in Knowledge Sharing and Management: The Knowledge Expedition Approach
Developing basic capacity development framework for KM4Dev: a complementary track to the Knowledge Expedition
Creating frameworks for knowledge management in pilot development projects
Community in Business, exploring (self-)financing models for “communities” that use web2.0 tools
A network of CoPs as main structure to develop and share knowledge in a bilateral development agency?
Develop a wiki-based book/resource on wiki practices in development
Hands-on experimentation with technologies for communities and networks and evaluate/recommend them for specific uses/users

Open Space Sessions:
Graphic Facilitation
Creating a KS Resource
Communities of Practice in Development Contexts

Knowledge Management for Development Forum (KM4Dev Forum 2007), February 8–9, 2007, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

Forum Theme: Strengthening Knowledge Networks for Development: Understanding Issues, Facing Challenges, and Seizing Opportunities
(Organizer: KM4Dev Community; Knowledge Management Center, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank)

Keynotes:
Managing the “Knowledge Trap”: Challenges and Opportunities for Development Agencies in Asia
Innovation and Intellectual Capital Management Set the Agenda: The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (M.A.K.E.) Methodology

Plenary Discussions:
High-level Forum Meeting’s panel: Experiences, practices, and challenges on knowledge management for development

Poster Session:
Knowledge Management Practice Stories

Workshops:
Organizational Knowledge Assessment (OKA)
Approaches in Knowledge Sharing
Sharing of Good Practices on Knowledge-based Development (KBD) for the Poor
The Knowledge Fairs for Development
Storytelling and Behavioral Change
The Last Mile of Knowledge Networking

Open Space Session: What’s an ideal strategic future for Knowledge Management in development? How can we get there?
Asian Knowledge Management
Knowledge sharing among competing agencies
Engaging NGOs and civil society on Knowledge Management
Educating the youth on Knowledge Management
Embedding Knowledge Management to doing business
… A total of 22 open space sessions

KM4Dev 2006 Brighton Workshop, July 10-12, 2006, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

Workshop Theme: Knowledge, Learning and Change in International Development
(Organizer: KM4Dev Community; Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex)

Knowledge and Learning: (Day 1)
Learning, Knowledge and Change: Three contrasting perspectives
Knowledge Cafe: Exploring three questions over lunch in the KM4Dev Cafe
Plenary Session: Change, Learning and Knoweldge in International Development
Working Groups: Knowledge and Learning as Facilitators of Change
– Reality, expectations, management, fear
– Rebel Group: Who are we accountable to?

Learning as a social practice: (Day 2)
Learning as a social practice: what happens when people engage in learning processes?
Case studies:
– Learning Alliances – comparing the effectiveness of this methodology in 4 different contexts
– Making Explicit Practitioners’ Theories about how change happens
– KT4D – Knowledge Transfer for Development
Stories About Our Practice
– Our Village – Amader Gram = Project objectives
– Learning Alliances
– Change models matter: A rice harvester in the Phillippines
Small group reflection and discussion
Knowledge Expeditions Initiatives workshop

Wiki and Dgroup Sessions
KM4Dev Core Team Meeting

Open Space Sessions: (Day 3)
Knowledge Flows: HQ – Regions – the Field
Knowledge (& Knowledge Management), Learning (& Organizational Learning) & Change
Knowledge, Power and Development
Making the case for Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Is it necessary? And if so, how?
Knowledge surveys – Questions to be asked within organisations
KM4Dev Journal
Creative workshop for 2007
Web 2.0 and KM4Dev
Workshopping in the Knowledge Management way
M&E for Knowledge Management
What’s Happening with Knowledge Management in Multilateral and Bilateral Development Agencies?

KM4Dev 2005 Geneva Workshop, June 20-21, 2005, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop Theme: Culture and Knowledge Sharing: Making the Invisible Visible
(Organizer: KM4Dev Community; International Labour Organization)

Keynotes:
Knowledge and culture – can there be global solutions to worldwide problems?

Presentations:
Sharing Styles, Learning Styles and Participatory Styles
Visual Mapping
Corporate Oral History as a KS Technique: Cultural Observations and Practical Lessons
Leading Diversity
Crossing Cultures: Learning Exchanges
Introduction to the World Cafe method

Topical Sessions:
Education; Health; Informal Economy; Gender and Culture

Discussions:
Future Needs of the KM4Dev Community
World Café: Culture, Knowledge, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Managemen
Learning Exchange Sessions
Flash mob discussion groups

Launch of KM4Dev Journal

Side events:
Knowledge Fair on the Informal Economy, Jun 8-16

KM4Dev 2004 Washington Workshop, June 24-25, 2004, World Bank Institute, Washington, DC, USA

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Sharing for Development: A Learning Activity
(Organizer: Bellanet, Global Development Network, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, United Nations Development Programme, United States Agency for International Development, World Bank)

Short presentations with small group exercises:
Building Blocks/Stumbling Blocks of Knowledge Sharing
Communities of Practice in Development
Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Capture Methodologies: Peer Assists, After Action Reviews and Storytelling
Knowledge Sharing Strategies

KM4Dev 2003 Amsterdam Workshop, September 19, 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Workshop Theme: Transforming and sustaining inclusive development communities: an evidence-based approach
(In conjunction with the International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T), Sep 19-21)

Keynotes:
Communitis of Practice

Sessions:
Communities: some approaches and case studies
– Social Capital In Networks And Online Communities: the LEAP IMPACT community
– Network Mapping Tools for Civil Society
– Communities of practice: Gender and cultural issues
Peer Assist Session: some cases
– iTrain online
– Starting up virtual knowledge communities
– Sustaining a community during organisational change
Research perspectives: inclusion through development communities
– IT solutions for mass poverty in India
– Characteristics of building a virtual community for international women academics: the ViFu
Practitioners perspectives: inclusion through development communities
– Multi-stakeholder networking for health information development
– ICT and Changing Geometry of Information Flows within Communities
– Focusing on diversity to enrich a community of practice: the case of the CGIAR

KM4Dev 2003 Kathmandu Workshop, July 16-18, 2003, Kathmandu, Nepal

Workshop Theme: Human Development Issues in South Asia: Identifying Practical Knowledge Sharing Approaches
(Organizer: Bellanet, South Asia Partnership Nepal & Canada)

Presentations:
Knowledge sharing
– Introduction
– Cases: UNDP, PANOS
Before, During & After Learning
– Overview
– Peer Assist
– After Action Review
The role of technology
– Overveiw
– Case: Sri Lankan Peace Process
Communities of Practice
– Overview
– Activities on CoPs
– Peer Assists

Open Space:
Introduction to Open Space
Brainstorming: Regional Cooperation – Human Development in South Asia
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions: (break-out groups, reports, and reflection)
– Individualistic/Lack of Regional feeling; Self Centered
– A Question of Identity?!
– Different level of Resources
– Exploiting Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Voices of Marginalized Community
– Gender and Human Development
– Inter Country Conflict in the Region (Regional Imbalance of Power)
– Lack of Co-ordination among the organizations
– LACK of Co-ordination among the Countries
– National Interest Overrules Regional Interests
– Political Instability
…

Knowledge Fair (30 minute sessions)

KM4Dev 2003 Ottawa Workshop, May 12-13, 2003, International Development Research Centre, OT, Canada

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management and International Development: Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice and in Globally Distributed Organizations & Networks
(Sponsors: Bellanet, Canadian International Development Agency, United Nations Development Programme, Academy for Educational Development, World Bank)

Daily Themes:
Theme: Experiences in Communities of Practice; Sharing Knowledge in Globally Distributed Organizations & Networks

Communities of Practice: establishing a common language, examining leading edge issues
Peer Assists on Communities of Practice / Thematic Network issues
Report back from the Peer Assists
My ‘One insight’ / ‘One thing that I will apply’

After Action Review (AAR) Style Presentations: Sharing Knowledge in Globally Distributed Organizations & Networks
Brainstorming: Sharing Knowledge in Globally Distributed Organization & Networks – issues, questions and possibilities
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions (break-out groups, reports, and reflection)

Talking object / After Action Review for the workshop

KM4Dev 2002 The Hague Workshop, November 13-14, 2002, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, Netherlands

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management Initiatives: Experiences of Development Agencies
(Sponsors: Bellanet, Institute for International Cooperation and Development, International Service for National Agricultural Research)

Sessions:
Asking the Right Questions – The start of the KM4DEV FAQ
Understanding Knowledge Management in the Context of Development?
Providing Knowledge Management as a Service

KM Peer Assists:
– The Drylands Development Initiative – Nairobi
– Knowledge Management and Networks
– Knowledge Management at UNFPA

Organisational Experiences (After Action Review style presentations)
– Knowledge Management at the World Bank
– Working with the CGIAR in Africa
– UNDP SURF for Central and East Africa
– Review of Knowledge Management at 4 Development Agencies
– Knowledge Management at CIDA

Birds of a Feather Sessions: Techniques, Tools, Tips

After Action Review for the workshop

KM4Dev 2002 African Workshop, May 29-31, 2002, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management (KM) and International Development: Knowledge Management Champions in Africa
(Organizer: Bellanet, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)

Keynotes w. Table Discussions:
The relevance and importance of Knowledge Management to African Institutions

Presentations w. Breakout groups/Table Discussions:
Communities of Practice
Before, During, and After Learning
Knowledge management and Technology – What works, what doesn’t
Getting Buy-in
Knowledge Management within the Department of Communications of South Africa (no breakouts?)

Telling Stories Session:
Introduction to Storytelling workshop
Stories focused on experiences from participants’ institutions

An African Community of Practice on Knowledge Management?
After Action Review for the workshop

KM4Dev 2001 Asia Workshop, 18-20 September, 2001, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Sharing for International Development: Asia Workshop
(Organizer: Bellanet; Sponsors: Canadian International Development Agency, UK Department for International Development, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Bank)

Presentarions:
Introduction to Knowledge Management
Fostering Leadership and Culture
Techniques for Capturing Learning: Peer Assists, After Action Reviews, and Learning Reviews
Technology as an Enabler
Communities of Practices and Knowledge Networks

Knowledge Network Case Studies w. Peer Assists/Break-out discussion:
ENRAP, Honey Bee Network, SEWA, PANTLEG

Discussions:
Cutting Edge Issues and the Main Challenges in Knowledge Management for International Development

Sessions:
Implementing Knowledge Management Strategies

Knowledge Fair (participants hosted breakout-sessions)

Thematic Group Sessions: (Preparation, reports, and plenary discussion)
Strategy / Purpose; Buy-In / Momentum; Leadership / Power; Sustaining / Resourcing; Language / Culture; Methods / Tools

Interactive Session – Learning Objectives

After Action Review for the workshop

KM4Dev Organizations 2000 European Workshop, June 26-28, 2000, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management for Development Organizations: Strategies, Policies, and Technologies
(Co-organizer: Bellanet, Canadian International Development Agency, UK Department for International Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammernarbeit, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, University of Sussex (Institute for Development Studies))

Note: The workshop is also known as Knowledge Management Conference

Daily Conference Themes:
Purpose and Strategy; Accessing Knowledge; Leadership and Culture

Presentations:
The Development of Knowledge Management and why it is important (interactive keynote)
Knowledge Management case experience in the World Bank

Sessions:
Defining purpose and strategy (Overview, Case Study, Table group discussion)
Knowledge resource mapping (Overview, Case Stuies, Open plenary exchange)
Communities of Practice (Introduction, Case study, Table discussions)
Knowledge collection/codification approaches (Overview, Case Study, Table group discussion)
Access Enablers: Technology, Facilitation, Others (Overviews, Technology Case study)
Creating a Supportive Culture for Knowledge Management (Overview, Case study, Boundaries)

Discussions:
Preliminary views on next steps for Knowledge Management in the development community (informal participants’ groups)
Fostering leadership of and for Knowledge Management (panel session)
– Getting Leadership and Organizational buy-in
– What is a Chief Knowledge Officer

KM4Dev Organizations 2000 Washington Workshop, February 2-4, 2000, Benton Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

Workshop Theme: Knowledge Management – Implications and Applications for Development Organizations
(Co-organizer: Bellanet, Benton Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency, International Development Research Centre)

Conference Themes:
Understanding Knowledge; Defining Your Organization’s Knowledge Business & Strategic Purpose; Managing the Knowledge Structure & Process; Building a Knowledge Culture & Momentum; Fostering Knowledge Management Networks

THEME: Understanding Knowledge: (keynotes)
Knowledge Management in international development organizations
Knowledge Management at the World Bank

THEME: Defining Your Organization’s Knowledge Business & Strategic Purpose
Strategic purpose of Knowledge Management: international development organizational business models
Guidelines on setting purpose: do’s & don’ts
Taking a Knowledge Inventory in Your Organization
Designing your Knowledge Strategy
International development community experience: knowledge strategy selection & implications (Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank)
Knowledge Strategy Decision (debrief Overnight Analysis, learning)

THEME: Managing the Knowledge Structure & Process
Creating your Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing Strategy
Communities of Practice (3 Cases)
Strategies for Virtual Collaboration
Developing the Enabling Infrastructure for a Knowledge Management Approach in Your Organization

THEME: Building a Knowledge Culture & Momentum
Maps, Models, and Metaphors: Leadership for a Knowledge Culture
Enabling Technology
– Overview
– The Role of Technology
– Virtual Collaboration: Methods for Mission
– Fostering Knowledge Management networks in the international development community
Knowledge Process Stewardship
– Introduction, overview
– Management framework, organizational structure, taxonomy, and quality control
People Skills and Development
– Introduction, overview
– Human Resource practices related to Knowledge Management

THEME: Fostering Knowledge Management Networks: (plenary exchange)
Fostering Knowledge Management Networks in the international development community

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