The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

• Local groups: Africa, Downunder, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brussles, Burkina Faso, SA-GE Burkina, Dakar, Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), India, Indonesia, Italia Nord, Nairobi, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rome*, Russia*, South Africa, The Hague, Togo, United States, Zimbabwe (Harare), SIWA* (Comunidad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Saberes Compartidos)
• Special Interest Groups: Youth Leadership Forum on Knowledge Management (start 2021); Decolonization of Knowledge working group; Ardans Unser Gruop, KM4Dev Knowledge Cafe Working Group; Online Peer Assist Experiments; An unusual suspect: the private sector in knowledge brokering in international development; Agenda Knowledge for Development; Experience Capitalization; KM4Dev Scholars; Collaborative Research; Disability Inclusive Development; Process Documentation method; KM4 Sustainable development; Technology for KM4DeV; Social media for Development; Knowledge Management in the United Nations System; SA-GE – KM4Dev Francophone; The Human Factor in KM4Dev; Mobile Technologies for KM4DeV; Cultural Intelligence; Human Rights Practice Knowledge; KM4Dev Research Sub-community
• Special Project/Event Groups: KS Toolkit working group; Knowledge Cafè Working Group; KM4Dev Ning Platform; KM4Dev Core Group; KM4Dev 2016 Vienna Event, IKM Emergent; KM4D Journal; KM Impact Challenge; Cross-Cutting Huddle; Gender Huddle; WASH IWRM huddle; Ag Huddle;…

Conferences

• Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) Gathering/ Workshop*
• Knowledge Management for Development Online Open Space (KM4Dev OOS)*
• African KM4Dev Community Week, 25-29 March 2013, online
• Knowledge Management Impact Challenge unConference (KM Impact unConference), May 5-6, 2011, Washington, DC, USA
  Conference Theme: Discovering measures that matter for knowledge management
  (Hosted by the Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development (KDMD) project under the USAID Microenterprise Development (MD) office; Partners: Impact Alliance, Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev))

Workshops

• Apr 2023: Shifting knowledge power: pathways towards more equity in learning processes (w. Asia-Pacific Evaluation Association and The Constellation)
  (Déplacer le pouvoir de la connaissance: Quels chemins vers une plus grande équité dans les processus d’apprentissage?/Transferir el poder del conocimiento: ¿Qué pasos hacia una mayor equidad en los procesos de aprendizaje?)

Training

• Would you like to have a KM MENTOR? Peer Mentoring Programme for KM practitioners (start: 2023; w. SIKM Leaders Community)
  Feb 2024: KM Peer Mentoring Pilot Debrief
• KM4Dev Young Leaders Forum Mentoring Program (start: 2023/24; 6 months)

Webinars

KM4Dev Knowledge Cafés (monthly)

• Aug 2024: #38 Leveraging Generative AI and Knowledge for Skills Development: Lessons from a World Bank Community Manager and Graduate Student Experiences in Africa (KM4Dev Young Leadership Forum)
• Jun 2024: #37 Person to Person: Regional and Country-Level KM Approaches from the Global Health Sphere (w. Global Health Knowledge Collaborative)
• Jun 2024: #36 Communities of Practice: Breaking Knowledge Silos to Catalyze Culture Change and Unlock Innovation
• May 2024: #35 Write-shop to write your personal statement for the Agenda Knowledge for Development
• Apr 2024: #34 Mapping Local Knowledge for Sustainable Development
• Feb 2024: #33 Knowledge Driven for Development and Sustainable Growth (w. Tacitous)
• Nov 2023: #32 Equity in Knowledge Management: Definitions, Examples, and Tools (w. Global Health Knowledge Collaborative)
• Oct 2023: #31 KMGN HacKMthon 2023: Global Challenges, in collaboration with KM4Dev and RealKM
• Aug 2023: #30 The Value with Communities of Practice: Experiences from KM4Dev and Denmark CoPs (incl. Fishbowl conversation) (was planned to take place in Jul 2023)
• Jun 2023: #29 KM Practitioners: where do we stand vis-à-vis AI and ML? (incl. Fishbowl exercise)
• Mar 2023: #28 Useful applications of ChatGPT in knowledge work
• Dec 2022: #27 Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP): The Return on Knowledge & The Sharing of Experiences from Sister Knowledge Management Communities of Practice (Nethope, IFAD, Jhpiego) (End-of-year Celebrations)
• Oct 2022: #26 Knowledge Management for Development Challenges in Agriculture, Water and beyond
• Sep 2022: Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP): The Return on Knowledge (TBC)
• Jul 2022: #25 From knowledge injustice to knowledge justice: the role of KM4Dev (incl. a next day shorter summary session)
• Jun 2022: #24 Different Thinking in Knowledge Management
• Apr 2022: Writing (research) articles on Knowledge Management (KM) and KM4Dev: tips and tricks. Part 1
• Mar 2022: What is Conversational Leadership and how will you apply it?
• Feb 2022: What is Conversational Leadership and how will you apply it? (POSTPONED to March)
• Jan 2022: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Knowledge Management (KM) (CANCELLED)
• Dec 2021: End of year celebrations
• Nov 2021: #14 (#21) 1st KM Masterclass (roundtable): Tools and techniques for revealing multiple knowledges (part of the KM4Dev ‘decolonization of knowledge’ toolkit)
• Oct 2021: #13 (#20) (Launch of the KM4DEV) Youth Leadership Forum on Knowledge Management
• Sep 2021: #12 (#19) Collaboration and facilitation republic: joining the silent revolution of Liberating Structures
• Aug 2021: #11 (#18) Opportunities and challenges in research and knowledge management for young people (precursor to the “Young Leadership Forum” Café #20)
• Jun 2021: #10 (#17) Discover the World Bank Group (WBG) Community of Practice Toolkit (CoP) Toolkit, a practical toolkit to help you build impactful Communities of Practice
• May 2021: #09 (#16) Decolonization of knowledge: an action plan for KM4Dev! (Asia, Australia, and Middle East focus)
• Apr 2021: #08 (#15) Decolonization of Knowledge: an action plan
• Mar 2021: #07 (#14) Knowledge retention as systems thinking
• Feb 2021: #06 (#13) Bringing peer assists online: let’s do it!
• Jan 2021: #05 (#12) Value creation in communities and networks
• Dec 2020: #04 (#11) Knowledge Management Changes in 2020 – KM4DEV in the Mirror
• Nov 2020: #03 Uncomfortable truths in development
• Oct 2020: #02 Knowledge, the gateway to space: The European Space Agency (ESA) Knowledge Management Initiative
• Sep 2020: #01 Capitalizing on online dialogue: building on the lessons learned from the Dgroups e-conference “Online collaborations, dialogue and interaction”

KM4Dev20years Pre-conference Knowledge Cafés

• Jun 2020: Decolonization of Knowledge (#7); Promoting Knowledge Management for Organizational Learning (#6); Knowledge Management Strategies in Organizations (#5); Organizational Learning and its linkages to Knowledge Management (was: Decolonization of Knowledge – postponed) (#4)
• May 2020: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Connecting across disciplines and communities to remedy siloed thinking (#3); On-line Collaboration (#2); 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?” (#1)

CONVERSA Cafés del Conocimiento (en castellano)

• Jun 2022: Retos para llevar a cabo una estrategia de la gestión del conocimiento
• Mar 2022: #07 Desafíos recurrentes en el ámbito del trabajo de la gestión del conocimiento en programas sociales y ambientales (asistencia entre pares)
• Dic 2021: #06 Cómo retener conocimientos?
• Oct 2021: #06 CANCELLED
• Ago 2021: #05 Cómo asegurar que las reuniones en línea fomenten la participación y sean experiencias significativas para todos/as
• Jun 2021: #04 Experiencias y liderando conversaciones acerca de distintos aspectos de la Gestión del Conocimiento (GC)
• Abr 2021: #04 CANCELLED
• Feb 2021: #03 Ideas sobre las temáticas de los Cafés del Conocimiento
• Dec 2020: #02 Formas creativas para fomentar el intercambio de experiencias
• Oct 2020: #01 ¿Qué hemos aprendido de la colaboración virtual en los últimos 2 años desde la reunión de CONVERSA en Medellín, septiembre 2018?

Informal Discussions

• Feb 2024: Discussion of KM4Dev-RealKM-K4DP contribution to UN Pact of the Future consultation
• Jan 2021: Knowledge Sharing (KS) Toolkit
• Mar 2021: Tech platform / structure recommendations for African Community of Practice

KM4Dev Informal Get-together
(monthly new members support, in conjunction with the KM4Dev core group meeting)

Aug 2021 (Start) – … (shortly after start in 2021)

Meetings

Networking Events

• Feb 2024: Campaigning for Knowledge: A Path to SDG Achievementt (w. Social Marketing Assocation of North America; Sustainable Communications) | Washington DC / Online
• Jan 2024: KM4Dev face-to-face micro-meeting | Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Cape Town, South Africa
• May 2023: Decolonization of knowledge: launching a new generation of knowledge management for sustainable development (w. Social Marketing Assocation of North America; was: Launch of the Special issue ‘Uncomfortable truths in international development’) | Washington DC / Online

Youth Leadership Forum (YLF; aka Youth Leaders Forum) Meetings

May-Dec 2024: TBD
Apr 2024: TBD
Mar 2024: TBD
Feb 2024: Knowledge Management processes and Lessons Learned in the Oil Gas Industry
Jan 2024: TBD
Dec 2023: The first 90 days in the KM Journey
Nov 2023: Community Organizing and how to create impactful Communities of Practice
Oct 2023: meeting title n.a.
Aug 2022: Youth in dialogues (online; w. Dgroups Foundation)
Mar 2022: First KM4Dev YLF Meeting (online)
Oct 2021: Launch of the KM4DEV Youth Leadership Forum on Knowledge Management (online KM4Dev Knowledge Cafe)

Local Goup Meetings

Dec 2017 (Austria): Implementation of Knowledge Management, Sharing and Learning in NGDOs: Good-Practice-Examples and exemplary IT-Tools (8th meeting)
Jan 2017 (Austria):…
Jan 2017 (Brussles): KM4dev gathering

Feb 2016 (Austria): Learning from Experience: HORIZONT3000 (3rd meeting)

Oct 2015 (Austria): Measurement and presentation of the effect of Knowledge Management: HORIZONT3000 (2nd meeting)
Jul 2015 (Austria): Inaugural meeting
Jun 2015 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 13th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Apr 2015 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 13th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)

Jul 2014 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 11th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
May 2014 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 10th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Jan 2014 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 9th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)

Oct 2013 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 8th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Jun 2013 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 7th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Apr 2013 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 6th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)

Dez 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 5th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Oct 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): Meet up with KM/comms folks from CGIAR and beyond + mesheta night!
Sep 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 4th get-together (various topics on Knowledge Management for Development)
Jun 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 3rd get-together (Topics: Social Media hands-on session; Knowledge Management Projects in Ethiopia follow-up; Knowledge Management/social media at IFPRI)
Apr 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 2nd get-together (Topics: Social Media hands-on session; Knowledge Management Projects in Ethiopia; Knowledge Management in Development)
Mar 2012: AUGM 2012 (Ardans User Group Meeting), Paris
Jan 2012 (Addis Ababa & Ethiopia): 1st get-together

Oct 2011 (The Hague): Informal chat
Oct 2011 (Dakar): Monthly KM4Dev meet up
Oct 2011 (Nairobi): KM4Dev Meet-Up

Nov 2010 (Rome): KM4DEV Rome meets-up with the CGIAR ICT-KM team
Sep 2010 (Rome): Meeting with Edgar Tan: Lessons learned during his sabbatical that will be useful in his regular work
Jun 2010 (Rome): Social Media in the WSIS 2010
Feb 2010 (Rome): Social Media in for-profit organizations
Feb 2010 (The Hague): KM4Dev meet the Livelihoods experts

Oct 2009 (Rome): Knowledge Sharing: Getting Together to Do it Better
Sep 2009 (Rome): Experience and challenges with mainstreaming Knowledge Management strategy in multilateral/development agencies
Jun 2009 (Rome): ONE KNOWLEDGE, or knowledge sharing and learning within and across the UN; Brainstorming on a special event about online collaboration for international organizations
Apr 2009 (Rome): FAO knowledge networks review process
Mar 2009 (Rome): A discussion about how choosing and getting prepared to work with a Content Management System?
Feb 2009 (Rome): What about creating a regional KM practitioners group in Rome?

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Monthly KM4Dev Core Group Meetings

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SIG Meetings

• KM4Dev Research Sub-community
  Aug 2021 (1st meeting)