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The World Bank Group offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:
Knowledge Management Unit
Events
- How to Let the Knowledge Management Ecosystem Serve You: A Panel Event for Public and Private Sectors, July 12, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA 1)
Conferences
- World Bank Knowledge Management Forum (WB KM Forum)
International Finance Corporation (IFC) > Global Knowledge and Learning Office (GKLO)
Conferences
- Knowledge on a Mission Conference*
Events
- May 2019 (with KMCDC): Build your KMpetitive Advantage by putting more K in your marketing strategy; Bridging Islands of Knowledge (both real and metaphorically…)
- KNovember 2018: Not Business As Usual, November 5-29, 2018, Washington, DC, USA KNovember is an IFC-wide knowledge and learning initiative that offers practical, current and business-relevant sessions to help our staff make better decisions in their work. KNovember provides staff with multiple opportunities to enrich their knowledge, skills, and connections in a self-curated format. This year, the program is built around three key themes: Corporate Must Knows, Lessons and Trends, and New Tools and Resources.
- How to Let the Knowledge Management Ecosystem Serve You: A Panel Event for Public and Private Sectors, July 12, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA 1)
Webinars
Grow Learn Connect Webinar Series
- May 2022: Designing & Implementing a Knowledge Management Strategy to Improve Performance of Training Companies (#20)
- Jan 2022: How to Become More Competitive and High-Performing Through Effective Knowledge Management Practices (#16)
South-South Experience Exchange Facility (‘South-South Facility/Cooperation’)
Webinars
- The Art of Knowledge Exchange Webinar – Facilitator Guide
Knowledge Sharing for Results (KS4R) Program > Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Program / Team
Certificate Courses
- Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Certificate Programs (together with the IKI-SEA, Bangkok University)
- 2019 (each 3 days): Knowledge Strategy Certificate, Knowledge Capture Certificate, Knowledge Dissemination Certificate
- 2017-2018 (each 5 days): OKS Strategy Certificate, OKS Technical Certificate
Webinars
Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Dialogue Series
(together with the IKI-SEA, Bangkok University)
- Oct 2020: Capturing and Scharing Solutions During Pandemic: how cities are mobilizing to share knowledge and experience on managing the Covid 19 pandemic
Knowledge Sharing for Results (KS4R) Program > Global Partnership for Knowledge Sharing (GPKS)
Conferences
- High-Level Meeting on Country-Led Knowledge Sharing (HLM)*
Meetings
- 1st GPKS technical session / launch event, April 1, 2016, World Bank, New York, USA
(in conjunction with the Third High-Level Meeting on Country-Led Knowledge Sharing (HLM3), Mar 30-31)
‘Shaping the Future of World Bank Knowledge Services’ Project
Conferences
- Mobilizing Knowledge Networks for Development Conference, June 19—20, 2012, Washington DC, USA
WBG Open Learning Campus
Webinars
WBa Academy – online courses
- The Art of Knowledge Exchange (Self-paced)
- Open Learn: Using the Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM) (Self-paced)
WBx Talks – podcasts, videos, webinars, infographics, mobile apps, and games
- IFC Knowledge Talks
– What Keeps Boeing Flying High – Featuring Tim Bridges - Climate Risk Management: Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management
- South-South Knowledge Exchange
– The Art of Knowledge Exchange primer
– The South-South Opportunity: A Global Connector Role for the World Bank
– Unleashing the Potential of South-South Knowledge Exchanges - Assessment of Learning and Results in World Bank Operations: A New Learning Startegy
– Can the World Bank Create a Culture of Learning and Results?
– How Does the World Bank Learn from its Operations? - Cross Country Knowledge Sharing : Paying it Forward (Sustainable Energy Finance in the Philippines and Indonesia)
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Korean Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) Initiative > India – ICT Enabled Integration for Green Growth Project
Conferences
- National Workshop/ Conference on Knowledge Management for Smart Cities
World Bank Institute*
Conferences
- World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities in the Knowledge Economy (IC)* 2)
- Conference on Knowledge Management as an Enabler of Change and Innovation in Africa (2007) 3)
- Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) Forum 2007 4)
- Building 21st Century Knowledge Economies for Job Growth and Competitiveness in the Middle East (2009)
- Knowledge Economy Forum (KEF)** The Knowledge Economy Forum is an event to support European and Central Asian countries in their transition to becoming increasingly knowledge-based.
- Knowledge Economy Forum, February 19-22, 2002, Paris, France
Conference Theme: Using Knowledge for Development in EU Accession Countries - Knowledge Economy Forum II, March 25-28, 2003, Helsinki, Finland
Conference Theme: Implementing Knowledge Economy Strategies: Innovation, Life-Long Learning, Partnerships, Networks and Inclusion - Knowledge Economy Forum III, March 23-26, 2004, Budapest, Hungary
Conference Theme: Improving Competitiveness Through a Knowledge-Based Economy - Knowledge Economy Forum IV, March 22-24, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey
Conference Theme: Business Environment and Knowledge for Private Sector Growth - Knowledge Economy Forum V, March 28-30, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Conference Theme: Innovation and Technology Absorption for Growth - Knowledge Economy Forum VI, April 17-19, 2007, Cambridge, England
Conference Theme: Technology Acquisition and Knowledge Networks - Knowledge Economy Forum VII, June 17-19, 2008, Ancona, Italy
Conference Theme: Technology Absorption by Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises - Knowledge Economy Forum VIII, April 29 – Mai 1, 2009, Fontainebleau, France
Conference Theme: Reforming Innovation Systems: Moving Beyond Lectures & Labs
(in partnership with INSEAD Business School) - Knowledge Economy Forum IX, May 5-7, 2010, Berlin, Germany
Conference Theme: Diversification Through Innovation: Prospects for Growth
(in partnership with the Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe)
- Knowledge Economy Forum, February 19-22, 2002, Paris, France
- Policy Forum on Using Knowledge for Development (K4D Policy Forum)**
- Using Knowledge for Development: A Policy Forum for the Baltic countries and Poland, May 22-June 3, 1999, Finland
- Using Knowledge for Development: A Policy Forum for Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, December 12-20, 1999, Singapore
- Using Knowledge for Development: A Policy Forum for Brazil, China, and India, March 19-25, 2001, Wilton Park, UK
- A Policy Forum on Using Knowledge for Development for Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, June 3-7, 2002, Monterrey, Mexico
- Forum on Knowledge for Development in the Middle East and North Africa, September 9–12, 2002, Marseille, France
- Trade, Competitiveness, and the Knowledge Economy: A Forum for Middle East and North Africa, March 15-16, 2004, Marseille, France
- Innovation Policies and Institutions for the Knowledge Economy, November 29 – December 1, 2006, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Innovation in the African Context: A Forum for Policymakers, March 6-8, 2007, Dublin, Ireland
- Advanced Strategies for Development: Building Knowledge Economies for Senior Asian Policymakers, February 22, 2008, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Knowledge for Africa’s Development Conference**
- Knowledge for Africa’s Development: Going Forward, September 27, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Knowledge for Africa’s Development: Innovation, Education and ICTs, May 8-10, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
Workshops
- Managing Knowledge to Build Trust in Government (Workshop at the Global Forum on Reinventing Government 2007)
- Knowledge Management Capacity for African Research Institutes and Networks Workshop Series (2005-2008) 5)
- Knowledge Management Applications: World Bank and Thailand Experience Sharing 6)
- Organizational Knowledge Assessment Workshop (Brazil 2006)
- Brown-bag lunch: Client Communities of Practice 2006
- Knowledge Sharing for Development 2004
- Rapid Innovation Action Learning (RIAL) Workshop
- Developing Knowledge Economy Strategies to Improve Competitiveness
- Introduction to the Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM)
- Knowledge-Based Growth and Competitiveness
- K4D Policy Workshop (2001-2002)
- … events on topics of the Knowledge Economy
Videos
- Tapping the Potential of Social Networks
- The Next Frontier in Knowledge Sharing for Development
- One of the Best Examples of the Communities of Practice at the World Bank
- Increasing Knowledge Flows Through Global Research Networks
- Using Storytelling to Spark Organizational Transformation
- Building AIDS Competence by Creating the Right Environment for Strengths to be Recognized and the Knowledge to Flow
Communities
- Global Development Network
- Global Knowledge Partnership
WBI Learning Program: Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS)
Training
- The Art of Knowledge Exchange – eLearning