Strengthening learning and knowledge management: a review of WaterAid's approach to knowledge management

WaterAid strives to be accountable for its work in improving poor people’s access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene. As part of this, WaterAid undertook a review of learning and knowledge sharing practices across the organisation. This paper presents the findings and recommendations from that review

Climate change social learning sandbox

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) through its theme on Decision Making has since 2010 been exploring what communication and learning approaches might be appropriate in this new and constantly changing context. Jointly held workshops highlighted that for problems like climate change and development it is not sufficient to direct experts to evaluate the issue and advise policymakers or affected people how to respond. Instead, we need ongoing, flexible, consultative processes that develop a collective understanding and response. develop a collective understanding and response. One of the outcomes of the workshops was the establishment of a Sandbox as a mechanism to sustain work on the ideas and activities around Climate Change Social Learning (CCSL) that had surfaced during the workshop

The happy families of social learning – mapping the complex domains of learning and social change

Various broad fields are connected with social learning and are effectively playing as related families. This Learning Brief outlines research fields related to social learning

Web2pourDev : Naviguer dans le virtuel

Les organisations intermédiaires sont essentielles à la diffusion des technologies dans les communautés de pêcheurs

Web2forDev: Spreading the net

Intermediary organizations are key to spreading technology to fishing communitie

Designing knowledge coproduction for climate and development : CARIAA working paper #21

Includes abstract in FrenchThis working paper provides insights that Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) and similar adaptation research initiatives can apply to help determine the potential of knowledge co-production as a means to influence policy, practice and behaviour. It outlines a range of approaches to, and some limits on, co-production of knowledge in climate and development. Using a review of recent literature and a sample of six case studies of self-identified “successful” co-production processes, success factors are proposed and examined across different approaches and problem types

Agricultural Information Worldwide, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010

Agricultural Information Worldwide, Volume 3, Number 1, 2010In this issue: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK / Peter Ballantyne (3); ARTICLES: Agricultural Information and Knowledge Sharing: Promising Opportunities for Agricultural Information Specialists [Article and Abstract], Le partage des informations et de la connaissance agricoles : des occasions prometteuses pour les spécialistes de l'information agricole [Résumé], La información agrícola y el intercambio de conocimientos: Oportunidades promisorias para los especialistas en información agraria [artículo y resumen] / Peter Ballantyne (4); Benchmarking CGIAR research outputs for availability and accessibility [Article and Abstract], Evaluación comparativa de los resultados de investigación del CGIAR en términos de disponibilidad y accesibilidad [resumen], Evaluation de la disponibilité et l'accessibilité des résultats de recherche du GCRAI [Résumé] / Meena Arivananthan, Peter Ballantyne, Enrica M. Porcari (17); Learning to Swim: How IFPRI Uses Multiple Web Channels to Communicate Research Outputs [Article and Abstract], Aprendiendo a Nadar: Cómo el IFPRI utiliza múltiples canales de la Web para comunicar resultados de investigación [Resumen], Apprendre à nager ou comment l’IFPRI utilise les canaux multiples de la toile pour communiquer les résultats de recherche [Résumé] / Chris Addison, Luz Marina Alvaré (23); AGRIS - From a bibliographic database to a semantic data service on agricultural research information [Article and Abstract], AGRIS - De una base de datos bibliográficos a un servicio semántico de datos sobre información agrícola [Resumen], AGRIS - D’une base de données bibliographiques à un service de données sémantiques sur l'information de recherche agricole [Résumé] / Angela Fogarolli, Johannes Keizer, Stefano Anibaldi, Dan Brickley (26); Disponibilidad, accesibilidad y aplicabilidad de los resultados de investigación de los Centros del Grupo Consultivo para la Investigación Agrícola Internacional (CGIAR) [artículo y resumen], Availability, accessibility, and applicability of research results of the CGIAR Centers [Abstract], La disponibilité, l’accessibilité et l’applicabilité des résultats de recherche des centres du Groupe consultatif pour la recherche agricole internationale (GCRAI) [Résumé] / Edith Hesse, Peter Ballantyne, Mariano Mejía (31); VERCON – the Virtual Extension and Research Communication Network [Article and Abstract], VERCON: Red virtual de comunicación sobre la extensión y la investigación [Resumen], VERCON : Réseau virtuel de communication pour la vulgarisation et la recherche [Résumé] / Sophie Treinen (39); Mobile Services in a Wireless World: The CTA 2009 ICT Observatory Meeting [Article and Abstract], Servicios móviles en un mundo inalámbrico: Reunión Observatorio sobre TIC de CTA 2009 [Resumen], Les services d'information mobiles dans un monde sans fil : la réunion 2009 de l'Observatoire du CTA sur les TICs [Résumé] / Pete Cranston, Kevin Painting (44