AAP Country Conference
“Celebrating our Successes”
12th - 16th November 2012
Dakar, Senegal
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Session 3: Knowledge Management
Outline
• Brief review of national and regional goals
• How national projects interpreted those goals
and developed work plans
• What kind of support package the IRTSC put
together
• Presentation of 3 country case studies
• Plenary and group discussions
• Preparation of individual country matrix
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Expected National Output (general)
• Knowledge on adjusting national
development processes to fully
incorporate climate change risks and
opportunities is generated and shared
across all levels
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Activities identified and implemented by
the group of AAP countries
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1. Strategy on CCA knowledge
• Assessment of on-going national CCA work and existing
knowledge and needs;
• Develop a national strategy on CCA knowledge
generation and dissemination;
• Design and implement a public awareness campaign;
• Design and implement a national advocacy campaign.
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2. Strengthen staff capacity
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Promote a common understanding of KM;
Familiarize staff with KM tools and techniques;
Strengthen the capabilities of staff to produce KM
products;
Strengthen the capability of staff to identify and use
modern collaboration tools effectively;
Strengthen capacity to carry out inventories of
traditional know-how;
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3. Adapt existing knowledge platforms
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Adopt UNDP’s ALM as the KM platform;
Support national staff at UNDP offices for the roll-out
onto Teamworks;
Set up a CCA Knowledge Centre;
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4. Disseminate knowledge and lessons learned
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Prepare CCA information management guidelines;
Identify knowledge products best suited;
Create a national data base on adaptation
practices;
Review and document case studies of
demonstration projects and training programme;
Facilitate the hosting of intra- and inter-country
visits and initiatives;
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5. Communication strategy
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Create and maintain a project web site/link
Develop and implement a rural oriented communication
strategy;
Create a quarterly newsletter;
Conduct public broadcasts and announcements on local
radio/TV and rural communication channels;
Package CCA knowledge for private sector businesses;
Document case and pilot approaches systematically
and in an accessible format.
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AAP / IRTSC Knowledge Management goals
Establish region-wide knowledge and learning
mechanism to raise awareness, engage
stakeholders, inform decision-makers and promote
exchange and cooperation between countries
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An AAP regional support package was prepared,
intended to :
• Add value to country specific knowledge
management activities
• Ensure that the basic capacities to share
knowledge will be created in the countries
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ssistance to national programmes
The AAP regional support was designed around :
• Supporting elaboration of national KM strategies on
CCA;
• Strengthening capacity of national project staff and
partners to capitalize on experiences;
• Using knowledge sharing platforms to assist adaptation
practitioners at the local, national and regional levels;
• Disseminating national level climate change knowledge
and lessons learned.
• Providing technical assistance to national programmes
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ssistance to national programmes
THANK YOU
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