capacity strengthening and knowledge management:achievements in 2010 and plans for 2011
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Agricultura Eco-Eficiente para Reducir la Pobreza
Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management:
Achievements in 2010 and Plans for 2011Elcio Guimarães
Simone Staiger-RivasKatherine Tehelen
Sophie AlvarezEleonora Izquierdo
Wilson Celemín
http://ciatcapacity.cgiar.org February 2011
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Achievements 2010• Events 2010:
o GCARD 2010o Knowledge Fairo Intellectual Propertyo CRS Facilitation Courseo Repositioning PRGA in Times of Change o Design and Facilitation of Regional Consultancies MP3 (RTB) and MP5
(Water) o Tropical Fruitso CCAFS Science Meeting
• Publications:o PRGA Demand Analysiso PRGA Final Workshop Analysiso Knowledge Fair in KM4D Journal
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Achievements 2010• Regional Training Initiative ‒ Concept
Document: Concept for the Regional Training Platform
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Achievements 2010
• Regional Training Initiative ‒ Process– Regional training needs identified in LAC; demand and
offer in key issues analyzed: seeds, intellectual property, and participatory research
– Dialogs with possible partners initiated (e.g., CATIE, PREVAL, CRS, and IICA)
– Events developed and planned in virtual and physical formats
– Socialization across the website
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Plans 2011
1. Facilitate and cultivate knowledge exchange through a Regional Training Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean
2. Support the agreement with Colombia through interventions in training and knowledge management
3. Develop research on knowledge management and promote organizational change
4. Strengthen CIAT’s training activities
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Plans 2011
1. Regional Training Initiative LAC
Theme 1: Seeds (see: Strategy for Seed Systems)– Organize a workshop with partners: 23 and 24 March
2011 at CIAT– Test the concept– Jointly write the concept note
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Plans 2011
1. Regional Training Initiative LAC
Theme 2: Intellectual Property– Establish a Google virtual exchange group for discussing and planning the
next steps to strengthen capacities – Put forward 2 or 3 proposals:
o Modules on basic IP/policies/treaties; initial partners: CENIRED and IICAo Open Access (virtual course), medium termo Course (diploma type) with CATIE, long term
– Publish the workshop’s proceedings: o Challenges and opportunities in LACo Case studies
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Plans 2011
1. Regional Training Initiative LAC
Theme 3: Participatory Research – Project, together with Carlos Arturo– Possible platform– Supply‒demand survey with 58 answers to analyze– First partner interested: PREVAL
Theme 4: Climatic Change – IICA and EMBRAPA: virtual training– CCAFS: knowledge management and training (to define)
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Plans 2011
2. ColombiaThree interventions suggested:1. Launch2. Training3. Documentation
1. Launch:o Desktop review o Launch event and/or participatiory planning workshop on:
o Concreting the baseline by identifying actors and activities for the regiono Pathway of impacto Training needso Actors’ roles and responsibilities
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Plans 2011
2. Colombia2. Training:
o Training the project team on processes, methods, and tools relevant to their execution
o Coordination with universities and other partners involved in trainingo Training trainers
3. Documentation and M&E: o Documentation of transformation of multimedia and participatory formatso Monitoring and qualitative evaluation in collaboration with impact
evaluators
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Plans 2011
3. Research and institutional change1. Monitoring and evaluation of training at CIAT in regions and at HQ
o Revision of training in regions and at HQ
o Analysis of users and objectives (results: changes in knowledge and
skills, expected application of knowledge)
o Surveys based on objectives and achievements
o Monitoring of calls and visits
o Publications with conclusions and recommendations
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Plans 2011
3. Research and institutional change2. Special projects
o GFAR: knowledge management training of personnel of regional
forums and their closest collaborators
o Strengthening the CRS in knowledge management
o CIRAD’s postharvest proposal
o Relating with the Consortium’s Communications and ICT-KM
Program
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Plans 2011
3. Research and institutional change3. Training course on methods and tools for knowledge management (about 60 persons)
o For Asia, Uganda, Nairobi, and HQ–LAC, for scientists by region and their closest collaborators (at no cost)
o Modules at 1 day or half a day each, in combinations according to demand:o Collaborative tools, e.g., Google documents, Google sites, and SurveyMonkeyo Facilitation of meetingso Design of meetingso S&E of KMo Communications, social media (tools and methods: Twitter, blogs, wikis, webpages, Yammer)o Open Accesso Analysis of social networks, mapping, and facilitationo OLMs and PIPA – project planningo Action plans – project design
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Plans 2011
3. Research and institutional change4. Eco-efficient agriculture ‒ Workshop– To make agro-ecoefficiency explicit in CIAT’s work– First event/workshop to:
o Give information on CIAT’s strategy and possible partnershipso Promote the “flagship publication”o Give information on the training plan and future courses
– Monitoring events:o Knowledge fair and market of optionso Training courseso Project proposals and capture of funds
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Plans 2011
4. Training – Visiting Researchers– Promote and apply CIAT policy
o Obligatory institutional membershipo Valid international insuranceo Obligatory visao Norms on indemnification values
– Management of agreements with universities and partner training institutions
– Improve database management– Study impact (see Plans 2011: 3. Research …)– Promote and support training events
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Our Team
– Simone Staiger-Rivas, Leader– Paola Andrea Victoria, Knowledge Management– Katherine Tehelen, Knowledge Management and
administration (leaving first semester 2011)– Sophie Alvarez, Consultant Monitoring & Evaluation– Eleonore Izquierdo, Capacity Strengthening– Willson Celemín, Capacity Strengthening and
administration
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