km in the water sector
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Presentation given at the 5th World Water Forum about knowledge management and capacity development for the water sector. Touches upon challenges, definitions, opportunities and some reflections about learningTRANSCRIPT
Knowledge Management (and Capacity Development) for
Sustainable Water Management‘Knowledge for all - All for knowledge’
Ewen Le Borgne – IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Istanbul, 20 March 2009 - session 6.1.1
Outline
• The wider picture: Connectivity in the water sector
• Knowledge management, learning: What is it all about?
• Knowledge management and learning in the water sector
• Water and KM challenges and opportunities
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THE WIDER PICTURE – CONNECTIVITY
IN THE WATER SECTOR
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From ICT to ICT
• Internet and the connectivity revolution• Mobile technology: making it
happen• Web 2.0: from push to pull• The new dogma: connect or perish• In development: Connectivity for
empowerment
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Connectivity in the water sector
• From working to networking
• The Information systems’ craze
• From organisational learning to ‘sector learning’?
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, LEARNING…
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
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Some definitions
• Information? • Knowledge? K=I*ESA(-ish)• Learning?• Information management?• Knowledge management?
• Find your own definition!
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The facets of knowledge
• The knowledge cycle
• Three generations of knowledge management: 1) stock 2) flow 3) co-create
• From knowledge management to knowledge sharing & learning
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‘KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT’AND LEARNING
IN THE WATER SECTOR
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Learning fields in the sector
Sector learning, coordination, networks and
learning alliances
Organisational learning, org.
capacity development
Skills training, education,
exchange visits
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Barriers to learning in the water sector
• Many fishes in the pond
• Social exclusion (remember: empower)
• The research silo
• Reflect, learn, communicate, coordinate: capacity, capacity, capacity, capacity
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WATER AND KM CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES
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Challenges in the Water sector
• Scaling up
• Going beyond urban
• Supporting decentralisation
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KM challenges in the water sector
• Connecting actors• Translating messages• Encouraging:
– Joint vision – Joint action – Joint reflection
• Proving the value of (sector) learning• It’s all about doing things together
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Some opportunities
• A wealth of tools to support learning and sharing
• Learning alliances: digging for deeper learning
• Resource centre networks: connecting the dots
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Other opportunities?
• What can you share today?
Thank you
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