A regional Knowledge
Management and Learning (KM&L) Workshop is being held this week in Nairobi,
Kenya, for staff from IFAD-supported projects and country offices in East and
Southern Africa (ESA).
The workshop is hosted by
IFADAfrica, ESA’s regional knowledge network. It represents the culmination of
the regional KM&L initiative implemented by IFADAfrica over the past three
years, in which 125 project staff from 32 projects in 12 countries, CPMs and
Country Office staff, as well as a more limited number of staff from government
departments and partner organizations, have participated.
The participants have
during their participation in the initiative been working on how to
operationalize effective knowledge management and learning in their projects
and anchor it in the country programmes. Many projects also received coaching
on KM&L.
This week the
participants share their experiences since the initiative started in 2009.
The expected outputs of
the KM&L 'sharing & learning event' are:
- Enhanced sharing of ways in which KM&L has been implemented;
- Further development and sharing of effective KM&L tools;
- A more structured and linked system for sharing and joint learning in the region;
- Documentation of good practices and impact achieved in the field;
- Analysis of ‘next steps’ and development of KM&L workplans by the participating country teams
During the first day of
the workshop the participating projects shared numerous lessons and insights
about how KM&L has contributed to more effective project management and
implementation processes. They shared the challenges they faced and how they had tried to overcome these challenges to operationalize KM&L in their projects and country programmes. A common feature that came out from most teams was that it is the continuous improvement process that KM&L fosters that is the key in KM&L as it helps to reflect, share and learn, and then change and adapt implementation processes for projects to become more effective and successful.
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| Country presentation - Tanzania Team |
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| Discussing experiences and challenges |
Great! Wishing you successful deliberations at the workshop.
Monica.