www.fao.org/climatechange The presentation was delivered by Sophie Treinen, Communication Expert of FAO, at the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans Workshop, 5-7 April 2016, Rome, Italy. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Experience
for continuous learning
Sophie Treinen
Knowledge Outreach Team Leader
Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Good practices ?

2. Why?
Because we are part of
• a knowledge organization
• a learning organization
• If we do not learn from what we do,
• If we do not document what we have learned,
• If we don’t share this knowledge and learning,
We lose our institutional memory
We will repeat the same errors
Our success will remain unknown and
Our good practices unshared…

3. Experience capitalization cycle

4. Good practices Best practices
Which practices ?
Promising practices

5. What is a good practice?
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A good practice is not only a practice that is good,
but a practice that has been proven to work well and
produce good results, and is therefore
recommended as a model.
It is a successful experience, which has been
tested and validated in the broad sense, which has
been repeated and deserves to be shared so that a
greater number of people can adopt and adapt it.

6. Good practice or promising practice ?
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A promising practice has demonstrated high
degree of success in its setting and the
possibility of replication. It has potential for
becoming a good practice.
A promising practice has some quantitative data
showing positive outcomes over a period of
time, but doesn’t have yet enough research
or replication to support wider adoption. As
such, a promising practice incorporates a
process of continuous learning and
improvement.

7. Criteria for identification
of a good practice
1. Proven and achieved good results
2. Environmentally, economically and socially
sustainable
3. Gender sensitive
4. Technically feasible
5. Result of a participatory
process
6. Replicable and adaptable
7. Contributes to reduction of disasters / crisis risks
for resilience
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8. Level of evidence:
Good practice or promising practice ?
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Adapted from: Hancock, J. (2003) Scaling-up for increased impact of development practice: Issues and options in support of
the implementation of the World Bank’s Rural Strategy. Rural Strategy Working Paper, World Bank, Washington.
STATE OF PRACTICE LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Policy, policy principle, norm,
standard
Proven in multiple settings, replication studies,
quantitative and scientific evidence
Good practice
(or best practice)
Evidence of impact from multiple settings, several
evaluation, meta-analyses, expert review, cost-
efficiency analysis, good practice criteria
Lessons learned Positive evidence in few cases, programme
evaluation, events
Promising practice Unproven in multiple settings, anecdotal
evidence, testimonials, articles, reports
Innovation / Experience Minimal objective evidence, inferences from
parallel experiences and contexts

9. Similar terms but different meaning…
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Good practices Lessons
learned
+ & -
Success
stories
Key
success
factors

10. Good practice template
• Designed to
guide you when
identifying
and documenting
good practices
• A checklist on metadata is also
included in the template
• Available in English, Spanish,
French, Russian, Chinese
and Arabic
www.fao.org/3/a-as547e.pdf
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Good practice documentation is different from corporate communication

11. 9
Which products ?
Web Pages
Guidelines
RadioTheatre plays Video
Posters
How to guide
Training
Case studies
Newsletter
Online course
Publications

14. 9
Module on experience capitalization ?

15. Contact: goodpractices@fao.org
Discussion group: goodpractices@dgroups.org
Workspace: http://workspace.fao.org/opc/gp/

16. Programme Outcome 4:
Advocate and share knowledge on
agriculture in NAPs
Compilation of inter-active good practice including
 case studies
 decision tools
 good practices
Output 4.1 Convened exchanges to support the integration of
adaptation options. This includes exchanges between countries
including North-South/South-South exchanges, inter-agency
coordination on good practices/lessons learned.

17. Output 4.2 Global outreach regarding the UNFCCC process
including supporting the LEG work, the Adapt Committee and
the GCF
Outreach presentations made on
case studies/lessons learned
Programme Outcome 4:
Advocate and share knowledge on
agriculture in NAPs

18. Annual Reports
Output 4.3 Annual report on integrating agriculture
into the NAP process
Programme Outcome 4:
Advocate and share knowledge on
agriculture in NAPs

19. Joint FAO/UNDP
Knowledge Management Strategy
Stakeholders
•Partner Countries
•Donors
•Peer Agencies
•Other UN agencies
Aim: To support knowledge sharing between partner countries at national,
regional and international level on the integration of agriculture in the NAP
process, while increasing wider outreach.
Key products
• Websites to feature tools and country
information
• Knowledge products – case studies,
decision tools, and good practices
• Application of agriculture supplement
• Partnering with knowledge networks
such as LEG, NAP-GSP, NAP Global
Network, NAP Central, UNITAR