IFADAfrica: Eastern and Southern arm of the KM regional network

East and Southern Africa Knowledge Management Strategy Miriam Cherogony

Current Status in PF
Five (5) communities of practice are already established in the PF region.
Marketing – SNV /IFAD – based in Kampala, Uganda
Agriculture and Water Management – ICRISAT/IFAD based in Nbi, Kenya
Managing for Impact - SMIP/IFAD
Rural Finance – AFRACA/IFAD, Nbi, Kenya
Land Tenure – Managed from IFAD
Gender Mainstreaming – FAO/IFAD

Current Status Cont..
Other knowledge initiatives include:-
AFRACA – Pan-African rural finance
Face-to-face interaction with Programmes
Rural Knowledge Network – FAO/IFAD
Linking Local Learners –FAO/IFAD
First Mile Project – AMSDP, TZ/IFAD
E-newsletter – PF Initiative

FRAO Community of Practice Fiduciary Oversight Knowledge Sharing Policy Dialogue Innovations Knowledge Mgt Targeting HIV/AIDS Gender Funds Cross cutting Issues RURAL POVERTY PORTAL IFADAFRICA IMAWESA RURAL FINANCE LAND TENURE SMIP SCAPEMA FIDAFRIQUE AFRACA

Thematic Areas Country Programme Team Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Knowledge Sharing Knowledge Sharing Knowledge Sharing

Current Status Cont..
Survey showed a gap between the need to access knowledge and grass-root availability of knowledge to share.
E.g., while 89.8% needed lessons learned for their daily work, only 38.8% generated lessons learned.

Opportunities & Challenges
Country office and direct supervision by IFAD is expected to improve the learning
Regional implementation workshop has facilitated some networking between programme
Every thematic group have worked independently hence no learning across the thematic areas
Learning across country programmes has not been there but improving now

Lessons Learnt
Set up a joint web-based platform in the form of IFADAfrica – each community have developed their own site – need for a one stop KM shop
Process documentation to bring out the lessons learnt for knowledge sharing within the region and develop a competitive process of selecting the best lesson to be uploaded to the poverty portal.

Lessons Learnt Cont..
Cross learning between the thematic communities along the areas of common interest
Possible cross learning with sister organization FIDAfrique through joint knowledge sharing along the thematic areas, exchange visits, linkage and synergy
Support and promotion for discussion forum moderators for each of the community of practice to encourage knowledge sharing

Lessons Learnt Cont..
Need to financially support international technical assistance to the community of practice as and when required (on a need basis)
Assist the programme develop communication strategy in order to effectively implement their activities
Provide for translation of key learning documents to be made available to a wider audience in Africa

Sustainability of Network
User driven, inclusive, bottom-up organically growing knowledge management network based on a system development
Move away from an organization-centred KM systems to pooling knowledge in a broader and more inclusive way
Generate and/or co-produce knowledge to share costs

Sustainability Cont…
Facilitate the building of partnerships, linkages and synergies
Foster bottom-up conversations
Keep knowledge creation close to the knowledge creators/owners
Resource mobilization from broad base of development partners- need a clear fundraising strategy

Contact
IFADAFRICA ESA Coordination
IFAD Kenya Country Office
NAIROBI, KENYA
E-mail: [email_address]
Website: www.ifadafrica.org
Tel: +254 20 762 1028

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IFADAfrica: Eastern and Southern arm of the KM regional network

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