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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

IFADAFRICA ESA Coordination

IFAD Kenya Country Office

NAIROBI, KENYA

E-mail: [email_address]

Website: www.ifadafrica.org

Tel: +254 20 762 1028