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Compartim Project: Knowledge
Management Communities of Practice
for prisons workers in the
Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Jesús Martínez Marín
Budapest, 23th February 2010
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WHO WE ARE?
• A center of studies and training linked to the Department of
Justice of the Autonomic Government.
• 12.000 students per year.
• 14.000 hours of training.
We work for the Department of Justice (courts and
penitentiary services), with 15.000 employees.
• For the area of penitentiary services, we take care of the
initial training and the continuous training.
• The Center (CEJFE) has a staff of 50 workers and an annual
budget of 6 million Euros.
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And who I am?
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What have we made in knowledge management?
• In the last 4 years (2006-2009) we have
developed a communities of practice program.
• For us a community of practice is a group of
professionals who work for voluntary
decision in a project that pretends to
elaborate new knowledge.
• This new knowledge has to be useful for the
activities of the Department.
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Why we do this program?
• Fashion....? Social web.
• Some previous experiences of members
of our organization.
• 2006: a good budgetary moment.
• Clear consciousness of the limitations
/advantages of the traditional systems
of training.
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Etienne Wenger
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… a group of practitioners, who
share similar challenges
interact regularly
learn from and with each other
improve their ability to address their challenges
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Key dimensions
Sponsorship
Domain
Domain
Participation Nurturing
Community
Community Practice
Practice
Support
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Dynamics of Different Network Types
Community of Practice Project Teams Informal networks
Purpose Learning Accomplish specific Communication flows
Sharing task
Creating Knowledge
Boundary Knowledge domain Assigned project Extent of relationships
charter
Connections Common application Commitment to goal Interpersonal
of a skill acquaintances
Membership Semi-permanent Constant for a fixed Links made based on
period needs of the individual
Time scale As long as it adds Fixed ends when Long – term, no pre-
value to the business project deliverables engineered end
and its members have been
accomplished
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Examples of communities of practice
Participants Product
Psychologists 105 Clinic interviews guide
Criminologist Jurist 80 Especial measures
Social Educators 140 Intercultural management guide
Traffic education
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Map of communities of practice 2009
Communities of practice 18 communities
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3 working groups
e-moderator Working groups + 300 active
participants
+ 1.800
Live meetings Online work participants
(12% )
Discussion
Difusion
Products
Evaluation
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Enfoques
Propósitos y objetivos
Organización
• Pautas de trabajo
• Cultura
Antena
Resultados
Organización
Nuevo
Know‐How
Conocimiento
Colaboración
• Tecnología
• Canales
Soporte IT
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Métricas e indicadores

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Learning by working in the Department of Justice
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2009, 2010 and beyond....
• Reinforce learning orientation.
• Formal and informal learning integration.
• Reinforce self-learning: CoPs + PLEs + digital
competences.
• Reinforce peer to peer processes: CoPs + PLEs
+ collaboration competences.
• PLEs and individual – organizational e-portfolios.
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Official statistics
612 workers rehabilitation programs of
prison participated in the program during
2009
289 employees of the juvenile justice
has also participated very actively in the
area of knowledge management.
A total of 901 workers have participated
in such groups with very promising
results.
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The book of Compartim program
El treball col·laboratiu a l’Administració.
Aportacions del programa Compartim.
The collaborative work in government.
Contributions Compartim program
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Another book
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Thanks !!!
http://www.gencat.cat/justicia/cejfe
http://blocs.gencat.cat/gestioconeixement/
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