This document outlines the Knowledge for Development Partnership and its vision of establishing knowledge cities around the world. It discusses establishing 20 knowledge cities cooperating across 20 thematic areas by 2020. A knowledge city would focus on developing its economy and society through knowledge, innovation, and international marketing of knowledge services. The partnership aims to identify knowledge needs, develop strategies, and provide services to strengthen individual and organizational capacities. It proposes establishing the organization knowledge.city to facilitate knowledge partnerships, identify local needs, and create a global marketplace for knowledge services between cities and providers.

1. Knowledge for Development Partnership
knowledge.city
Knowledge Management Associates
Dr. Andreas Brandner, K4DP/Knowledge.City/KMA
Vienna, December 2017
knowledge.city
Global Agenda &
Knowledge City Network

2. Sustainable Development Goals
of the United Nations

3. Knowledge is the critical resource
in ALL societal issues
Education and
Science
Water
Climate
Energy
Human Rights
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Health
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4. In 2015 we started to join forces...
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Education,
Science, Culture
Water
Climate
Energy
Human Rights
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5. … to create a global
Agenda Knowledge for Development!
Agenda Knowledge
for Development
Education,
Science, Culture
Water
Climate
Energy
Human Rights
Etc. etc. etc.
Health

6. Knowledge for Development Partnership
inaugurated on 3 April 2017 at the UN Office Geneva

7. Knowledge Development Goals
Goal 1: Pluralistic, diverse and inclusive knowledge
societies
Goal 2: People-focused knowledge societies
Goal 3: Strengthening local knowledge ecosystems
Goal 4: Knowledge partnerships
Goal 5: Knowledge cities and rural-urban linkages
Goal 6: Advanced knowledge strategies in development
organisations
Goal 7: Capture, preservation and democratisation of
knowledge

8. Goal 8: Fair and dynamic knowledge markets
Goal 9: Safety, security, sustainability
Goal 10: Legal knowledge
Goal 11: Improved knowledge competences and
knowledge work
Goal 12: Institutions of higher education to play an
active role
Goal 13: Information and communication technologies
(ICTs) for all
Knowledge Development Goals

9. knowledge cities
to be established in the next years
Knowledge City established
Knowledge City in establishment process
Activities with partner organisations
Activities planned/considered for 2019+

10. Vision
2020 Knowledge Cities
• 20 knowledge cities are cooperating in 20 thematic fields
• Knowledge service providers (private and public) will cover will
cover key competences in 20 key thematic areas in cross-cutting
competence centers on www.knowledge.city
• Local/national Knowledge Agendas are developed by local
knowledge partnerships, linked with the other knowledge cities
• Each city develops a portfolio of key actions and cooperates with
other cities for the implementation
• Diplomats, Expats and Migrants to play an essential role in
supporting the private sector to foster knowledge transfer and
business development

11. knowledge.city
What is a
Knowledge City?
• A K-City creates its economic and societal future on the basis of knowledge
leadership, competence and innovation. Knowledge services make a significant
share of the economy and are marketed internationally.
• A K-City follows a strategic and integrated approach to developing, sharing,
innovating, capturing and leveraging on knowledge with governance structures and
a wide portfolio of infrastructures and instruments to implement the strategy.
• A K-City is inspiring the citizens, who understand that knowledge is the key
resource in the future, and provides trust, confidence and support to make the best
use of the future knowledge developments.
• A K-City attracts the best brains around the macro-region/world to work and
live there. Quality of living, diversity and intercultural competence are key assets.
• A K-City cares for inclusiveness and equal opportunities for all to develop
their individual and organisational potential.

12. Why to build a
Knowledge Cities Network?
No City knows everything. A great Knowledge City is strongly connected
with other K-Cities around the world.
Austria´s Knowledge Strategy: Become a global innovation leader!
How this should be achieved? Through global collaboration and
knowledge partnerships!
Knowledge Partnerships need (as any other sustained collaboration)
continuous and professional facilitation and management.
knowledge.city

13. The world needs Knowledge.Cities
Knowledge is the key resource to solve the challenges of fast growing urbanisation
So many people live in cities (in % 2014)
The largest urban agglomerations (citizens in millions 2014)
Growing number of Megacities
More than 10 Mio.
5-10 Mio.
1-5 Mio.
Forecast
Waste volume in Megacities
per capita per year
Water consumption
in Megacities in liter
per capita per day
People without infrastructure
Without drinking water supply
0,8 Billion
Without sufficient sanitation
2,5 Billion
Without electricity
1,3 Billion
Cooking only with biomass (woood/dung)
2,6 Billion
Urban and rural population
(in billions)
Urban population
Rural population
Forecast

14. knowledge.city
Activities
Knowledge
Cities
Knowledge
Art Space
KM
Advisory
Consulting
Global
Knowledge
Partnership
KM in
thematic
fields
Knowledge
City
University
Events
KM Award
Knowledge
Research
Advocacy
K4Dev

15. Vienna Knowledge City
Initiated and successfully
nominated by
knowledge.city

16. knowledge.city
Idea of knowledge.city
knowledge.city as a company will:
• Identify most urgent knowledge needs and strengths
together with the players of a city
• Design and provide a portfolio of knowledge services
to the city to cover the knowledge needs
• Leverage on the strengths by selling knowledge services
of the city on international markets
Vision
Prosperous, peaceful, inclusive and sustainable knowledge-based societies

17. Types of Services
1. Services to develop the knowledge profile of the participating cities
2. Services to strengthen the knowledge of companies and organisations
3. Services to build individual capacities of citizens

18. TOPICS
like..
knowledge.city

19. Urban/national Knowledge Value Chain
Connecting,
Networking
Developing,
Creating,
Strategizing,
Facilitating
Transfering,
Sharing
Knowledge
Management
Knowledge
assets and services
Impact
Economic
growth
Societal
development and
stability
Knowledge
identity
Environmental
Sustainability
Ecoomic and societal
Performance
Human Capital:
Competent people
Structure Capital:
companies, institutions
Business performance
Education performance
Performance in other key
thematic areas
EvaluateLearn
Corecompetences
Relational Capital:
K-Networks
Health performance
knowledge.city

20. Digitisation of
Knowledge Services

21. Global market place
Knowledge.City will create a global market place for knowledge
services based on a global network of knowledge cities and
knowledge service providers.
Customers/users will have direct access to a wide spectrum of
knowledge services offered by specialized service providers and
delivered either via www.knowledge.city or via local
Knowledge.City.
Knowledge service providers – specifically specialized SMEs - will
get access to the global market directly via www.knowledge.city.

22. Provide your knowledge Help Sign up Log inKnowledge.City
www.knowledge.city
The global market place for knowledge services
Your topic of interest: Knowledge Management FindLanguage: ENCity: Milan

23. Explore Services
Consulting Education & Training
Assessment
Analysis
Feasibility Study
Strategy / Concept
Implementation Support
Sparring / Coaching
Evaluation
Peer Review
Briefing
Basic Training
Essentials Training
Advanced Training
Certification Course
Bachelor Programme
Master Programme
PhD Programme
R&D
Market Research
Business Development
Product Development
Process Development
Technical Analysis
Technical Assessment
Technical Requirements
Technical Specifications
knowledge.city

24. Explore Cities
knowledge.city

25. Screenshot
knowledge.city

26. Screenshot - training
knowledge.city

27. Screenshot - consulting
knowledge.city

28. WHAT IS THE BENEFIT?

29. Why to invest in
knowledge.city?
1. Make profit in the sustainably growing knowledge industry
2. Become a leader in the knowledge economy in the region
3. Get access to the global knowledge, innovations, technologies

30. How we start
• Build trustful relations with local partners
• Establish Knowledge.City legally with local partner(s)
• Start with pilot knowledge services like knowledge.week and
facilitate the formation of a knowledge partnership for the city.
• Map of most urgent knowledge needs and opportunities;
Knowledge for Development Strategy with a
portfolio of key measures to advance the city as a knowledge city
• Build capacity (people, processes, technology) and implement the
projects and programmes as to the strategy with local and
international partners
• Create landmark art works representing the knowledge identity;
give perspectives, hope, and confidence to the people

31. Local investment and leadership
• For the establishment of Knowledge.City Ltd. in a country we invite
investors to take 50% of the shares when committing themselves to
provide all the required resources to start and operate the company
locally.
• Local leadership, management and operations are in the responsibility
of the local partner.
• Global coordination, brand, competences, network, products and
services are provided by Knowledge City GmbH (Vienna).

32. Partnership Model
• One of the many key benefits of knowledge.city is the network with
other Knowledge Cities, managed by Knowledge City GmbH
(Vienna).
• To make this network successful, all knowledge.cities use the same
basic approach, corporate identity and design and website structure.
• The partnership model describes the key knowledge.city elements
that are developed and managed by Knowledge City GmbH as well
as the local responsibilities.
• As a shareholder of each knowledge.city, Knowledge City GmbH
assures the quality and coherence of the concept. It can leverage on
the specific competences of the cities within the knowledge.city
network.

33. Dubai
Knowledge
Day
Dubai, 1.5.2018
knowledge.city

34. Tehran
Knowledge
Week
2-4 July 2018
knowledge.city

35. Kampala
Knowledge
Week
6-10 August 2018
knowledge.city

36. Geneva
Knowledge
Week
10-14 September 2018
knowledge.city

37. Vienna
Knowledge
Week
19-23 November 2018
knowledge.city

38. Sofia
Knowledge
Days
26-27 November 2018
knowledge.city

39. Moscow
Knowledge
Week
2019?
knowledge.city

40. knowledge.city
Dr. Andreas Brandner
Managing Director
Gersthofer Straße 162, 1180 Vienna, Austria
andreas.brandner@knowledge.city
www.knowledge.city