This document discusses learning and knowledge exchange in the context of water management initiatives. It makes three key points: 1) Learning exchanges can benefit from knowledge management approaches like content sharing, tools development, training, and cross-project collaboration. 2) Communities of practice and learning hubs can facilitate replication, synergy across initiatives, and access to resources through networking, case studies, and guidance materials. 3) Efforts should focus on inclusive learning and ensuring diverse communities can participate, with possible indicators including supportive communities, inclusive policies and practices, and developing intercultural competencies.

1. Pamposh Kumar |Initiatives in Learning & Exchange of
Water related Practices, Solutions & Values

2. Learning & Exchange: Moving Targets
Experience sharing and learning -
often can have collateral costs!
There could be learning at the cost of sharing
Also the sharing may cloud the essence of learning

3. Learning Exchange:
Many Gurus thought it could be KM!
(Knowledge Management)
Yes, it can be………
• content management system in knowledge sharing
• webtools/sites development, hosting & upgradation to
improve information management
• toolkits, media use & sharing, specialized assistance on
tools such as GIS
• training & technical support for capacity building, multi-
project or single-project group studies or exchanges,
cross portfolio events- platforms

4. And there are more modes & the same
object!
• Convening & support to local, regional &
transboundary dialogue processes
• Outreach and communications support & services -
to increase awareness, scalability, replication, impact and sustainability
• Co-creation of knowledge-sharing materials -Field Manuals,
Public Participation Guides, Communication Guidebooks, Experience Notes, Case Studies,
Multimedia, Newsletters and E-Bulletins
• Accompanied learning - IWRM and related cost of ecosystem services,
transboundary environmental flows & information management, economic valuation,
governance and management including public participation, etc.

5. The whole has more capacity
than the sum of its parts !

6. The whole has more capacity than
the sum of its parts !
• Access to project-related information, contacts, case studies, diagnostics,
strategic programmes, news and events across focal areas & sectors
• Replication for enhancing efficiency & effectiveness of interventions
• Synergy of tangible results with other initiatives
• Output utilization from conferences, global portfolio sharing,
guidance materials & products/services
• Policies-procedures, emerging priorities, project performance

7. Eco & WaSH Futures
support & catalysis
• Mentoring for community initiatives & innovation
• Addressing issues faced by one project & resolved by another
• World Water Day-Networking for WaSH (for States)
• Science for Sanitation (for States)
• UN Water Decade
• Consultative processes, knowledge sharing & networking

8. Eco & WaSH Futures
support & catalysis
• Capacity Building Workshops
• Local & regional dialogue facilitation
• Water Educator’s training
• Eco-regional approach/ Transboundary Waters
Management (TWM)
• Support for innovative models of outreach,
knowledge sharing, learning & solution exchange

9. Communities of Practice & Learning (CoPL)
Role of knowledge sharing and exchange hubs
• Portfolio workspaces & networking CoPLs in water stressed
regions
• Sharing on scientific and technical innovation
(constructed wetlands and nutrient management, etc.)
• Web based knowledge-authoring & sharing tools (wikis, blogs, etc.)
• Syndication (news, web, video, audio )
• Strategic support- short courses, guidance on PPP & CSR,
jobs, consultancy, training opportunities

10. Beyond Learning Exchange !
• Are the concerned communities supportive?
• How much replicable are the best practices exchanged ?
• Can we simulate more of the best practices?
• Can we anticipate more and unexpected scenarios?

11. Learning Inclusion
(LI)
• Is the participation truly inclusive?
• Can we identify the barriers to learning exchange
and participation?
• Can we develop approaches to self-review & analyse
organizational culture, policies and practices?
• Can we develop inter-cultural channels of learning
inclusion?
• Do we have indices of inclusion?

12. LI : deciding your own priorities for change
• creating inclusive cultures
• producing inclusive policies
• evolving inclusive practices

13. Towards Indices for LI
Possible Indicators
• Building supportive community
• Establishing inclusive values
• Producing inclusive policies
• Organising support for diversity
• Evolving inclusive practices
• Mobilising & sharing resources
• Growing nodal & distributed LI capacities

14. How do we handle minefields of renewal
& challenge the exclusion
• Difference
• Dissonace
• Divergences
• Diversities
• Dissention
• Rebellion
Question hard the path of least
resistance and
of most convenience!

15. Evidence base for LI Capacity
• Creating LI specialisation & cross-specialisation
capacity in Water Literacy
• Mobilising & harnessing inter-cultural and multi-
cultural competencies
• Track of Learning Exchange & Solution Exchange
• Delivering LI services
• Developing it as integral part of existing development
policies & future plans

16. Match Possibilities Specialization A Specialization B
Match 1 Ecosystems
services
Water Purification
Match 2 Water Audit Watershed
Protection
Match 3 Livelihood
Waters
Water quality
monitoring
Match 4 Science
Communicatio
n
Behaviour Change
Communication/
Development
Communication
Match 5 Cultural
competence
Inter-cultural
competence
Cross-specialization capacity building

17. Eco & WaSH Literacy: A model initiative in
LI Capacity Building
• Voluntary Sector - cross-capacity building, LE & LI specialisation
• Public engagement with open- roots and open- leaves access
• Holding Learning Exchanges & Solution Exchanges
• Develop indices for LI capacity assessment framework
• Tracking the performance

18. Thank you.
Cogito ergo sum.
I understand, so I exist.