Knowledge Management (and Capacity Development) for
Sustainable Water Management‘Knowledge for all - All for knowledge’
Ewen Le Borgne – IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
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Outline
• The wider picture: Connectivity in the water sector
• Knowledge management, learning: What is it all about?
• Knowledge management and learning in the water sector
• Water and KM challenges and opportunities
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THE WIDER PICTURE – CONNECTIVITY
IN THE WATER SECTOR
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From ICT to ICT
• Internet and the connectivity revolution• Mobile technology: making it
happen• Web 2.0: from push to pull• The new dogma: connect or perish• In development: Connectivity for
empowerment
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Connectivity in the water sector
• From working to networking
• The Information systems’ craze
• From organisational learning to ‘sector learning’?
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, LEARNING…
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
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Some definitions
• Information? • Knowledge? K=I*ESA(-ish)• Learning?• Information management?• Knowledge management?
• Find your own definition!
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The facets of knowledge
• The knowledge cycle
• Three generations of knowledge management: 1) stock 2) flow 3) co-create
• From knowledge management to knowledge sharing & learning
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‘KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT’AND LEARNING
IN THE WATER SECTOR
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Learning fields in the sector
Sector learning, coordination, networks and
learning alliances
Organisational learning, org.
capacity development
Skills training, education,
exchange visits
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Barriers to learning in the water sector
• Many fishes in the pond
• Social exclusion (remember: empower)
• The research silo
• Reflect, learn, communicate, coordinate: capacity, capacity, capacity, capacity
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WATER AND KM CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES
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Challenges in the Water sector
• Scaling up
• Going beyond urban
• Supporting decentralisation
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KM challenges in the water sector
• Connecting actors• Translating messages• Encouraging:
– Joint vision – Joint action – Joint reflection
• Proving the value of (sector) learning• It’s all about doing things together
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Some opportunities
• A wealth of tools to support learning and sharing
• Learning alliances: digging for deeper learning
• Resource centre networks: connecting the dots
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Other opportunities?
• What can you share today?
Thank you
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