Expert consultations on Knowledge Management

10-14 September 2012, CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. The medium-term outcome of this process was to provide ACP institutions with a framework for Information, Communication and Knowledge (ICK) management, in the process of their becoming learning organisations with the capacity to adapt to changing environments.

Objectives:

• Review and improve understanding of KM in the context of regional organisations and communities 
• Describe the current landscape of successful KM interventions in ARD 
• Assess the need for, capacity to implement and requirements for integral Knowledge management practices particularly in the context of regional organisations and communities 
• Provide advice to the CTA on the types of support it should provide to regional organisations and communities 
• Discuss scenarios for interventions and make recommendations on the elaboration of a roadmap (e.g. starting points for those activities and approaches to assess KM situation; identify/develop suitable checklists/approaches for improving KM in regional ARD groups 

This meeting comprised following Regional Organisations & Networks and KM Experts.

FARA - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa ASARECA SADC / CCARDESA PAEPARD Project Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) SACAU FTA - Farming & Technology for Africa Land Resources Division - SPC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community CAFAN - Caribbean Farmers Network FAO (Regional Office Africa) National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) (ASARECA rep) African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) Land Resources Division - SPC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community Global Development Network, Egypt (GDNet) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Faculty of Economics & Business Administration - VU University Amsterdam ECDPM IKM - Emergen Project UNECA University of Wageningen