CRFM/CTAKnowledge Management

Chris AddisonSenior Programme Manager KM CTA

CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE 2013CRFM / CTA / CNFO Workshop on

Regional Fisheries PoliciesGeorgetown, Guyana

8 October 2013

Strengthening skills methodologies and tools for Knowledge Management

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Small Island Economies

Small Island Economies

MelanesianSpearhead Group

Indian Ocean Commission

Caribbean Regional FisheriesMechanism

Green Growth

Blue Economy

Food Security

Capacity4DevVulnerabilityResilience

SPC,UNESCAP,IUCN,GIZ,USP

SAKSS

NEPAD/NPCA

Farmers Organisations

Knowledge Platforms

CTA support capacity cooperation engagement efficiency

• Provide capacity building focused on a knowledge platform– Email enabled to ensure full participation and low

bandwidth access – providing Dgroups platform– Support for reference platform. Using existing

sites, support provided for keywording and generation of subject collections as feeds/email alerts for users

Emaildiscussion

Referencecollection

Site Support/Development

ManagementFacilitation

Coach Consultancy

PromotionEngagement

Aims of support

• Build capacity for KM management focussed on knowledge assets. E.g. knowledge base of contacts and experiences/best cases.

• Engage membership through improved email discussion. Encourage conributions also through use of social media where appropriate

• Capacity development to promote services online as needed (AAA-CIARD)

KM Project1 Workbench to determine scope

and planning2 Facilitators content

development 3 e-Platform support for face to

face meetings4 Reporting and evaluation

Developing KM processes and skillso Consultation – 30 ACP and EU KM experts

Seminar with Wageningen University

o Advocacy materials – Explanation of Knowledge management together with framework for implementation

o Publications: ICM strategy guide, Smart Toolkit, iMark training module (CD and online)

o Development of KM scan instrument to assess an Organisations Knowledge Management situation

o Global consultation to develop 2 year action plan focused on opening agriculture knowledge for smallholders (CIARD)

o Comores , Madagascar and West Africa region training for francophone countries on Monitoring and evaluation of KM activities using smart toolkit

Small Scale Fisheries employ 90% of fish workers and are responsible for 50% catches

Web platform development

o CTA websites reached over 600,000 people from 210 countries and visits from mobile devices trebled in 2012

• New website platform and modules developed to serve CTA portals and partner platforms. CTA site redesigned to improve access to CTA and partner materials.

• ICT4AG conference sites launched• Specific focus on serving and supporting ACP partners using

innovative approaches:• Content Delivery Networks for faster ACP access. • Responsive design for mobile and tablet access and

apps for offline access• Better support for email services and integration with social

media

Content management

Tools for community engagement

• Improved communication, opening access to information, discussion and knowledge sharing within organisations and communities

o NEPAD/NPCA: Implementation of CAADP and interaction with RECs KM study (+ project for support to extend to RESAKSS for 5 national platforms of the ECOWAS region)

o RFOs: Strengthening of the new Pan-African farmers’ platform (PAFO) Prototype site in place.

o Small Island States: Web platforms for Green Growth to ready for launch in June (MSG, Pacific), Food Security (IOC) & Blue Economy (Caribbean) partners identified and project plans developed.

o Farmers Organisations and Media Workshop