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Implementing A Knowledge Action Plan
Implementing A Knowledge Action Plan
Action Plan
1. Background
What Is Knowledge?
Knowledge Management is a
collection of activities, processes and
policies that help organizations apply
knowledge to improve effectiveness,
innovation and quality.
The Purpose of KM is to turn personal
knowledge into corporate knowledge
and corporate knowledge into
personal knowledge.
Knowledge Management
Learning Hours
Field Visits
PACs
Writing up best practices
etc
Levels of Connection
UNDP internal
Local, regional, global
UNCT
Thematic
Priority in context of UN reform
External
Development partners
Local capacity building
South-south cooperation
c. Why KM & Practices for UNDP?
For The Organization:
Promotes UNDP’s capacity to become a knowledge
organization by drawing on local, regional and
global expertise and promoting the exchange
of more nuanced information. Enhances the
delivery, relevance and effectiveness of our
work and advisory services.
For the thematic community:
Allows for the development a common language &
understanding of thematic issues.
For the individual:
Help staff to do their jobs, builds bonds with
peers, keep up to date
d. What is a UNDP Practice?
Practices bring people from different regions, across all Bureaux
and offices together into voluntary, flexible communities, based
on common professional interest, so that they can share and
learn from each other's knowledge and experience and develop
new ideas. They include a wide range of organizational functions
such as knowledge management, advocacy, partnership building,
and professional development.
“CONSOLIDATED
REPLY” “Consider:
-publication of
gender
disaggregated
data on poverty
“Consider: significant sectors
-education” -public spending
on social risk
“Consider: mitigation and
-salary gaps” vulnerability
reduction
programmes”
“QUERY: Selection of
Gender Equity Goals for “Consider:
Poverty Reduction -proportion of women in technical positions
Strategy?” -proportion of administrative and managerial positions held by
women
“Consider: -percentage of parliamentarians and ministers who are women
-land tenure and ownership -trade union membership by women
-access to credit services -number of social and professional organizations headed by
-access to health services” women
-level of gender disaggregation of public data and information. ”
2. What is a Knowledge Action Plan
4 Key elements of a Knowledge Action
Plan