Jagriti ShankarAsian Project Management Support

Programme (APMAS)

Improving the development effectiveness and efficiency of pro-poor rural development

Objective:To enhance the management capabilities of rural development projects in the region. By:

Building project management capacity*strengthening the policy environment*improving the capacity of service providers*

* With Gender Sensitivity

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APMAS

ProjectProject

Project

IFAD

Service Providers

Govt. Implementing

Agencies

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Professional Development Needs Assessment workshop was conducted for assessing needs from 39 project managers of 4 target countries

Based on PDNA findings we address needs of capacity building by

Training programsCoachingConsultingAnd other ways that projects prefer

Engagements with several local/sub-regional service providers

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KM Process CAMBODIA INDIA LAO PDR VIET NAM

SHARE limited yes yes yes

CREATE Yes with constraints

yes yes yes

COLLECT AND STORE

limited Yes, library, website, more structured in the future

Yes, ENRAP Yes, IFAD VN website

COORDINATION

no Yes, KMO at country and project levels

KMO at country, no KMO at project

KMO at project level

KM in IFAD Projects (as per PDNA participants)

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Promote creation of Knowledge√ Gender Sensitive Training Materials√ Best practices√ Tools√ Mission reports√ Training evaluation reports

Encourage projects to share knowledge Projects activities Projects documents Opinion or experience sharing

Promote networking and experience sharing among projects√ Online discussions√ Field visits√ Networking events

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We strive to create a knowledge sharing culture at APMAS and with our beneficiary projects

•Web portal for all APMAS updates on regular basis•Monthly updates•Bi-monthly Newsletter•E-Discussion•Social networking through Facebook, Linkedin, Picasa, and Twitter

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Lack of mechanism and control to create, share and collect knowledge generated at project level

Limited control to support KM Coordination and Infrastructure at project level

Language

Challenges

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Your expectation from APMAS on Knowledge sharing /Management?

Any other suggestions?

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Wish you enjoyable learning ahead!