KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

AND THE PACC PROGRAMME

Anne Moorhead Communications specialist

KM consultant to the PACC Programme

Presentation Outline

What does KM mean (for PACC)?

KM activities over the last 12 months

KM activities for the next 6 months

KM issues and lessons

What does KM mean (for PACC)?

• PACC – the first major climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific islands region

• “Laying the foundation for a comprehensive approach to address adaptation over the medium-long term at the regional level” (original Project Document, 2010)

• “...establish PACC as primarily a Learning and Knowledge-sharing mechanism” (Mid-Term Review recommendations, 2012)

What does KM mean (for PACC)?

• “KM can be defined as the set of actions developed (gathering data, analysing processes, results and personal experiences, creating lessons learned, disseminating them, etc.) so that the knowledge of an individual or an institution reaches, in a timely manner, the largest number of people able to benefit from it”

• “KM and communication are complementary activities... Both contribute synergistically to disseminate knowledge and improve coordination, increasing the effectiveness and impact of projects. The integration of KM with communication activities allows a substantial reduction in costs and generates products that are consistent, more valuable and relevant for the different audiences, avoids duplication of efforts while enhancing the effectiveness of both” (From Adaptation Fund KM strategy)

What does KM mean (for PACC)?

• KM focus for PACC – ‘knowledge capture and sharing’

• Knowledge capture: information, analysis, synthesis, presentation... → communications products

• Knowledge sharing: routes, avenues, places, spaces, formats

• Goal: The knowledge generated by the PACC projects reaches all the people who are able to benefit from it

KM activities over the last 12 months

• Formal and informal

• Different levels

− Local/community level

− National level

− Regional and international level

KM activities over the last 12 months

• Formal KM at the regional and international level

• Audiences

− General public, i.e. non-specialists who are concerned about climate change (regional)

− Policy makers, strategic decision makers, including funders (mainly regional)

− Climate change practitioners and researchers (regional and global)

KM activities over the last 12 months

• News stories

• PACC Technical Reports

• PACC Experiences

• Videos

• PACC photos

KM activities over the last 12 months

PACC webpages: www.sprep.org/pacc

KM activities over the last 12 months

• News stories

• PACC Technical Reports

• PACC Experiences

• Videos

• PACC photos

KM activities over the last 12 months

News stories

• 19 in last 12 months

• www.sprep.org/pacc/news

• Climate Change Matters: SPREP monthly e-

magazine, 824 subscribers

• Asia Pacific Adaptation Network

• Pacific Climate Change Portal

KM activities over the last 12 months

PACC Technical Reports

• Nine produced so far

• Target audience: climate change practitioners and researchers

• CBA, gender (Assessment and Action Plan), V&A (Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands), SEA (Tonga), design report (Tonga), demo guidelines (Nauru and Tuvalu)

• Electronic and hard copies, to be distributed to regional libraries and partners

• Review process

KM activities over the last 12 months

PACC Experiences

• Five produced so far

• Target audience: broad – national and regional decision makers, development agencies, climate change practitioners, and concerned communities and individuals

• Mainstreaming, CBA, gender, resilient water systems, coastal zone

• Themes, key messages, PACC examples

• Electronic and hard copies, to be distributed to regional libraries and partners

KM activities over the last 12 months

Videos

– YouTube, PACC webpages (link)...

KM activities over the last 12 months

PACC photos

– Flickr album

KM activities for the next 6 months

News stories

– Launch events in Palau, Samoa, Tokelau…

PACC Technical Reports

– 12 more demo guidelines

– Other selected reports: ‘Living with rivers and seas’ (Samoa), Mangaia coastal management strategy…

PACC Experiences

– Food production, community engagement, assessment tools…

KM activities for the next 6 months

Develop photo library

Videos

Active networking and dissemination of PACC

knowledge

Ensure ‘permanent’ repository for PACC knowledge

(PACC webpages archive, SPREP library database,

Pacific Climate Change Portal)

KM issues

Ensure your project’s knowledge (information, data,

lessons...) is captured

Contribute to the quality of PACC technical outputs

Be courageous about admitting failure – these are

some of the best lessons

KM lessons

Develop a KM and communications strategy at the

beginning of the project

Participatory – involve all stakeholders

Resource it adequately

It should be flexible, and innovative, reflecting

different types of knowledge and of knowledge

exchange

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