Leading by Knowledge - The Democratic Governance Example

Democratic Governance Knowledge

Exchange Forum (DGKEF)

Leading by Knowledge

THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

STORY

A. H. Monjurul KabirFebruary 2010, Dakar



Thoughts from the DGCoP

“Democratic governance is at the center of the ongoing epic struggle/drama

for development” – Olav Kjorven, Director, BDP

“Knowledge and ideas are the greatest asset of UNDP”- President Mbeki

“We aspire for UNDP to be a world class knowledge-based organization,

which generates and disseminates knowledge at all levels, both internally

and externally. That knowledge must be explicitly linked to the needs of

the programme countries and regions to which we respond, both deriving

from & embedded in real development experience, and we must be open

to capturing and adding value to knowledge from the widest range of

sources.” - Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP



• Crying out for Help:From Dakar to Dhaka Value of being part of the DGCoP

•

•DG Networks responded thousands of queries/requests for assistance

•DGG Fielded Hundreds of Advisory missions.

Stories from the Field

•We don’t have a history of Knowledge Product/Advisory Service Recall!

We behaved somewhat like Toyota even Toyota recalled!)



• Innovation and leadership are real issues, happening

round the clock, around the world

Stories from the Field

• From Individual approaches to Standardized Advisory

and Knowledge Services (SDMs) – a new reality!



The Networks & Portals

The Achievements

1. The Global DG Networks: DGP-Net (3000 members), DGFP-Net (250 Focal Points)

2. Interagency Thematic Network: The ACE Electronic Knowledge Network, HuriTalk

3. Inter-agency Knowledge Portals: iknowPolitics, HRBA Portal,

Governance Assessment Portal, Agora (Parliament) …

4. Metanetworking: DPKO Rule of Law Network, The Anti-corruption Research Network



The Achievements

The DG Knowledge Base

• Culmination of network knowledge in one place:

10+ years of knowledge sharing

• Unsurprisingly, It’s the people, not the technology

that dominated the DG history!



The Achievements

The CoP and Sub-practice development

• Most global F2F meetings with mixed experiences on follow-up

• Well developed sub-practices, linked to global/regional events and partners



The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing

• Missing link: The Political Economy of Knowledge

•Lack of Global-Regional-Integration, Regional-Sub regional integration

We are not there yet!• Cross-regional sharing:




• Responding to Demands, not centralized planning or donor driven work plan

• Tracking Real Demands: Whose demands anyway?

• Transitions from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 …happening now!



The Challenges of Knowledge sharing

• No or minimal Incentives

• Quality Assurance: The 7 Step process is time intensive.

• But if followed, would ensure quality.

Needs to be adopted by Regional Bureaux




• Quality Assessment: Who will ring the bell?

• Knowledge Uptake: Learning & improving via application

of knowledge – Still not happening in UNDP



The Future Agenda

• From Networks to Teamworks, Corporate Knowledge Strategy

• A cohesive UNDP/DGG strategy to maximize the potential for inter-agency portals

• Building the Knowledge Base and structure within Practice Architecture

ensuring real participation and leadership of COs and RSCs



The Future Agenda

• Addressing the issues of Incentives and sponsorship

• Enhanced Metanetworking – at the regional and national level

• Encourage and Reward Innovation

• Democratic Governance Knowledge Exchange Forum (DGKEF)

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