IWMI’s Knowledge Sharing Initiative between 2001 and 2003 focused on building an internal structure and promoted thinking at IWMI on knowledge sharing and management approaches. This initiative resulted in the creation of IWMI’s Information and Knowledge Group (IKG). It brings together science publishing, marketing communication, ICT, web team and library – to provide a common set of services focused at improving the organization of information and access to IWMI’s research.

The approach chosen is to create a cross-institute coordination and synthesis effort that creates an inventory of all activities in IWMI needed to put the knowledge roles defined by the Strategic Plan 2004 – 2008 into action: Knowledge Generation (KG), Knowledge Sharing (KS), Knowledge Brokerage (KB) and Knowledge Application (KA). Ultimately it is foreseen that IWMI would realize its knowledge center ambition by:

• Having active communities of practice (CoPs) in place with IWMI researchers and peers from partner organizations contributing to knowledge generation and sharing.
  
  
  Actively sharing knowledge with partners and other stakeholders through the life of research projects through a two way process of interaction.
  
  
  Supporting a balanced capacity building program, sharing knowledge with present and future researchers.
  
  
  Having a strong knowledge sharing and learning culture in place.
  
  
• Making data and information available through easily accessible databases as global public goods, the library services, the internet and intranet. Thus contributing to further usage of such data and hence knowledge generation and in general wider use of the available data.  

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KCI Home Page

Knowledge Sharing in Research Pilot Project site

Events

      Knowledge Fair 2004

Progress

Components and Activities

KCI Share Point Site

Presentation on the launch of the Knowledge Sharing Initiative