Reflections on our Learning Journey 2nd Indigenous Knowledge Workshop Global Research Alliance – World Bank Manesar, India February 1, 2006 Nicolas Gorjestani Senior Advisor World Bank

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Reflections on our learning journey Challenges ahead How to create stronger momentum for the community ? How to make the roadmap more relevant for ourselves and for the stakeholders ? How to transcend process from laboratory to holistic validation? How to accelerate implementation and secure funding ? Action Area Community of Interest on Collaborative Validation Roadmap for collaborative validation Process for collaborative validation Validation pilots Achievements, learnings, issues Community established, But low intensity exchange, Need champion? Roadmap defined, But low level of traffic, Need to increase traffic? Process defined/adjusted, But not fully tested, “non-lab” validation? First pilot launched, But facing startup issues, Strategic priorities/funding?