1. Dan Kisauzi 17 - 20 June 2013 DOLPHIN SUITES, Kampala, Uganda
INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR COMPONENT 2 OF THE IFAD FUNDED AFAAS PROJECT
Dan Kisauzi
June 2013 DOLPHIN SUITES,
Kampala, Uganda

2. OBJECTIVES
To review the institutional development of the Country Fora within the context of CIKM;
To develop the capacity of the CF Focal persons and CIKM Facilitators for using the AFAAS website virtual social networking platform (VSNP);
To initiate the roll out of the website and the VSNP to project countries;
To initiate the development of the CIKM strategy for the project;
To initiate the identification of innovative AAS approaches in the project countries

3. Workshop Process & Methods
Process (review the Programme)
Methods:
Presentations
Discussions for identifying and developing consensus on issues
Demonstrations
Hands-on

4. WHAT IS
Communication?
Data?
Knowledge?
Information?

5. Commonly used definitions
Data are things known or assumed as facts, making the basis of reasoning or calculation;
Information is data that has been made meaningful by being put into a context;
Knowledge is information that has been internalized within an individual’s brain OR within the systems that drive the functioning of organizations. May be written (codified) or inherent (tacit)
Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium

6. What do you think?!

7. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANISATION
Reflection
Data
Information
Knowledge
Action
Communication
“Attention” (M&E)
Learning
Alertness (M&E) e.g. to:
Opportunity
Stress
Analysis
Contextualisation

8. Challenges
How can the project support knowledge management within organisations in the Country Fora?
How can the Project support communication and information management between organisations in and between Country Fora?

9. COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT BETWEEN ORGANISATIONS
ORGANISTION 2
ORGANISTION 1
ORGANISTION 5
ORGANISTION 3
ORGANISTION 4

10. OPPORTUNITIES Institutional foundations built by CF Website
Virtual social networking platform
Concept and learning framework for AAS
Funding to develop a strategy