Like a duck to water

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Like a duck to water

• the story of the Knowledge Management for
  Development Journal

Sarah Cummings - KIT Euforic AGM, June 2006
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Once upon a time

• CTA/IICD/KIT Smart toolkit reaching completion
• KM approaches
• Power of publications

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What if.?

• Meeting in November 2005 at Hivos
• Sharing the lessons of KM4Dev
• Cross-fertilization betweenIM/KM and AKIS/RAAKS
• Bridging the practitioner-researcher-policymaker
  divide

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Consensus....

• Open access
• Peer review
• Inexperienced writers
• Southern authors, Board members
• Broad church bringing KM to non-believers.

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Launch of the first issue..

• Online communities
• May 2005
• OJS
• Peer review
• Editorial Board
• Guest Editor model
• Guidelines for authors, reviewers, and
• Guest Editors
• 7 articles/case studies
• 1 interview
• Community Notes

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5 issues

• Vol. 1, 2005
• Online communities (May)
• KS in organisations (September)
• KM and culture (December)
• Vol. 2, 2006
• KS in Africa (May)
• Capacity building for networks (September)
• ..??? (December)
• Printing and postage funded by ILO, CGIAR,
  Bellanet, and GDNet

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People

• 55 authors
• 30 Editorial Board members
• 15 Guest Editors
• 3 co-Chief Editors

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Challenges

• Sustainability
• Institutional home
• Different constituencies
• Spreading awareness of journal

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What weve learnt

• OJS
• Editorial process peer support and added value
• Power of enthusiasm, commitment and
  collaboration
• Dgroups
• A lot of work

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Thank you

• www.km4dev.org/journal

www.km4dev.org/journal