Session Report 6.1.1.

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Session Report6.1.1
Badra KAMALADASA Daniel VALENSUELA
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Session 6.1.1 Knowledge for All, All for Knowledge
Issues related to knowledge management and
development, in particular the approaches which
ensure scientists to working on the priority
issues from the ground and appropriate systems
for sharing and making newly gained knowledge
available
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GAPS, CONSTRAINTS

• Communication Issues
• Terminology by scientist too difficult for
  applications problematic
• Lack of data (e.g., ecosystem service)
• Languages Need translation in local languages

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GAPS, CONSTRAINTS

• Communication Issues(contd)
• Language issue (different concepts for different
  communities scientists, practitioners, public)
• Policy makers want simple facts and figures, not
  too complicated.
• Lack of accessibility to internet)
• No feedback / loops for a continuous knowledge
  process

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Other Observations .....

• Middle-manager horizon short-term,
  solution/problem -oriented and pressure from
  above (delay in research actions)
• Only academic priorities
• Tools used by scientists are too complicated and
  too narrow (research silo).
• Teach also about conflicts

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Other Observations .....

• Scientists are only awarded after scientific
  publications.
• Cost obstacles Example of scientists
  International scientific articles are expensive

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• People need more skills, not only (more)
  knowledge
• More practical work in education, Not only
  reading text books
• Interactive skills for lecturers student
  centered teaching skills, discovery
• Teamwork activities for high school students

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Attitude has to change for
• Discovery learning
• Make students responsible
• Widening view different perspectives
• Value and incorporate local peoples
  contributions
• Include all stakeholders
• To define the different stakeholders and target
  population (mission and vision)

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Knowledge to be transferred to users/ policy
  makers
• Responsibility on dissemination of knowledge has
  to be shared with users
• Making the public aware of the issues, (in
  particular also the importance of mainstreaming
  of gender issues. )

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Disseminating of new knowledge needs local and
  organizational training and capacity building
• Use appropriate modes/ means and tools
• Include water in education curriculum at primary
  school
• Success should be acknowledged even if it is
  difficult to have quantifiable indicators of
  impacts

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Move from knowledge transfer to knowledge
  sharing
• - Promote people-to-people learning dialogues
  (workshops, networks)
• - Gaps analysis (what are the needs?) and
  acknowledgment that target
• - communities are also holders of knowledge
• - Mechanisms to catch feedback from target
  communities

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Establish networks that can be interconnected
• Applied research institutes vs. traditional
  university research (chain of research river
  of knowledge))
• Time allocation and need for mechanisms to
  understand each other (practionioner and
  scientists)
• The practitioner should define the problem

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Improve communication
• provide funding
• Change system of evaluation, Evaluation
  committee that translate scientific results
  (learning alliance)
• Demonstrate community/stakeholders involvement

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