Mainstreaming and Scaling-up Local Knowledge in Country Operations

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Mainstreaming and Scaling-up Local Knowledge in
Country Operations
Purpose Contribute to improving quality of impact

• Objective
• Building on available local knowledge (K and
  otherwise) to
• Increase ownership
• Reduce overlap
• Tap under-utilized resources

• Possible Action
• Select suitable projects
• Involve specific contributors of local K
• Identify capacity gaps
• Formulate support activities

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Integrating K Banks role in scaling-up
Country Bank Role Result
Uganda Capacity Building (IDF) Integrating local K into the Poverty Eradication Action Plan Integrating local K into the Poverty Eradication Action Plan
Eritrea Kenya Uganda Tanzania FacilitationCapacity Building (ECDVU) Systematic research on traditional ECD practices for validation and initiation of dialogue on national integration of K practices Systematic research on traditional ECD practices for validation and initiation of dialogue on national integration of K practices
Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Capacity building/ Facilitation Recognition of role of traditional practitioners providers in health service provision systematic validation of traditional practicesRegional partnership between E-Africa and S-Asia Recognition of role of traditional practitioners providers in health service provision systematic validation of traditional practicesRegional partnership between E-Africa and S-Asia
Burkina Faso Capacity Building Facilitation Integration of traditional water harvesting method into community development programs Integration of traditional water harvesting method into community development programs
India Brokerage Kerala State adopts traditional practices in health, agriculture and natural resource management into five-year-plan Kerala State adopts traditional practices in health, agriculture and natural resource management into five-year-plan

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Integrating K Mainstreaming in Selected Projects
Country Project Activities Outcome
Malawi Lake Malawi Environment Management Stakeholder analysis, national WS Local K communication component planned
Uganda Agricultural Research Training II National Workshop Approach for local K integration in agricultural research
Eritrea Early Childhood Development Documentation/ systematization of IK practices Database, framework for local K dissemination, K-Notes
Ethiopia Kenya Ghana ESW Appraisals, concept notes, institutional analysis Medicinal plant components in health projects
Kenya PRSP/ CAS Process Institutional analysis of local level institutions Increased community participation in PRSP/CAS process

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Integrating K into development process
Uganda

• Local K Program supported and facilitated
  national workshop
• 1999 Kampala Declaration on IK for sustainable
  development
• IDF Grant supports capacity building
• Integration of K into PRSP (PEAP)
• Northern Uganda Social Action Fund
• Build on local institutions in post-conflict
  areas
• ARTP II Credit
• K element of the Programme to Modernize
  Agriculture (PMA)
• National Agricultural Advisory Services Program
• Develop farmer-driven impact indicators

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MASAF AM June 2002 (Excerpts)

• The GoM acknowledges the relevance of knowledge .
  The University of Malawi has started a program on
  integrating local K in the development process a
  number of studies were carried out in relation to
  indigenous knowledge in traditional medicine and
  agriculture. In 2001, the University has
  conducted a national workshop to promote the
  utilization of local K.
• So far, MASAF has not yet systematically explored
  the possibility of utilizing local K in its
  projects.
•  Indigenous knowledge will play a greater role in
  the implementation of MASAF III. Utilizing local
  K can help MASAF to empower communities through
  valuation of their knowledge, assist MASAF in the
  IEC by building on traditional means of
  communication, or to better target activities.
• For example, customary law and practices could
  be instrumental to target land allocation
  activities. Activities related to food security
  and nutrition can build on the development of
  underutilized, indigenous crops and their
  processing, to better prepare for food
  emergencies.
•  In order to fully utilize the potential of local
  K the authorities and the mission agreed that
  MASAF would produce a resource kit on how to
  integrate local K into MASAF. The kit will
  benefit practitioners, trainers, planners,
  implementers and local authorities, as a resource
  for learning, training, information on best
  practices, and pointers to actors engaged in
  similar activities.
• The learning part of the kit will build primarily
  upon experience gained during the implementation
  of MASAF, complemented by relevant external
  knowledge. It is recommended that selected local
  K practices for the use by communities are
  identified and procedural, organizational and
  institutional arrangements are proposed (to be
  included in a handbook) that will ensure the
  screening of available local K for community
  supported projects.

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Health Integrating K into sector operations

• Recognition of medicinal plants
• 1995 RD acknowledges role of medicinal plants in
  conservation and BD
• Technical Paper 355 Medicinal Plants as Global
  Heritage
• 1998 Presentation to EDs
• Integration Project (components) Ethiopia/
  Ghana/ Jordan
• 2001 K Mainstreaming support IK Notes
  summarizes approach
• Health Strategy of Bank Acknowledges role of TM
• 2003 Strategy paper recognizes contribution to
  primary health care
• Multidisciplinary approach to meet primary health
  needs
• 2004 Proposed cooperation between Health, Rural
  Development, Environment and Private Sector
  Departments

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Activities in MASAF/ NUSAF/ TASAF

• MASAF
• Ongoing Preparation of local K toolkit for
  communities (jointly with MASAF)
• 2004 Study available local K of women/
  communities on I health care
• 2003 C2C with Kenya
• 2002/ 2004 Learning exchange with SA on
  microfinance, local K, social capital
  transformation
• 2000 Peer-to-peer exchange with planners of
  Nigerian CPRP
• NUSAF
• Specific approaches as per project plan build on
  traditional conflict resolution methods
  (targeting elders, supporting customary
  institutions etc.)
• TASAF
• Ongoing Preparation of local K toolkit for
  communities (jointly with MASAF)
• Ongoing Study of intangible benefits of TASAF
  for communities and LG
• 2002/ 2004 Learning exchange with SA on
  microfinance, local K, social capital
  transformation

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Integrating K in the Project Cycle
Preparation
Identification of and tapping into local K
Resources relevant to the project Civil society
organizations ongoing projects, other stake
holders etc. Possible actions vary from
consultation through contracting to capacity
strengthening as specific components of projects
agreement on results indicators involvements of
customary institutions
Implementation
Relationship with local K specific stakeholders
as advisors, contractors, partners or
implementing agencies or as beneficiaries of
specific project measures assign specific tasks
to knowledgeable experts
Supervision/ Evaluation
Local K specific stakeholders can help to
determine and measure impact indicators, (PIM)
documentation of results sharing of lessons
learned
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Integrating K in Sectors (Examples)
Health
Traditional healers as part of the public health
system supporting traditional healers to form
associations with the aim top advocate their
cause, to establish standards of application,
safety and efficacy connection practitioners and
researchers collaborative arrangements between
the formal and informal health care providers
Food security
Involving farmers as innovators and providers of
knowledge supporting farmer/ local K oriented
agricultural research expanding the use of
underutilized traditional plants promoting
useful and cost effective post harvest and food
preparation practices promotion of packages
composed of enhanced indigenous practices
Governance/ CDD
Building on available traditional structures to
enhance transparency and accountability
strengthening traditional institutions and
leveraging global knowledge to enable them
becoming equal partners in the local development
discourse
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Integrating K Action Items (Examples)
Policy
Developing legal frameworks for the recognition
and regulation of traditional/ indigenous
practitioners developing legal frameworks for
protecting the interests of the local K
developers in communities
Sectoral
Documentation/ Dissemination of specific
practices developing IK related research agenda
and education curricula establishment of
standards promotion of successful local K based
practices etc.
Communication
Building on traditional communication modes,
structures, communicators (Griots) and methods to
share and spread information across communities
community to community exchanges, etc.
Governance
Building on/ strengthening the impact of local
values and behaviors as .promoters of attitude
change etc.
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Integrating K Caveats
Focus
The mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge should
be considered a means to a specific end (
poverty reduction, improvement of health care,
rather than a separate undertaking aimed only at
the application of local K) likewise, no
missionaries for the local K case should be too
closely involved, as they tend to have only a
single concern (environment, traditional
healers etc.)
Context
Each project, community, intermediary is
different, hence no 1-on-1 transfer etc support
local adaptation strategies
Access to Local K
Building on local K requires knowledge about it
as of today, much of local K resides in the
communities joint sharing/ documentation
approaches needed.
Governance
Building on/ strengthening the impact of local
values and behaviors as promoters of attitude
change and demand for transparency and
accountability from below could be perceived as
political interference.