Knowledge Share Fair :: Latin America and Caribbean :: CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 25 – 27 May 2010

Knowledge Share Fair

Latin America and Caribbean

CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 25 – 27 May 2010

Background

The ICT-KM Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)and other international organizations are jointly organizing a Knowledge Share Fair in the field of agricultural research and development and food security for Latin America and the Caribbean. Hosted at the Campus of the InternationalCenter for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),this event will build on the successful outcome of the first Knowledge “Share Fair” (Rome, 2009).

Objectives

The main objectives of the event are to:

  • Demonstrate how formal and informal knowledge sharing improves the effectiveness and impact of working activities
  • Encourage sharing and learning from each others’ good practices
  • Provide staff from different organizations with the opportunity to create networks for future collaboration
  • Develop ideas to enhance knowledge sharing within and across organizations and experiment with new tools and methodologies

Themes

Specific themes will include:

  • Good knowledge sharing practices with project teams, partners, communities, networks, and end users
  • Good practices in making research processes and outputs accessible, available and applicable

Sub-themes will be organized based on the proposals we will receive.

Format

The Fair will be structured in exhibition stands, hands-on training, and facilitated discussion sessions with interactive modes of sharing the activities, focusing on the experiences and lessons learned. Participants will explore how different face-to-face methods and virtual knowledge sharing tools can be applied to their work and present innovative solutionsthat encourage effective collaboration and networking.

Language

Applications should be submitted in Spanish or English. In case of submissions in Spanish, we encourage you to provide an abstract in English.

Dates

Call for submissions closes on March 15, 2010.

The Fair will take place on May 25-27, 2010[1].

Contact information

Please submit your proposals by sending an email to:. Please note that at this point in time, we are not able to cover travel costs and daily allowance.

For further information and future updates about the Fair please visit:

Section 1: Contact Information
Name
Email
Organization
Title/position
Country
Organizational Web site
Section 2: Synopsis of Presentation
Please write a short paragraph describing the proposal content (maximum 100 words) with emphasis on the knowledge sharing aspects of the project or initiative.
Project/initiative title
Section 3: Reflection(maximum 100 words each)
What knowledge sharing tools and methods did you use in your project or initiative, and how?
What were the main challenges and issues (what worked and what didn’t work) and how these were addressed? If you worked in collaboration with other organizations, please provide your reflections on this aspect as well.
Did you strengthen the capacity of people involved in the project (including yourself) to use these methods or tools? If yes, how?
Section 4: Format of Presentation
What format would you like to use? (Mark your preference with “X”).
Note:Please be informed that assignment of the below format is not guaranteed and will be subject to availability at the location.
Sessions --Sessions are designed to allow you to share your experience in an interactive format and to learn with participants who work on similar topics. A facilitator will be assigned to your session to prepare the session format with you. The facilitator will be present for the entire duration of the session.Power Point presentations are strongly discouraged during these sessions.
Exhibition stands-- Exhibition stands offer an opportunity to share information using posters, photographs, booklets, brochures etc. The standwill consist of tables and may be shared with other presenters.
Poster board -- Everyone displaying a poster will be present at his/her board at a certain time during the Fair.
Video demonstration --This will be an opportunity to show video films documenting interesting experiences. The film duration should be shorter than 10 minutes. The presenters will be responsible for ensuring the format is appropriate.
Other formats (musical play, storytelling, etc.) are encouraged. Please specify.

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[1]Please note that on May 27 and 28 the Knowledge Management for Developmentcommunity (KM4dev) is organizing a meeting at CIAT which you might want to attend. For more information, please contact: .