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Transcript of Bonn Climate Change Talks
Knowledge Sharing for climate change adaptation in Africa
8th of June 2009
Overview
1. Overview of AfricaAdapt network2. Challenges for a knowledge sharing
intermediary3. Introducing the Knowledge Sharing
Innovation Fund
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Overview of AfricaAdapt
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AfricaAdapt Network
Africa Adapt
RESEARCHERS
POLICYMAKERS
PRACTIONERS
LOCALCOMMUNITIES
Mission and Objectives
Promote and facilitate knowledge sharing on climate change adaptation in Africa
• Translate info to meet stakeholder needs• Build partnerships with organisations /
projects to learn & share knowledge • Identify and address capacity constraints to
knowledge access, sharing and use• Demonstrate the value of a culture of
knowledge sharing
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Host Partners
• Environment et Development du Tiers Monde (ENDA) – Senegal• Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
(FARA) – Ghana• IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
(ICPAC) – Kenya• Institute of Development Studies (IDS) – UK.
Online Activities
•Interactive platform hosting a community of practice
•Editorialised information and newsfeeds
•Thematic overviews and summarised research
•Briefings for policy-makers
•Multimedia repository
Offline Activities
•Face-to-face meetings
•Paper-based and CD dissemination service
•Newsletter
•Radio-based programs in local languages
•Mobile alert service
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Challenges for a knowledge sharing intermediary
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Challenges for a knowledge intermediary
• Overcoming linguistic and regional barriers (francophone/ anglophone Africa)
• Sourcing the most pertinent information for diverse stakeholders
• Promoting local knowledge that is not readily accessible
• Identifying appropriate community intermediaries• Raising researcher awareness on the value of
regular knowledge sharing
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Introducing knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund
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Knowledge sharing barriers
Language Access to information
Gender Disability
Innovation Fund
• Grants of up to US$10.000
• Selection criteria : Engage Hard to reach and Marginalised communities
• Target : African researchers, local and civil society organisations, cooperatives and community networks , among others
First round of submissions : Open from 1 July to 1 August 2009.
Innovative ideas
Innovative knowledge sharing !
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