Knowledge Management System Framework: Principles and Issues

KNOW-4-DRR KICK-OFF MEETING , 11-12 June 2013

Milano, Italy

O. Mejri – Politecnico di Milano

2 WP1 objective

!  This WP is aimed at share among the partners the most systematic possible view of the main factors that characterize today the knowledge development and sharing process within and across the four social groups, comprising scientists, public sector, private sector, and the civil society.

3 WP2 objective

!  In WP2 the focus will be on the decision-making process including the implementation of mitigation strategies and measures.

!  In particular it will be analysed how knowledge flows work (or do not) within and across the different stakeholders groups in such two phases.

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5 Context and expected results

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change

How knowledge is: - PRODUCED

- COMMUNICATED - SHARED

-  ENABLED -  EVOLVING

Knowledge Recognition

Extraction

Enabling

Information Structuring

Access

Management

Public Sector

Private Sector

Scientists

Civil Society

6 WP3 objective

!  WP3 is aimed at developing a knowledge management framework for accommodating different tools and means to be used depending on the type of interaction that must be reached and the stakeholders to be involved.

!  The knowledge management framework should integrate knowledge exchange needs that have to be considered within each social group at large and across different social groups.

7 WP3 main tasks

!  Success stories will be analysed !  A summary of the main results of the latter

analysis and the previous conducted in WP1 and WP2 will be provided so as to highlight what are currently the best tools that have been used to guarantee information flows, permitting to inform decision making with new knowledge when relevant, and supporting knowledge maintenance and retrieval.

8 WP3 tasks

!  Task 3.1. Development of a knowledge management framework, addressing the main goals to be achieved in more effective knowledge co-production, sharing, maintenance, and dissemination (Task Leader:POLIMI).

!  What will be developed in this task is not a full knowledge management system, but rather a framework that will address the main issues, influencing factors, and processes of such a system.

!  Some tools will be described and detailed more than others, whilst special attention will be devoted to put them in context.

9 Knowledge management framework

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Living)labs)

Adap6ve)Knowledge))models)

Knowledge))models)

•  Select)relevant)knowledge)•  Classify)knowledge)•  Represent)knowledge)

The produced Adaptive KM will represent a tool for supporting the requirements elicitation when DDR & CC Information Systems need to be developed.

10 Context and expected results

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change

How knowledge is: - PRODUCED

- COMMUNICATED - SHARED

-  ENABLED -  EVOLVING

Knowledge Recognition

Extraction

Enabling

Information Structuring

Access

Management

Public Sector

Private Sector

Scientists

Civil Society