Capitalising on Local Knowledge - Community Knowledge Exchange - Toolkit 2

This electronically available document from the World Bank is for the preparation, implementation and evaluation of community-to-community knowledge, and learning exchanges.

From the introduction:

"This Toolkit is designed to provide practical guidance in designing and implementing community-to-community exchange visits. It is intended for practitioners and service providers who wish to implement knowledge exchange processes. It is also aimed at students and development professionals who would like to better understand how the methodology is implemented.

This toolkit does not attempt to give all the answers to the novice development practitioner. Rather, it is a straightforward description of the overall methodology, and a collection of experiences and hints from recent exchange processes. [The authors] hope that it will serve as an inspiration to the practitioner to develop and implement an innovative process that is appropriate in the local context."

The toolkit covers the following: (Click on the titles to access each chapter online)

Introduction: Important concepts in development”

• Knowledge
• Learning
• Ownership
• Participation
• Indigenous knowledge and potential

Process Design

• Step 1: Shared vision for development
• Step 2: Developing the exchange concept
• Step 3: Preparatory processes
• Step 4: Knowledge exchange visit?
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• Step 5: Feedback & planning
• Step 6: The way ahead

Exercises

• Introductory exercises
• Process exercises
• Energizers
• Closure

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Monitoring and evaluation as a learning process
• Monitoring for self-correction
• Monitoring the impacts
• Identifying indicators
• Evaluating the process
• Evaluating the impacts

Taking ideas further<

Click here for the complete resource online.