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Angela Nash-Mercado, JHU CCP, K4Health On behalf of Partners of the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Knowledge Gateway: Knowledge Gateway: Share, exchange, transfer and Share, exchange, transfer and apply knowledge apply knowledge

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Presentation by Angela Nash-Mercado (JHU CCP, K4Health) at the Dgroups Peer Exchange - 15 July 2013

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Angela Nash-Mercado, JHU CCP, K4Health

On behalf of Partners of the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative

Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Knowledge Gateway:Knowledge Gateway:

Share, exchange, transfer andShare, exchange, transfer andapply knowledge apply knowledge

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Implementing Best Practices

IBP is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of the family planning/reproductive health community to identify, implement, and scale-up effective practices through sharing knowledge and resources, minimizing duplication, and promoting collaboration.

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IBP Consortium Members

Diverse group of partners

Different comparative advantages

Function at the global, regional and country level

Reduce duplication

Harmonize approaches

Identifying and taking effective practices to scale

Catalyze action to managing change

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IBP Consortium MembersFounding partners: WHO/RHR USAID UNFPA EngenderHealth Family Health International International Planned Parenthood

Federation IntraHealth Jhpiego Johns Hopkins’ Center for

Communication Programs Management Sciences for Health Pathfinder International Public Health Institute

New partners: Academy for Education Development Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health CARE International Centre for African Family Studies Centre for Development & Population Activities CORE Group East, Central, and Southern African Heath Community (ECSA HC) ExpandNet Family Care International International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University International Council on Management of Population Programs John Snow ,Inc. Marie Stopes International Partners in Population & Development Population Council Population Reference Burearu PATH Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Makerere University, Uganda University Research Corporation White Ribbon Alliance

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To effectively exchange or transfer knowledge, information, expertise, and experience in order to improve practice

Our Challenge

Overcome gap in transfer and application

of knowledge

Improve practice and

health

Unlock and share knowledge

and experience

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Save time & money

Promotecollaboration

The value of participating in a Community of Practice

Solveproblems

Share lessons learned

Capture“know how”

Enable innovation

&creativity

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Knowledge Gateway

Web-based technology to function via: Email Online http://knowledge-gateway.org

Every communication is automatically archived

Access the system from anywhere you have an Internet connection

Low resolution Simple to use Connects individuals and groups to other

communities of practice

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Knowledge GatewayKnowledge Gateway

WHO/RHR shares the management of the Knowledge Gateway with JHU/CCP/K4Health.

Both help IBP members and other organizations and agencies to create and manage communities of practice and eForums.

WA Research is the IT partner who created and maintains the Knowledge Gateway platform.

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Knowledge GatewayKnowledge Gateway

42,673 members from:220 countries and territories13,801 organizations

Members participate in hundreds of communities

More than 60 online discussion forums conducted

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Design Principles

1. Link with external resources

2. Accept different levels of participation

3. Develop public and private community

spaces

4. Focus on value – to individual members and

to organization

5. Combine routine events with new activities

6. Create a rhythm for the community

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Role of CoP Leaders

• Foster learning• Stimulate interaction• Create new knowledge• Promote awareness among

new members• Develop common

understandings• Identify and share good

methodologies, tools, projects, etc.

• Build a network of experts in specific areas of interest

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Strategies for Fostering Engagement

• Recognize community members’ contributions, helping peers, sharing experiences, connecting experts, and mentoring

• Create processes for rewarding knowledge nuggets captured, created, and shared

• Recognize and market communities internally and externally

• Organize and conduct online discussion forums• Can attract new members• Enables participants to ask an expert in their

field questions to which they can respond over a set period of time

• Create community eNewsletters

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clear purpose – what will it be used to do? creating a safe and trusted environment committed core group of active participants being motivated knowing the needs of participants having a clear action plan with activities to

meet needs blending face-to-face and online activities

Nurturing and sustaining the CoP requires efforteffort and energyenergy from a skilled leaderleader.

What Makes a Successful CoP?

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Criteria for Successful CoPs

Easy access to the discussion; The opportunity to interact with a wide range of

participants; The ability to meet one's information needs; Maintaining or increasing membership and motivation to

participate; Reaching participants with key information; Ensuring that discussion threads are clear and easily

understood; Generating debate that is provocative, interesting and

stimulating; and Encouraging participants to discover new ways to tackle

problems and to foster sustainable partnerships.

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knowledge-gateway.org

For more information, visit the Knowledge Gateway