www.humanitarianlibrary.org

What is it?

A Global Knowledge LibraryA truly global humanitarian technical library of guidelines, training materials and other knowledge

Integrating UN Software and StandardsBuilt on the UN/OCHA platform for Humanitarian Response, the replacement of OneResponse, to facilitate sharing with UN information resources

Developed with a Humanitarian Knowledge NetworkEstablishing a global community of practice to solidify the humanitarian collective memory and develop common knowledge management conventions

Why is it?

Following UN/OCHA and IASC Objectives Aligned with UN/OCHA Strategic Objective 3.3: ‘Improved Organizational Learning and Development to Achieve Better Results’ and IASC ‘Transformative Agenda’

Filling the Knowledge Management GapHumanitarian knowledge currently resides on websites of hundreds of thousands of agencies worldwide – where do you go to find what?

Knowledge Management to Compliment Information Management Information management is supported, but not knowledge

Knowledge = guidelines, manuals, training materialsInformation = news, situation reports, maps, statistics

Integration opportunities with UN/OCHA and IASC

Where are we?

• Project Proposal with UKAID

• Funding secured from USAID for a Shelter and Settlement Library

• Hold profiles of the thirty most vulnerable countries

• Develop and deliver a Humanitarian Knowledge Network

Breakout Questions

Who Manages Knowledge?

• What is the role for "knowledge managers" in your organisation / sector?

• If so, what qualities / skill sets should they possess?

• At what point in the project chain might they be best positioned?

• Is the objective to better field activities or affect institutional change, or both?

Breakout Questions

What are the Knowledge "Habits“

• How do you nurture knowledge sharing?

• Which actors in the knowledge chain are using which tools?

• Where is the balance between computer-based knowledge exchange and people-to-people interaction?

Breakout Questions

Types of Knowledge

• What knowledge should we be capturing? Where are the knowledge gaps?

• How should that knowledge be presented?

• How do we capture socio cultural knowledge so that it is useful to the project process, to avoid wasted resources and ineffective projects?