Workshop
Knowledge for Development
Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation
Bonn, 8 - 9 July 2014 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
Programme Tuesday, 8 July 2014 Theme of the day: Setting the scene – Policy – Funder – Broad trends in development and K4D 08:30
Registration, Coffee and Tea
09:00
Welcome to the workshop John Emeka Akude, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
09:15
Why knowledge matters Dirk Messner, Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
09:45
Keynote Address: Knowledge as a driver of societal change Rudolf Stichweh, Director, Forum for International Research, University of Bonn
10:15
Questions & answers
10:30
Break (Coffee and Tea) and Networking
11:00
How do SDC Networks comply with the high expectations regarding knowledge development in cooperation? Conclusions of an evaluation after 5 years of practice Carmen Eckert, Learning and Networking Specialist / Kuno Schläfli, Head of Knowledge and Learning Services Division, Swiss department of foreign affairs (EDA), Directorate of Development and Cooperation (DEZA), Knowledge and Learning Processes, Knowledge for Development
11:30
Questions & answers
11:45
Podium discussion: Organizational knowledge management Sabine Becker, Competence Centre Knowledge Management, GIZ Josef Hofer-Alfeis, Consultant for Knowledge and Innovation Management Martina Kampmann, Senior Councillor, Knowledge Sharing Alliance, OECD Peter Krahl, Research Manager, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Interaction with the plenum Moderator: Devex
12:45
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Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
13:45
Academic keynote: International development cooperation from a complex adaptive systems perspective Yasmin Merali, Professor of Systems Thinking, Director, Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University Business School
14:15
Questions & answers
14:30
The scientific use of fragmented narratives: Making sense of complexity Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd.
15:00
Questions & answers
15:15
The context, challenges and promises of ICT development in Africa Erick Tambo, Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University, UNU-EHS
15:45
Questions & answers
16:00
Break (Coffee and Tea) and Networking
16:30
World Café
17:30
KM4Dev Style: recap what happened today; social learning and co-creation of knowledge
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner and drinks
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Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
Wednesday, 9 July 2014 Theme of the day: Innovate ways of improving development cooperation by using lessons from K4D 9:15
Do global science networks matter for development? – Experiences of the Humboldt Foundation Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
9:45
Questions & answers
10:00
Introducing the KM4Dev Community; KM4Dev Issues, Futures
10:15
15 years of KM4Dev: An analysis of past debates and future directions Julie Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Organization Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam
10:45
Questions & answers
11:00
Break (Coffee and Tea)
11:30
To be determined by the participatory process / The context of development and knowledge
12:30
Lunch
13:30
To be determined by the participatory process (KM4Dev style)
14:30 – 15:00 Concluding discussions – Buzz groups
Facilitation Peter Bury, Core Member KM4Dev Jaap Pels, Knowledge Pracademic / Bricoleur
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Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
Your directions to the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tulpenfeld 6 D - 53113 Bonn Google map: http://g.co/maps/5ehk3 From Bonn Central Station (Hauptbahnhof): Take the U-Bahn (Subway) U 16 / U 63 or U 66 towards “Bad Honnef / Bad Godesberg” and get off at the station “Heussallee / Museumsmeile”. You may buy your ticket at vending machines either at the Station or on board (choose ticket type 1b; 2.50 Euro, coins only). At Heussallee Station, follow the signs towards the Heussallee exit. After coming up the escalator, walk straight ahead for about 50 m and turn right onto the footpath towards the “Tulpenfeld” office complex. Follow the signs across Tulpenfeld to the building of DIE at Tulpenfeld 6.
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