Knowledge sharing on climate change adaptation in Africa from a knowledge sharing intermediary perspective.

1. Knowledge Sharing for climate change adaptation in
Africa
8th of June 2009

2. Overview
1. Overview of AfricaAdapt network
2. Challenges for a knowledge sharing
intermediary
3. Introducing the Knowledge Sharing
Innovation Fund

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Overview of AfricaAdapt
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4. AfricaAdapt Network
RESEARCHERS
LOCAL Africa
POLICYMAKERS
COMMUNITIES Adapt
CIVIL SOCIETY
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5. Mission and Objectives
MISSION
Promote and facilitate knowledge
sharing on climate change adaptation
in Africa
• Translate info to meet stakeholder needs
OBJECTIVES
• Build partnerships with organisations /
projects
• Identify and address capacity constraints
to knowledge access, sharing and use
• Demonstrate the value of knowledge
sharing

6. Host Partners
• Environment et Development du Tiers Monde
(ENDA) – Senegal
• Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
(FARA) – Ghana
• IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
(ICPAC) – Kenya
• Institute of Development Studies
(IDS) – UK.

7. Online Activities
• Interactive platform hosting a community of
practice
• Editorialised information and newsfeeds
• Thematic overviews and summarised research
• Briefings for policy-makers
• Multimedia repository

8. Offline Activities
• Face-to-face stakeholder gatherings
• Mobile alert service
• Newsletter
• Radio-based programs in local languages
• Paper-based and CD dissemination service

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Challenges for a knowledge
sharing intermediary
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11. Challenges for a knowledge intermediary
• Overcoming linguistic and regional barriers
(francophone/ anglophone Africa)
• Sourcing the most pertinent information for
diverse stakeholders
• Promoting local knowledge that is not readily
accessible
• Identifying appropriate community
intermediaries
• Raising researcher awareness on the value of
regular knowledge sharing

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Introducing knowledge Sharing
Innovation Fund
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13. Knowledge sharing barriers
Access to Disability
Language Gender
information

14. Innovation Fund
• Grants of up to US$10.000
• Selection criteria : Engage Hard to reach and
Marginalised communities
• Target : African researchers, local and civil society
organisations, cooperatives and community
networks , among others
First round of submissions :
Open from 1 July to 1 August 2009.

15. Innovative ideas
Visual
Songs arts
Radio
Theatre
Videos
Innovative knowledge sharing !

16. Thank You!
www.africa-adapt.net
info@africa-adapt.net