Knowledge Sharing

The proposed knowledge sharing initiative is complementary to the overall project goals and objectives. Therefore, the KS will be implemented as part of the overall project, thorough in built knowledge sharing vision to the overall project management. The major output of this initiative will be a culture of knowledge sharing in the project implementation.

Knowledge Processes	Project Components	Leading group on Knowledge process	Knowledge sharing techniques or methods	Expected outcomes / Knowledge product	Measurable Outputs
Knowledge Generation (KG) and Knowledge Sharing (KS)	Component 1- Identify and promote the expansion of community based innovations termed ‘Bright’ spots that prevent further land and water degradation and enhance the livelihoods of agrarian communities in the target countries	Farmer groups- “bright spots”- who’s practices are leading to the higher land and water productivity in the land degraded zones	• Process documentation • Communities of practices • Learning alliances • Knowledge Fairs • Learning by doing	• Matrix of success for each bright spot • Learning alliance around each identified bright spot • Knowledge movement methods and channels are identified	• 15 bright spots in each country (45) • 1-2 learning alliances around each bright spots (90) • 2-3 Knowledge movement channels in locality identified
	Component 2 -Evaluate plant species and management systems that have the potential to increased productivity and income generation on saline soils through farmer participatory trials in the three target countries.	Researchers groups – IWMI, ICARDA, ICBA and NARS teams of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan	• Peer assist • Outcome Mapping • Learning alliances • Knowledge Fairs • Learning by doing	• Package of new technologies on remediation of land degradation • Learning channels identified • Learning alliances are formed	• 4-5 new technology packages on degraded land rehabilitation in total (salinity & sodicity) • 1 learning alliances of stakeholders for every new technology
Knowledge Sharing (KS)	Component 3- Enhance the capacity of national research and extension services to develop and promote innovative strategies that address land water resource degradation.	1. Researchers groups- sharing new technologies and approaches 2. Farmer groups- sharing of indigenous and farmer lead initiatives on degraded land rehabilitation 3. Professor and Students groups- MSc and PhD thesis on subject matter and helping to develop curricula for Universities	• Knowledge Fairs • Peer assist • Formal training • Process documentation • Media and press involvement • Story telling • Open Space	• Sustainable KS process • Properly documented KG and KS process • Publicity of the activities • PhD and MSc students • Curricula developed and integrated into teaching process	• Processes of KG and KS are documented (2 documentaries and 10-15 project based brochures • 2 Knowledge Fairs • 3 MSc and 1 PhD student
Knowledge Management (KM)	All project components	Project Team	• Process documentation • Round tables • KS Fair and publications on KS	• KS platform for technical projects	• Case study report on KS • Journal (public) on importance of KS in technical research • Round table meetings with CGIAR Central Asia group on KS in technical projects
2. Different Knowledge Process in the project components
3. Work Plan of Knowledge Sharing component of “Enabling Communities in the Aral Sea Basin to Combat Land and Water Resources Degradation through the Creation of Bright” Spots Project (ADB RETA)”
Process		Activities		Time Frame
1 Development of common understanding of Knowledge Sharing platform among project partners		1.1.Mapping of project border partners 1.2.Meetings, using open space on KS process initiation (in each project location) 1.3. Discussions on Project level KS platform discussion ( in yearly project meeting)		August-September, 2005 October-November,2005 January, 2006
2 Starting to implementing Knowledge Sharing platform of project		2.1. Identification of Matrix of success for each bright spots case 2.2. Creation of learning alliance around each identified bright spot 2.3. Identifying Knowledge movement methods and channels in every project partner communities 2.4 Development of package of new technologies on remediation of land degradation with KS approaches applied 2.5 Knowledge Fairs (open space, story telling, learning by doing) for KS 2.5. Documenting and publicizing of Knowledge Generation and Sharing processes 2.6. PhD and MSc students are involved into project implementation		December, 2005 January, February,2006 January, 2006 Whole project cycle April, 2006 and 2007 Whole project cycle Whole project cycle