Transcript Transforming UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy

SURFs in Asia and the Pacific:
Servicing Country Offices and
Contributing to Practice Building
Energy and Environment Practice Workshop
Kuala Lumpur, 11 – 15 November 2002
Session Objectives
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Part 1 - Knowledge Management (KM)
within UNDP, the practice concept and
architecture
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Part 2 - Sub-regional Resource Facilities
in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok & Kathmandu SURFs
The KM Challenge: How do you turn individual
knowledge into corporate knowledge?
Knowledge is complex and contextual, and is created
as part of an interactive process, essentially a
human attribute, value laden, and connected to
action.
Knowledge Management is the process of acquiring
and transferring knowledge while modifying one’s
behaviour to reflect this new knowledge.
Knowledge Management - Simplified
KM is about:
 people and trust, not IT
 learning - 70% of organisational learning is
unstructured and informal
 communities - focus shifted from
“collection” of KM resources to
“connection” of people through networks
and the creation of “Communities of
Practice”
KM can be a useful tool for enhancing delivery of
services (i.e. policy advice and capacity building in the
six practices, including energy and environment!)
UNDP - A Practice Organisation
“Making this new system work is dependent on
knowledge-sharing at every level of the
organization. That means a cultural shift in the
way we do business, particularly as it relates to
how we acquire, share and use information…”
MMB, Corporate Priorities, January 2002
Five (Sub)Practice Principles
1. Communities of people
2. Practitioner participation
3. Self-determined and driven by
professional interest
4. Strategic role
5. Stakeholder-driven
PRACTICES ARE COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE ACROSS ORGANIZATION
Sub/Practices support
CO-level service delivery
PRACTICE STAFF
BDP Staff including
Policy Advisors,
Knowledge Specialists
and Practice
Administrators.
Practice Leadership
Dedicated
Practice
Staff
Commit their time to the
practices..
Practitioners
HQ
Support
for
Practices
PRACTICE
LEADERSHIP
Practice Leader, ASG
Champion
and select Senior
Practitioners govern
the practice.
HQ SUPPORT FOR
PRACTICES
Select RBx, BRSP and
BoM Staff
PRACTITIONERS
UNDP Staff (RRs, DRRs, Program Officers), and
Consultants who choose to be affiliated with practices based
on personal interest or field experiences.
Contribute with knowledge (substantive and process),
inputs to practice priorities, and mutual support.
Support practice
activities.
PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITIES
Description
LEADERSHIP
GOVERNANCE
and
agenda setting
Oversight/
management
Budgeting
Project-specific
support to country
offices
Specialists mission to country offices
“Research & Information” function
Links to learning network of external experts
Proactive support to priority countries
Knowledge
Management
Sponsored research by UNDP teams to fill knowledge gaps and develop new service
lines
Knowledge codification (from both internal work and external partners)
Knowledge sharing
Community building
Recruit people into practice community and facilitate connections among
community participants
Host global, regional and sub-regional events for practitioners
Maintain current mapping of UNDP competencies
Practice-related
advocacy
Global advocacy to shape international development agenda in practice area
Support to local-level advocacy in practice area
Practice-specific
fundraising
Practice fundraising strategy and key fundraising documents
Collaboration with BRSP to raise practice funds
Strategy
Relationship building and collaborative definition of respective roles with other
Partnership building
Professional
Development
Communications
significant players in practice area e.g., other UN agencies, external institutions,
regional development agencies
Practice-specific training
Contribution to evaluations of affiliated and dedicated staff
External reputation building (e.g., publications, promotion of service lines,
representation at conferences/forums)
Internal communication and practice ‘marketing’ (e.g., newsletters, practice
website, introductory events)
Part 2 - The Global SURF
System
 BDP hosts a Policy Support Coordination
Unit to promote collaboration across UNDP
Practice areas;
 Global Networks on UNDP practices and
sub-practices promote global exchange of
knowledge
 Nine SURFs Worldwide (2 in our region)
The SURF System…
 CO
support and alignment around six
practices
 pillar in knowledge-based organization
 knowledge broker:
connects people (mutual support & capacity mapping,
consultant roster, mapping of regional institutions)
collects and codifies knowledge (i.e. best practices
and comparative experiences)
 supports
priorities
CO KM and capacity building
SURF Mandate –
Our Services:
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Policy Advice &Technical Backstopping
Referrals of Experts &Comparative
Experiences
Promotion of Good Practices
Networking & Collaboration
SURF Kathmandu Team
SURF Coordination Unit:
Jo Scheuer, Chief
Stefan Priesner, Deputy Chief
Shaguni Singh, Information Analyst
Sangeeta Pandey, KM Officer
Anuja Shiesta, Programme & Admin Associate
Policy Advisors:
Anuradha Seth, Pro-poor Policies/PRS
Roma Bhattacharya, Gender
Mumtaz Keklik, Trade, Globalisation and Investment (December)
Decentralisation and Local Governance - Vacant
Gernot Brodnig, ENVIRONMENT
Bangkok SURF Team
SURF Coordination Unit:
Chief, Alvaro Rodriguez
Deputy Chief, Tina Friis-Hansen
Vacant, IT Specialist
Programme Officer , Nadine Smith
Policy Advisors:
Rule of Law, Sanaka Samarasinha
Poverty Alleviation, Taka Kusago
Public Admin. Reform, Patrick Keuleers
Island Nations, Garry Wiseman (in Suva)
Nathalie Bouche, Macroeconomic Policies and Reform (in Beijing)
ENVIRONMENT – Under Recruitment
Johan Arvling, Research Officer
Bangkok & Kathmandu Joint Team
GEF - Kuala Lumpur
Tim Clairs, Regional Coordinator, Biodiversity and International Waters
Manuel Soriano, Regional Coordinator, Climate Change
Tito Santos, Regional Coordinator, Biodiversity and International Waters
FINESSE - Bangkok
Jan van den Akker, Technical Advisor
Zheng Luo, Programme Officer
Capacity 2015 – Bangkok
Anita Nirody, Regional Coordinator
PPPUE - Bangkok
Felicity Rose, Regional Advisor
Tsutomu Nishimara, Associate Advisor
BCPR - Bangkok
Tom Brennan, Advisor
HIV/AIDS – New Dehli
Sonam Yangchen Rama, Regional Project Coordinator and Advisor
Therefore…..
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Contact Us
• Bangkok SURF
Email:
[email protected]
URL:
http://surf.undp.or.th
Phone:
66-2-288 2129
Fax:
66-2-288 3032
• Kathmandu SURF
Email: [email protected]
URL:
http://www.surfsouthasia.org
Phone:
977-1-548 553
Fax:
977-1-548 597