Transcript Online Collaboration Spaces in the European Commission

capacity4dev.eu
Capacity Development and Knowledge sharing
by DG EuropeAid
What is capacity4dev
• EuropeAid's knowledge sharing and collaboration
platform
• Supports daily work and cross leaning within the
organisation, increasing our capacity to deliver.
– Delegations openly reflecting and sharing operational
lessons from successful projects
– Used to explain our tools and systems to HQ, EUD,
partners
– Institutional memory, consolidate knowledge now
scattered
• Promotes Capacity Development as a priority of our
cooperation
Strategic scope
Capacity Development Opportunities:
Improve the Quality of Aid and increase our impact in terms of Capacity
Development as a major cross cutting issue of Development Effectiveness
Help use knowledge for Development: Capacity4dev as a knowledge hub
for the development community
“Knowledge and information are key to achieving our development objectives
and benefit our partner countries.”
Purpose: Capacity Development and consolidation of
thematic expertise
• Support the daily work of distributed teams and Thematic Networks and
Communities of Practice including both EC / EEAS staff and partners across
the globe.
• Link Internal with External expertise and enable cross learning
• Build bridges across thematic expertise silos
• Support good practice and innovation exchange / help identify specialists
• Build Thematic Institutional Memory: Transfer knowledge online before it
gets lost : too much Info is unshared and hidden / fragmented
Fast facts : demographics
April 2012: Over 4400 registered members (development practitioners)
60,000+ unique visitors from more than 5000 cities in 208 countries/territories.
Members of capacity4dev.eu - Nov 2011
8%
6%
4%
44%
10%
12%
16%
European Institutions
Private Sector
Civil Society / NGO
Government
International Organization
Academic
Other
Bring together professionals from all continents, from as far as Republic of Nauru, Kiribati or Marshal Isl.
Fast facts: high value community & content
• 27 Topic overview pages: compilation of all relevant content
per topic
• 250+ high value Editorials, 200+ videos: Professional
Editorial Team (journalists) and Video production.
Sharing good practices
How to improve quality
How to improve impact
Share on innovative EU-funded projects
• 50+ Online Groups (such as FLEGT)
Support the day to day work of real life Working Groups
Support policy / strategy formulation and implementation
• 1790+ Documents online
• 660+ Blog posts
• 150+ Events
FLEGT Group
• Launched in 2012
• Objectives:
– Improve Coordination on FLEGT policy Implementation
– Inform on FLEGT Events across the world
– Enable easy and decentralised sharing and exchange of knowledge
• Target Audience
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EC / EEAS staff working on FLEGT in HQ and Delegations
EU Member States staff and specialists working on FLEGT
Partner Organisations and Governments
FLEGT related Project beneficiaries
http://capacity4dev.eu/public-flegt
You are invited to join the community!
1. Become a member of capacity4dev: As simple as
hitting “Join Now” on the home page and filling in
the form.
2. “Request Membership” on FLEGT Group to start
contributing and sharing your own knowledge and
experience…
Its success will depend on our / your participation!
Valerie is here to help you get on-board !
Contact
Thank you for your attention!
Contact us on capacity4dev
www.capacity4dev.eu/contact
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Look for help in www.capacity4dev.eu/help
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