Launching the

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• Launching the
• Public Administration Reform
• Sub-practice Community

Kim Henderson kim.henderson_at_undp.org Knowled
ge Network Facilitator for Democratic
Governance BDP/DGG, New York
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Outline

• Knowledge Management - where have we been and
  where are we going?
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• The PAR sub-practice community where does it
  fit?
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• Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
  principles?
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 KM where have we been and where are we going?

• Introduced concepts of knowledge management
• Established the Practice Architecture
• Set up and are now restructuring the SURFs
• Established Global Knowledge Networks
• Begun codification and collection
• Focus on Connection

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KM where have we been and where are we going?
KM where have we been and where are we going?

• Consolidation and reflection
• The objective now is to further align UNDPs
  organisational reality with the vision set
  forward by the Administrators business plans and
  operationalised in the MYFF.
• Knowledge Management Roadmap Development
  Process

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KM where have we been and where are we going?

• UNDP needs systematic processes for gathering
  distilling, organizing, finding, and presenting
  information in ways that improve staff
  understanding in key substantive and
  administrative areas and that allow the
  organization to operate more efficiently, gain
  insight and understanding from its far-ranging
  experience on the ground in 166 countries and
  turn this understanding into a competitive
  advantage in the development marketplace all
  with the aim of using knowledge to further human
  development.

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KM where have we been and where are we going?

• The Roadmap sets out a strategy for how to do
  thisat its simplest
• When a project finishes, find out
• What did you learn?
• Who learned it?
• How can you share it?
• How can you repeat it?
• and improve it?

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KM where have we been and where are we going?

• The Intention is to
• Be more effective
• Save time (do less work)
• Promote collaboration
• Know more

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KM where have we been and where are we going?

• Proposed Knowledge Tools
• 1.How-to Guide to Project Design
• 2.Global Project Database
• 3.Best Experts and Institutions Roster
• 4.Policy Positions
• 5.Comparative Experiences

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KM where have we been and where are we going?

• Proposed Capacity Investments
• 1.Content Management
• 2.Systems and Tools
• 3.Staff Policy
• 4.Networks and Communities
• 5.Technology Infrastructure
• Connection and Collection

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The PAR sub-practice community where does it
fit?

• A key feature of connection is the Practice
  Architecture and COP
• The Practice Architecture is essentially a
• decentralization of responsibilities that focus
  on 10 key objectives
• Management, agenda setting, community building,
  knowledge management, professional development,
  policy development, advocacy, communications,
  partnership building and resource mobilization

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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• Practices are communities of people from across
  the organization collaborating in an area of
  common interest
• A sub-practice is community that forms around a
  specific topic within a Practice area, because
  the narrower topic allows for more meaningful
  collaboration (e.g., PAR)
• Sub-practices engage in the same kinds of
  activities as Practices narrower focus

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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• Who participates in a sub-practice?
• Dedicated thematic experts - BDP staff in both HQ
  and SURFs wo work in
• Practitioners eg CO Focal points
• Bureaux and other Practice Members

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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• What are the fundamental sub-practice principles?
• No fixed organizational structure, and small
  dedicated staff
• Practitioner participation encouraged for
  long-term career success
• Nature of participation self-determined and
  driven by professional interest and
  entrepreneurial values - Strategic role, not just
  reactive support.
• Stakeholder-driven (based on programme country
  needs, partner interests, and corporate mandates

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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• What does a sub-practice do?
• Shares comparative practices and builds practical
  techniques/tools for supporting substantive
  concerns
• Builds strategic and long-term support among
  regional governance focal points through the
  identification of the community
• Systematically setting and acting on strategic
  priorities
• Fulfills a wider range of organizational
  responsibilities beyond knowledge sharing,
  including advocacy, partnership building, and
  professional development
• Facilitates communication beyond e-mail

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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• What tools are available to support the
  sub-practice?
• In addition to those outlined in the Knowledge
  Roadmap Process a number of tools are already
  available the sub-practice community should also
  focus on innovating to identify whether these or
  others meet its needs and can develop new tools

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Best Practices
Etc
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Becoming a sub-practice community tools and
principles?

• What do we want our sub-practice community to do?
  Who are we?
• Objectives
• Identity
• Issues
• Tools Diagnostic/Primers?
• Outputs
• Roles