Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation
DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
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Programme
Tuesday, 8 July 2014 Theme of the day: Setting the scene – Policy – Funder – Broad trends in development and K4D 08:30 Registration, Coffee and Tea
09:00 Welcome to the workshop
John Emeka Akude, Senior Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
09:15 Why knowledge matters
Dirk Messner, Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
09:45 Keynote Address: Knowledge as a driver of societal change
Rudolf Stichweh, Director, Forum for International Research, University of Bonn
10:15 Questions & answers 10:30 Break (Coffee and Tea) and Networking 11:00 How do SDC Networks comply with the high expectations regarding knowledge
development in cooperation? Conclusions of an evaluation after 5 years of practice
Carmen Eckert, Learning and Networking Specialist / Kuno Schläfli, Head of Knowledge and Learning Services Division, Swiss department of foreign affairs (EDA), Directorate of Development and Cooperation (DEZA), Knowledge and Learning Processes, Knowledge for Development
11:30 Questions & answers 11:45 Podium discussion: Organizational knowledge management
Sabine Becker, Competence Centre Knowledge Management, GIZ Josef Hofer-Alfeis, Consultant for Knowledge and Innovation Management Martina Kampmann, Senior Councillor, Knowledge Sharing Alliance, OECD Peter Krahl, Research Manager, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Interaction with the plenum Moderator: Devex
12:45 Lunch
Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation
DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
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13:45 Academic keynote: International development cooperation from a complex
adaptive systems perspective
Yasmin Merali, Professor of Systems Thinking, Director, Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University Business School
14:15 Questions & answers 14:30 The scientific use of fragmented narratives: Making sense of complexity
Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd.
15:00 Questions & answers
15:15 The context, challenges and promises of ICT development in Africa
Erick Tambo, Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University, UNU-EHS
15:45 Questions & answers 16:00 Break (Coffee and Tea) and Networking 16:30 World Café 17:30 KM4Dev Style: recap what happened today; social learning and co-creation of
knowledge 18:30 – 20:00 Dinner and drinks
Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation
DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
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Wednesday, 9 July 2014 Theme of the day: Innovate ways of improving development cooperation by using lessons from K4D 9:15 Do global science networks matter for development? – Experiences of the
Humboldt Foundation
Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 9:45 Questions & answers 10:00 Introducing the KM4Dev Community; KM4Dev Issues, Futures 10:15 15 years of KM4Dev: An analysis of past debates and future directions
Julie Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Organization Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam
10:45 Questions & answers 11:00 Break (Coffee and Tea) 11:30 To be determined by the participatory process / The context of development and
knowledge 12:30 Lunch 13:30 To be determined by the participatory process (KM4Dev style) 14:30 – 15:00 Concluding discussions – Buzz groups
Facilitation
Peter Bury, Core Member KM4Dev Jaap Pels, Knowledge Pracademic / Bricoleur
Knowledge for Development: Galvanizing the opportunities of a promising theme for improved development cooperation
DIE Workshop, 8 – 9 July 2014 (version: 2014-06-24)
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Your directions to the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tulpenfeld 6 D - 53113 Bonn Google map: http://g.co/maps/5ehk3
From Bonn Central Station (Hauptbahnhof):
Take the U-Bahn (Subway) U 16 / U 63 or U 66 towards “Bad Honnef / Bad Godesberg” and get off
at the station “Heussallee / Museumsmeile”. You may buy your ticket at vending machines either at
the Station or on board (choose ticket type 1b; 2.50 Euro, coins only). At Heussallee Station, follow
the signs towards the Heussallee exit. After coming up the escalator, walk straight ahead for about
50 m and turn right onto the footpath towards the “Tulpenfeld” office complex. Follow the signs
across Tulpenfeld to the building of DIE at Tulpenfeld 6.