April 2010 The good news is … ILRI can become a centre of excellence on knowledge management systems in the new CGIAR…….. And the not so good news is … ……… ILRI projects do not always consider communication and dissemination of knowledge to users at different levels, as a key project responsibility. •Action •Learning •Innovation •Competency •Local solutions Data + Meaning Information + Context Knowledge + Action +Experiment Innovation Competency + Learning + Decision making Results • always a mean to a purpose • a project management and partners’ continuous task • institutionalisation of knowledge sharing mechanisms • @ local, regional & global levels. Supply‐ based KM (Operational orientation) Demand‐based KM ( Goal‐orientation ) Know How * * After K. North, 1991:41