1. Menarid Knowledge Sharing
Achievements and Next Steps
Michael Devlin
June, 2014

2. Key challenge:
How to capture, validate, synthesize
and share your innovations
Across projects
Across countries

3. Why Menarid KM? Why Knowledge Sharing?
Adds value to your investments
Improves the effectiveness of your work
…your organization

4. Policy Briefings
Information
plaforms &
databases
Web information
Success stories
Project summaries
Meeting facilitation
Case studies
Audio-Visual
Communities of
practice
Research
Publications
M&E processesProject review and
synthesis

5. Why Menarid KM? Why Knowledge sharing?
Many approaches
……but unless learning is built into the project cycle
…..into your work
Long term learning will not happen

6. Knowledge sharing
Processes, practices and a style that encourages the
sharing of experience – internally and with partners.
It’s about how we work every day.
• Learning before, during and after
• Innovative and productive meeting organization
(F2F and online)
• Capturing and synthesis of experience
• Accountability for sharing and learning
• A part of M&E

7. Why Menarid KM? Why Knowledge sharing?
A missed opportunity….
Rural development and environmental initiatives
invest hundreds of millions in programs,
projects and interventions.
• Why is there no simple access to the achievements across
projects?
– Project-driven nature of program investments
– Knowledge sharing, synthesis, M&E are often and after-thought
• DFID ‘10% rule’

8. Menarid KM initiative
What will the project leave behind?
• Menarid Gateway
– Knowledge/information management platform
• Learning and technology Transfer Process
– Documented process and steps for ‘live review’ and
synthesis of innovations
• Menarid Monitoring & Evaluation
– Criteria, resources, database & tool

9. Your ideas for next steps
• How useful for all IFAD country programs and others?
• Link Menarid platform with other resources
• How will you continue to use the Menarid platforms
and tools? In your organization or country
• How to make Menraid innovations/evidence available
to policy/decision makers