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Global Humanitarian Knowledge Library

A global technical library of guidelines and training materials, integrating UN software and standards. Developed with a Humanitarian Knowledge Network to solidify collective memory and enhance learning. Fills the gap in humanitarian knowledge management.

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Global Humanitarian Knowledge Library

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  1. www.humanitarianlibrary.org

  2. What is it? A Global Knowledge LibraryA truly global humanitarian technical library of guidelines, training materials and other knowledge Integrating UN Software and StandardsBuilt on the UN/OCHA platform for Humanitarian Response, the replacement of OneResponse, to facilitate sharing with UN information resources Developed with a Humanitarian Knowledge NetworkEstablishing a global community of practice to solidify the humanitarian collective memory and develop common knowledge management conventions

  3. Why is it? Following UN/OCHA and IASC Objectives Aligned with UN/OCHA Strategic Objective 3.3: ‘Improved Organizational Learning and Development to Achieve Better Results’ and IASC ‘Transformative Agenda’ Filling the Knowledge Management GapHumanitarian knowledge currently resides on websites of hundreds of thousands of agencies worldwide – where do you go to find what? Knowledge Management to Compliment Information Management Information management is supported, but not knowledge Knowledge = guidelines, manuals, training materialsInformation= news, situation reports, maps, statistics

  4. Integration opportunities with UN/OCHA and IASC

  5. Where are we? • Project Proposal with UKAID • Funding secured from USAID for a Shelter and Settlement Library • Hold profiles of the thirty most vulnerable countries • Develop and deliver a Humanitarian Knowledge Network

  6. Breakout Questions • Who Manages Knowledge? • What is the role for "knowledge managers" in your organisation / sector? • If so, what qualities / skill sets should they possess? • At what point in the project chain might they be best positioned? • Is the objective to better field activities or affect institutional change, or both?

  7. Breakout Questions • What are the Knowledge "Habits“ • How do you nurture knowledge sharing? • Which actors in the knowledge chain are using which tools? • Where is the balance between computer-based knowledge exchange and people-to-people interaction?

  8. Breakout Questions • Types of Knowledge • What knowledge should we be capturing? Where are the knowledge gaps? • How should that knowledge be presented? • How do we capture socio cultural knowledge so that it is useful to the project process, to avoid wasted resources and ineffective projects?

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