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color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN class=109011219-05042005><FONT
face="Arial Unicode MS">Dear all, please see below and attached a call for
papers for an e-journal on <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Approaches
to Promote Knowledge Sharing in Development
Organizations.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT
size=2>Simone Staiger-Rivas<BR>Communications Unit<BR>Webpublishing<BR>Knowledge
Sharing - InforCom Project (Information and Communications for Rural Communities
)</FONT><FONT size=2><BR>CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura
Tropical)<BR>E-mail: s.staiger@cgiar.org<BR>CIAT Web site: <A
href="http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/">www.ciat.cgiar.org</A> <BR>InforCom Web site:
<A
href="http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/inforcom">www.ciat.cgiar.org/inforcom</A><BR>Knowledge
Sharing Web site: <A
href="http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/cgiar/knowledge_sharing/home.htm">http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/cgiar/knowledge_sharing/home.htm</A></FONT></P></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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has recently launched a peer-reviewed e-journal in the field of knowledge
sharing for development</SPAN><SPAN
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size=3>The <STRONG>second issue</STRONG> will deal with <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"Approaches to Promote Knowledge Sharing in
International Development Organizations"</I> and will be co-edited by Nathan
Russell, Simone Staiger-Rivas, Doug Horton, Lucie Lamoureux, and Allison
Hewlitt.</FONT></SPAN><A title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1"
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>The purpose of this issue is to present some recent
experiences with KS and lessons learned by KS practitioners who have been
involved in planning, introducing, and mainstreaming KS approaches and processes
in development organizations. Papers will outline the organizational settings in
which they introduced or developed KS approaches and the relationships between
internal and external knowledge sharing in these settings. The use of KS tools
and their benefits for these organizations will be
analyzed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff>We invite KS practitioners and champions in research
institutes, think tanks, donor agencies, NGOs, and other development
organizations to propose papers on the following general
theme:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Approaches
to Promote Knowledge Sharing in Development Organizations</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff>Within this broad theme, papers should address the
following, or related, topics:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">What are
some entry points and strategies for introducing
KS?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">What
specific approaches or tools have (or haven't) worked, and what are the
implications for future efforts to introduce and mainstream
KS?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">How has
KS related to organizational learning and organizational change
efforts?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">What has
been the link between internal and external
KS?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ü<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">How to
promote KS and collaboration in a competitive
environment?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=616185819-23032005><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Please find
attached the call for papers. </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
class=616185819-23032005><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
class=616185819-23032005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3>Submission deadline for the title and abstract is the 20
April 2005. </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
class=616185819-23032005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
class=616185819-23032005><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt"><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3>If you would like to be actively involved in this
initiative, or have ideas or questions, please contact Nathan Russell at
</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:km4dj-editors@dgroups.org"><STRONG><FONT
size=3>km4dj-editors@dgroups.org</FONT></STRONG></A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff> Nathan Russell, Simone Staiger, and Doug Horton are with the
Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Lucie
Lamoureux works both for the International Institute for Communication and
Development (IICD) in The Netherlands and Canada's Bellanet International
Secretariat; and Allison Hewlitt works for
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