April, 2004PAR Sub-Practice Meeting, Bratislava 1 Launching the Public Administration Reform...

April, 2004 PAR Sub-Practice Meeting, Bratislava

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Launching the Public Administration Reform

Sub-practice Community

Kim Henderson – [email protected] Network Facilitator for Democratic GovernanceBDP/DGG, New York

mailto:[email protected]


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Outline• Knowledge Management - where

have we been and where are we going?

• The PAR sub-practice community –

where does it fit? • Becoming a sub-practice

community: tools and principles?


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KM where have we

been and where are we going?

• Introduced concepts of knowledge management

• Established the Practice Architecture• Set up and are now restructuring the

SURFs• Established Global Knowledge

Networks• Begun codification and collection• Focus on “Connection”


4 KM where have we been and where are we going?KM where have we been and where are we going?

• Consolidation and reflection • “The objective now is to

further align UNDP’s organisational reality with the vision set forward by the Administrator’s business plans and operationalised in the MYFF.”

• Knowledge Management Roadmap Development Process


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KM where have we been and where are we

going? “UNDP needs systematic processes for

gathering distilling, organizing, finding, and presenting information in ways that improve staff understanding in key substantive and administrative areas and that allow the organization to operate more efficiently, gain insight and understanding from its far-ranging experience on the ground in 166 countries and turn this understanding into a competitive advantage in the development marketplace – all with the aim of using knowledge to further human development.”


6KM where have we

been and where are we going?• The Roadmap sets out a strategy

for how to do this…at it’s simplest…

When a project finishes, find out –What did you learn?Who learned it?How can you share it?How can you repeat it?…and improve it??


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going?The Intention is to:

• Be more effective• Save time (do less work)

• Promote collaboration

• Know more


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going?Proposed “Knowledge” Tools:1.How-to Guide to Project Design

2.Global Project Database3.“Best Experts and Institutions” Roster

4.Policy Positions5.Comparative Experiences


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going?Proposed Capacity Investments:1.Content Management2.Systems and Tools3.Staff Policy4.Networks and Communities

5.Technology Infrastructure

• Connection and Collection


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The PAR sub-practice community – where

does it fit?• A key feature of connection is the Practice Architecture and COP

• The Practice Architecture is essentially adecentralization of responsibilities

that focus on 10 key objectives:Management, agenda setting, community building,

knowledge management, professional development, policy development, advocacy, communications, partnership building and resource mobilization


11 Becoming a sub-practice community: tools and

principles?• Practices are communities of people from across the organization collaborating in an area of common interest

• A sub-practice is community that forms around a specific topic within a Practice area, because the narrower topic allows for more meaningful collaboration (e.g., PAR)

• Sub-practices engage in the same kinds of activities as Practices – narrower focus


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Becoming a sub-practice community: tools and

principles?Who participates in a sub-practice?

• Dedicated thematic experts - BDP staff in both HQ and SURFs wo work in

• Practitioners – eg CO Focal points• Bureaux and other Practice

Members


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principles?What are the fundamental sub-practice principles?

• No fixed organizational structure, and small dedicated staff

• Practitioner participation encouraged for long-term career success

• Nature of participation self-determined and driven by professional interest and entrepreneurial values - Strategic role, not just reactive support.

• Stakeholder-driven (based on programme country needs, partner interests, and corporate mandates


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principles?What does a sub-practice do?• Shares comparative practices and builds practical

techniques/tools for supporting substantive concerns

• Builds strategic and long-term support among regional governance focal points through the identification of the community

• Systematically setting and acting on strategic priorities

• Fulfills a wider range of organizational responsibilities beyond knowledge sharing, including advocacy, partnership building, and professional development

• Facilitates communication beyond e-mail


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principles?What tools are available to support the sub-practice?

• In addition to those outlined in the Knowledge Roadmap Process a number of tools are already available… the sub-practice community should also focus on innovating to identify whether these or others meet it’s needs and can develop new tools…


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17Practice Notes

Partners

Experts

Discussions

Focal Point

Analytical papers

Funding sources

Publications

Project DocumentsSRF/

Country info

Success StoriesBest Practices

Etc…

Development Gateway


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principles?What do we want our sub-practice community to do? Who are we?

• Objectives• Identity• Issues• Tools – Diagnostic/Primers?• Outputs• Roles

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