Transforming Capacity Development

THE SOUTH-SOUTH EXPERIENCE EXCHANGE FACILITY

World Bank Institute

South-South Facility Grants in Action (p.3)

Example: Applying National Research and Education

Education Networks in South Asia

Example: Sharing India’s ICT Skills-development

Know How with Africa

Example: Haiti Empowers Local Communities

to Rebuild with Lessons from Indonesia

Example: Exporting India’s Dairy “Revolution”

to Help Feed Children in Africa

Example: Promoting Forests and Reducing Carbon

in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan

Example: Tackling Extreme Poverty in Bolivia

Example: Enhancing Capacity to Diversify

Mongolia’s Economy

Table of Contents

Overview (p.1)

Map of South-South Knowledge Exchanges (p.2)

Introduction The South-South Facility was launched on October

11, 2008 by Robert Zoellick.

The South-South Facility aims to further the

knowledge sharing agenda by drawing directly

upon the accumulated expertise of World Bank

client countries and providing a platform in which

to share Results Stories.

Activities funded by the South-South Facility are

demand-driven and results-oriented. The results are

measured based on the Capacity Development

Results Framework.

Quick Facts

More than 50 countries have received knowledge

from nearly 70 countries.

More than 50% of the exchanges have led to the

development or implementation of strategies and

policies.

50% of the knowledge receiving countries are also

knowledge providers on another topic.

The exchanges are influencing nearly $2 billion in

World Bank project financing.

Online knowledge library that shares lessons learned

and provides tools for practitioners was launched on

September 19th.

Our Partners

Unique mix of South-South Facility partners, five out of which

are MICs (Mexico, China, India, Russia, Colombia,

Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and UK).

Our partners contribution include: China - $300k;

Colombia - $500k; Denmark - $2000k; India - $500k; Mexico -

$280k; Netherlands - $1000K; Russia - $1500k; Spain - $3300k;

UK - $1000k.

Our Online Knowledge Library

WBI has a new South-South Knowledge Exchange Portal

(http://wbi.worldbank.org/sske/).

Main site features include:

Results Stories that demonstrate ways in which South-South

knowledge exchanges have built local capacity;

Interactive map that shows Results Stories by region/country;

Examples of successful South-South knowledge exchange

financing approaches;

Knowledge Exchange Design Toolkit; and

Media library with images, audio and video footage.

Grant Status

As of end October 2011:

86 approved

37 closed

49 active

Note: One grant was approved in December 2008 and has been included in the amount for 2009

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The following Results Stories show how knowledge exchanges increase the

capacity of government officials, policy-makers, technical staff, and NGOs and

community leaders. Each example shows how the exchanges have inspired,

built consensus, and/or increased know-how of approaches to achieve

development outcomes.

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Demand Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh

Bhutan, Nepal

Supply Country: Pakistan, Sri Lanka,

Thailand, Vietnam, (some input from Ireland)

South-South Facility Funding: US$133,500

What Were the Objectives?

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal aimed to

improve their delivery of higher education by increasing

their capacity to plan, implement, and manage National

Research and Education Networks (NRENs).

What Has Happened So Far?

Government officials, educators, policymakers, and

network engineers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,

and Nepal learned from the NREN management

experiences of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam

through a blended learning program — videoconferences,

online discussions, a study tour, and two workshops.

The videoconferences and online discussions, facilitated by

the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN),

allowed different stakeholders to discuss existing education

networks, needs, and benefits. The exchange covered the

use of NRENs and sustainable financing in Vietnam and

Pakistan, as well as Sri Lanka‟s policy guidelines,

management and implementation techniques.

Communities of practice formed in each country and

continue to function as today a regional network of NREN

users and experts who share their ideas and skills.

What Results Have Been Achieved?

Stakeholders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and

Nepal gained a better understanding of the “why” and the

“how to” of designing, financing, implementing and

managing successful NRENs. Lessons learned directly

contributed to the early planning and implementation of

NRENs in South Asia.

Bangladesh procured physical space and began

installing fiber optic cable for a network that will initially

link six universities and later connect to the Trans-Eurasia

Information Network (TEIN3) a network for research and

education that connects communities across

Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Bhutan started procuring space, recruiting manpower,

and negotiating bandwidth capacity for its university

network. Bhutan is also in the process of connecting to

TEIN3.

Nepal furthered its Nepal Research and Education

Network and joined TEIN3.

Kabul University in Afghanistan began developing plans

for its research network that will leverage the country‟s

fiber optic infrastructure.

“When Communities of Practice came together from

various nations to share their experiences of successful

NRENs, policymakers in the recipient countries were

inspired [when they learned about] the amount of

competitive edge the networks have provided to each

nation,” said Mr. Yousuf Niaz, an engineer with

Bangladesh‟s University Grant Commission.

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Applying National

Research and

Education Networks

in South Asia

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Sector(s): Education

Supply Country: India (with some input from Korea,

the Philippines)

Demand Country: Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Mo-

zambique, Madagascar, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal



Overcome hurdles to ICT skills development in Africa and

increase capacity to grow the ITC and Business Process

Outsourcing (BPO) sectors by leveraging India‟s

long-standing ICT expertise.

“Our Mission is to engineer an ICT-led socioeconomic

development process to transform Ghana into a

middle-income, information-rich knowledge-based and

technology-driven economy,” said Nana Osei Bonsu, head

of Human Resources and Skill Development, Ghana

Ministry of Commerce.

each African country. After the tour, the African delegates

discussed progress in each country through another

GDLN-facilitated conference. At the end of the exchange,

each country drafted “action plans” to promote ICT-skills

development in each country.


This exchange accelerated ICT-skills development and

investment in the African ICT sector. Participants learned to

promote investment in ICT, helping African countries gain a

share of the global US$500 billion BPO market, and

generating jobs and income in Africa and investment

opportunities for Indian businesses. The participants

promoted numerous concrete educational initiatives

across Africa, such as:

a pilot program for skills certification for the BPO industry

in Nigeria.

a Center of Excellence for BPO skills training as well as

Africa‟s first Software Developers Certification in Kenya.

a program to promote foundational, technical, and

entrepreneurial skills for the ICT sector in Tanzania.

Sharing India’s

ICT Sector

Development

Know-how with

Africa

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Sector(s): Education; Information and Communications


The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)

facilitated three distance-learning events. Fifty-four

ICT-sector leaders from African governments, schools, and

companies then visited India to meet ICT sector leaders and

government officials, attend a software industry

conference, and detail ICT-skills development plans for

Demand Country: Haiti

Supply Country: Indonesia



Haitian authorities wished to learn about disaster responses,

and the “how to” of designing and implementing

community-based housing reconstruction initiatives.


Following the earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, a

delegation of officials from Haiti‟s Ministry of Planning and

Ministry of Interior and nongovernmental representatives

visited three provinces in Indonesia to see firsthand

completed and ongoing post-disaster reconstruction

projects. During these site visits, Indonesian reconstruction

experts, government officials, and community members

shared their expertise with the Haitian delegation and

explained the concept of „svadaya gotong

royong‟ (community self-help) that has guided

community-driven development in the country. After the

exchange, Haitian and Indonesian policymakers prepared

a report summarizing key lessons learned, held several

meetings, and proposed a follow-up agenda.


The Haitian delegation drew several key lessons on

post-disaster housing reconstruction from Indonesia‟s

experience with community-driven development. First, they

became aware of the importance of strong national and

local leadership from the government in setting clear goals

to hasten the rebuilding process. Second, the Haitians

learned how empowering community members could

create a greater sense of ownership. Third, the delegation

gained skills for coordinating and monitoring global aid and

stemming corruption in planning and implementing

reconstruction projects from the Banda Aceh

Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR).

Upon their return home, the Haitians used these lessons to

amend housing policy, establish new ones to facilitate

reconstruction, and develop a blueprint for the first set of

housing units. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC)

was molded after the BRR with an anti-corruption office

and third party monitoring system. Through this exchange,

the Haitians saw that not only could they build back the

way things were, but just like the Indonesians, they could

upgrade infrastructure and social services. As a result, the

Haitians emphasized the anti-duplication of projects and

careful management of expenses.

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Haiti Empowers

Local Communities

to Rebuild with

Lessons from

Indonesia

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Sector(s): Health and Other Social Services; Public Ad-

ministration, Law and Justice; Water, Sanitation and Flood

Protection

Demand Country: Tanzania, Uganda

Supply Country: India



For Tanzanian and Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture and

other dairy sector officials to learn to increase milk output

from India‟s renowned “white revolution” — a span of two

decades when milk production in India rose dramatically.


Tanzanian and Ugandan Ministries of Agriculture officials

and 10 dairy cooperative production experts visited India‟s

Gujarat dairy cooperative, after which several Indian

experts visited milk facilities in Tanzania and Uganda.

Workshops in each country outlined steps to increase dairy

output, and the World Bank distributed a booklet and

videos outlining recommendations to farmers and dairy

processors in Uganda and Tanzania.


Tanzanian and Ugandan dairy industry leaders learned

management know-how that has contributed to vast

increases in milk production. The Ugandan dairy sector

now yields 55 liters of milk per person, up from 25 liters per

person in 2004, which has saved the lives of perhaps tens

of thousands of children in the two countries.

The exchange has also helped solidify India as a leader in

providing world-class development advice: the Indian

dairy expert recommendations have informed two World

Bank Private Sector Competitiveness Projects in Africa.

The exchange has also led to export opportunities for

Indian dairy sector companies: an India maker of milk

containers began shipping to Uganda directly as a result

of the exchange.

“Ugandan and Tanzanian producers learned practical

production techniques, such as how to reduce filling waste

by 10 percent by using different containers,” said

Mr. Michael Wong, World Bank Lead Private Sector

Development Specialist who led the exchange. “The

Africans were very interested in Indian technologies, which

were more suited to the scale of African milk cooperatives

— medium-sized cooling containers compared to the

huge ones used in Europe and other places, for instance."

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Exporting India’s

Dairy “Revolution”

to Help Feed

Children in

East Africa

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Sector(s): Agriculture. Fishing, and Forestry

Demand Country: Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan

Supply Country: Moldova



National forest authorities and specialists in the Kyrgyz

Republic and Tajikistan met with peers in Moldova to learn

about forest management and reforestation policies, and

how to register for the Clean Development Mechanism

(CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.


Government officials and forestry specialists from the Kyrgyz

Republic and Tajikistan visited Moldova to see carbon

sequestration and afforestation initiatives implemented in

the field. Moldovan experts then traveled to the Kyrgyz

Republic to conduct workshops on carbon sequestration

techniques and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

documentation.

In order to document and disseminate the lessons from the

exchange, a Booklet, leaflets, and a short documentary

video describing the processes and methodologies were

prepared and distributed to a broader group of

government officials and national forestry stakeholders in

all participating countries.


Officials from the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan learned

how to register for the Kyoto Protocol‟s Clean Development

Mechanism (CDM) for carbon trading and sequestration,

which can generate revenue for further expansion of car-

bon-reduction programs. The Kyrgyz Republic also began

implementing a trial program to reintroduce forests.

Furthermore, the exchange rebuilt a network of forestry in-

stitutions and individuals that had dissolved after the col-

lapse of the Soviet Union. This network supports forestry insti-

tutions and regional carbon-trading and sequestration ac-

tivities through forums such as: the Commonwealth of Inde-

pendent States (CIS), the Food and Agricultural Organiza-

tion‟s (FAO), and the World Bank‟s Forest Law Enforcement

and Governance (FLEG) group.

A key outcome was that the Moldovan‟s gained teaching

skills to help other countries participate in and generate

revenue through the Kyoto protocol.

“The Moldovan experience in getting two projects regis-

tered for the CDM is a real success story and should be

used as a useful learning opportunity for other countries,”

said Andrew Michael Mitchell, Senior Forestry Specialist in

the World Bank‟s Europe and Central Asia Sustainable De-

velopment Department (ECSSD). “This knowledge ex-

change is extremely replicable. Moldova has even been

used [as a provider of knowledge] for training purposes by

the BioCarbon Fund.”

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Promoting Forests

and Reducing

Carbon in the

Kyrgyz Republic and

Tajikistan

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Sector(s): Forestry, Climate Change

Demand Country: Bolivia

Supply Country: Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico



Bolivian development and social program planners met

with their peers in Brazil, Indonesia, and Mexico to

exchange perspectives on poverty alleviation programs

targeting indigenous and rural populations.


The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)

facilitated five videoconferences between Bolivian Ministry

of Planning staff and social program planners and officials

from Brazil‟s State of Minas Gerais, Mexico‟s Ministry of

Social Development (SEDSESOL), and Indonesia‟s

community driven development (CDD) programs. Bolivian

planners were particularly impressed with Mexico‟s

Oportunidades program, and traveled to Mexico City to

learn more from officials at SEDESOL and the National

Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy

(CONEVAL). The Bolivians then attended an international

monitoring and evaluation (M&E) conference. Experts from

Mexico‟s SEDESOL later visited La Paz, Bolivia to meet again

with local planners and leaders of various social programs.

To ensure that knowledge from the exchange would not be

lost with any changes in the administration, efforts were

made to broadly disseminate the lessons learned. To this

end, the knowledge exchange organizers distributed a

multilingual (Spanish-English-Aymara-Quechua-Guarani)

CD and book—Bolivia Plurinacional: A South-South

Experience Exchange with Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico —

to 200 government officials, development staff, program

administrators, and other stakeholders in Bolivia‟s

development.


The knowledge and skills Bolivian planners gained from the

exchange accelerated the design and implementation of

vital social programs for Bolivia‟s neediest people. Bolivian

planners became especially aware of how social programs

could be improved by applying M&E approaches. The Bo-

livian Ministry of Planning immediately introduced these

newly acquired techniques into an ongoing Bolivian Condi-

tional Cash Transfer program for maternal and infant

healthcare.

“We can learn very much from processes that have taken

up to a decade in other countries,” said Viviana Caro

Hinojosa, Minister of Development Planning in Bolivia. “I

think this is one of the most important instruments that the

World Bank has…representing what we would call a „win-

win‟ situation for everyone involved.”

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Tackling Extreme

Poverty

In Bolivia

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Sector(s): Health and Other Social Services

Demand Country: Mongolia

Supply Country: Chile and Kazakhstan



Mongolia sought to diversify its economy and reduce its

dependence on the mining sector, by acquiring skills to

help define its economic agenda, develop its agricultural

sector, encourage industrial clusters, and establish a

process for investing its extractive industry revenues to

support social development.


Forty-three Mongolian ministry officials, private sector

representatives, and NGO experts reviewed best-practice

case studies from Chile and Kazakhstan during three

knowledge sharing and networking events in Mongolia. The

Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) then

facilitated six three-hour structured learning events by

videoconference between the Mongolian group and staff

from the Chile Foundation and the National Analytical

Center of Kazakhstan.

Following the videoconferences, a core group of eight

officials from key government institutions, including the

Parliament, the Office of the President, and the Ministry of

Mining and Energy, visited Chile and Kazakhstan. Upon

their return home, the group shared lessons learned

with key stakeholders and the general public. The officials

produced ten videos, as well as several print articles and

Internet blogs, all of which have been disseminated

broadly through the Mongolian National TV and

www.news.mn, the biggest online news portal in the

country.


The exchange helped Mongolia gather insights about

policy options for economic diversification, develop

competitive economic clusters around agriculture and

mining, and arrange partnerships with the private sector.

The government learned how these tools can lower the risks

of commodity price fluctuations, create employment, and

increase rural area incomes.

The exchange strengthened reform efforts in Mongolia in

several key ways:

It raised awareness and enhanced the knowledge and

skills of several important institutions, such as the National

Development Innovation Committee and the

Industrialization Policy Committee to promote business,

entrepreneurship, innovation, and competitiveness;

It influenced a number of economic policy reforms,

including a broad policy on the development of the

high-technology industry, amendments to the Law on

Higher Education, a law on innovation, and a midterm

strategy on competitiveness; and

It contributed to public awareness about economic

diversification in mineral-rich countries through media

and outreach programs.

Thinking Big

about

Social Programs

In Delhi Territory

Enhancing Capacity

to Diversify

Mongolia’s

Economy

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Sector(s): Energy and Mining

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