Launch Event for the South South Learning and Exchange Tour - Delhi

Introduction

This video can be viewed in its entirety or via short video clips sorted along themes (blue underlined) which emerged during the debriefing. This debriefing was organized by the Knowledge and Learning Group as part of AFTQK's knowledge sharing and learning services. Facilitated by Suleiman Namara with keynote introduction by AFTKL Director Nicolas Gorjestani; the launch event was conducted on June 12, 2004.

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Introduction by Reinhard Woytek, Senior Knowledge Management Officer and Manager of Indigenous Knowledge for Development program at the World Bank, Africa Region (1:33 min).

Tour Concept & Goals Keynote by Nicolas Gorjestani, Senior Advisor & Chief Knowledge and Learning Officer in the Africa Region (6:34 min). This is the second exchange to take place betwwen South Asia and East Africa and builds on lessons learned in the first exchange. The role of the Bank is as a broker for the exchange. The theme that we are pursuing; Indigenous Knowledge and practices embedded in the local communities is a cutting edge theme and a important ingredient in the development agenda.  "You are the source of knowledge. It comes from you, the local practitioners. What we are trying to do is to broker the exchange." 

The learning that takes place is as good as the actions that will follow it. The role of the participants in the tour will be to distill the lessons learned on tour, and to find the right fit for the East African context. The focus is on 'what is the tacit knowledge gain, and how can we share it within our lives and organizations?'

Focus on Results and the Role of the Bank  (1:18 min) Focus will be on better results, however in order to get there, we need to know what our expectations are.

Introduction to Facilitator Suleiman Namara and discussion of Facilitator role (1:57 min).

Introduction of Participants To view participant list and job titles, click here.  (2:53  min)

Gathering of Written Expectations  from participants as well as Bank team. Each participant is asked to write down three expectations that they ahve for what theyer expect to achieve on the tour (5:19 min).

Relinquishing of Job Titles The purpose of this exercise is to create am environment for learning and exchange that is free from organizational hierarchy and protocol, we are all here to get and give knowledge and are all equals in this process(6:12 min).

Reflection on Lessons Learned from 2002 IK Learning Tour to Sri Lanka and India by Krishna Pidatala, Coordinator for South South tour (6:32 min). This is an action learning program for clients and Bank staff.

The Africa Region's Knowledge and Learning Group (AFTKL) fostered the first Cross-regional IK partnership and exchange between East Africa and South Asia in 2002. The main goal of this learning exchange was to help enhance client capacity in selected countries to leverage indigenous knowledge (IK) for Medicinal Plants (in Ethiopia) and early childhood development in Uganda. The learning tour is a two-way learning process and exchange.

The theme of the first tour was to enhance client capacity to develop indigenous knowledge practices in early childhood development, traditional medicine and its institutionalization, informatics and the leverage of ICT's for social development. The first tour piloted the use of debriefings (videotaped open-ended dialogue) to facilitate learning through reflection throughout the tour. The three areas we will focus on include: what have we learned? How relevant is it in the East African context, and what are the adaptations that are required to make the lessons relevant.

Schedule of Debriefings and details of tour coordination. Debriefings will take place at the end of each site visit, and at the conclusion of the team visits to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Logistics of the South South Tour  The participant package you have been given, contains all of the information about the tour - tour program, projects we are visiting, contacts of those we are going to visit, as well as a sechedule of Debriefing sessions (39 sec).

Suggestions for Successful Tour Coordination by particpants and the Bank team, based on safety, timeliness, coordination (14:53 min).

Closing Remarks (1:48 min).