building a learning culture through aas
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Building a Learning Culture through AAS. Marina Apgar, Postdoctoral Fellow, WorldFish Center KM4CRP Workshop, ILRI, 17 – 20 October 2012. Overview. The CRP context The AAS RinD innovation Whole program KM KS & L as the glue that holds it together How we build a culture of KS & L. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Building a Learning Culture through AAS
Marina Apgar, Postdoctoral Fellow, WorldFish CenterKM4CRP Workshop, ILRI, 17 – 20 October 2012
Overview
• The CRP context• The AAS RinD
innovation• Whole program KM• KS & L as the glue
that holds it together• How we build a culture
of KS & L
The CRP context
• Research in agricultural systems• Aim to build resilient and sustainable systems• Focus on development outcomes and impact• Use innovation and scaling up to produce impact at
scaleRequires• Recognition of uncertainty and long causal chains in
outcome pathways • Work towards change in KAS • Focus on how we learn – research process outcomes• Be cognizant of the wider development process we are
engaging with
Mekong The Coral TriangleGBM*
Zambezi
Population living on <$1.25/day, per grid cell (resolution : 9 km at the equator)
Niger Lakes Victoria-Kyoga
Source of poverty map: CGIAR SRF Domain Analysis Spatial Team (2009)
*GBM: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Megna delta
(where learning from Coral Triangle will be scaled out)
South Pacific Community
African InlandAsia mega deltas
• High numbers of poor and/or High % of total population dependent on AAS• High vulnerability to change (climate/sea level/water)• Potential to scale out
Aquatic Agricultural Systems
The AAS RinD approach
• Focus on communities and the systems they use
• Build on the strengths of the poor and vulnerable
• Work across different geographic and institutional scales
• Carry out research in the context of development processes
• Transform gender norms and power imbalances
• Support learning and innovation• Focus on outcomes and impact• Foster CGIAR alignment
Integrated and Learning focused KM
What is KS & L in AAS?
• Sum of integrating practices which, over time, produce a culture of learning
• Support collaborative decision making
• Support PAR of RinD• Include facilitation of
dialogue and reflection • Ensure integration across
IM, M & E and Comms• Qualitatively different way
of doing KM
KS & L implementation in AAS
Framing:• Engage with cross CRP
IDO development • Use nested ToC for whole
program viewDesign:• M & E system • PAR of RinD in hubs
Learning for 2 goals – Adaptive Management & Monitoring Outcome Pathways
Practices
• Integrated teams – within program and beyond
• Map networks and monitor changes
• Reflection facilitated in key moments (AAR)
• Work the shadow spaces• Manage inherent tensions
in bottom-up and top-down program
• Ensure ethical PAR practice
How do other CRPs do it?