Keyword: knowledge
Development cooperation is a knowledge industry
01/12/2008 Development cooperation is a knowledge industry. If I state that or write that down, it always looks if that is something very obvious, something that even the blind can see. Still I arrive from time to time in places where that is severely underestimated, where un-experienced and not-knowledgeable seems to be the internal rule to appoint people at places, more than the opposite. Or places where this statement is acknowledged and subscribed, but where it is assumed that knowledge is automati...Call for short essays
The developmental challenges facing the world are daunting. Extreme poverty and social exclusion persist at scale while socio-economic inequality and fundamentalism are even on the increase. Because of these and other dilemmas we are confronted with ever more questions. New knowledge on the changing terrain of development and social change are needed to get more insight into these dilemmas. But can knowledge also trigger change? If so, how? Is it about bridging the gap between research and p...
Call for short essays
The developmental challenges facing the world are daunting. Extreme poverty and social exclusion persist at scale while socio-economic inequality and fundamentalism are even on the increase. Because of these and other dilemmas we are confronted with ever more questions. New knowledge on the changing terrain of development and social change are needed to get more insight into these dilemmas. But can knowledge also trigger change? If so, how? Is it about bridging the gap between research and p...
Knowledge for Development
The goal of this seminar is to develop a shared vision of the Dutch Higher Education Institutes on a contribution to capacity building for knowledge and infrastructure in the South, in the context of a globalising world and the importance for society and its position in a globalising world of a continued Dutch cooperation with knowledge centres in developing countries.› read more...
Date: 22 June : Location: Hogeschool Domstad cursus en vergadercentrum, Weg der Verenigde Naties 1, 3527 KT Utrecht, the Netherlands
Date: 22 June : Location: Hogeschool Domstad cursus en vergadercentrum, Weg der Verenigde Naties 1, 3527 KT Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hivos Knowledge Programme Dialogue
Over the last four years, Hivos together with its academic and civil society partners has explored the potential of academic-practitioner collaboration in five thematic knowledge programmes. This dialogue is organized to contribute to the debate on knowledge and change by sharing and discussing some of the emerging insights from our experiences.› read more...
Date: 29 September until 2 October 2010 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Date: 29 September until 2 October 2010 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Methodology
Knowledge Integration The methodology used is knowledge integration. By integrating various forms of (new) knowledge - academic knowledge, practitioner knowledge, educational and cultural expressions of knowledge - new insights can be created and strategies formulated that contribute to the development of new policies and practices for the development sector. This is not a linear process of knowledge production, but a rather muddled continuum of integrated interactions.From love declarations to relationships
The sector needs to become more knowledge intensive and more collaborative if it is to make a difference. In particular, cooperation across the different domains of academia, policy and practice is increasingly acknowledged as crucial to comprehending the complexity of development and intervening effectively. So in recent years many mutual declarations of love have been voiced, but is the knowledge landscape of development really changing?
The Best Mistake Ever in Development
In a sector where sharing of experiences and learning is increasingly propagated, you hardly hear about failures. Eventhough they may have proven to be some of the biggest opportunities for learning. The way development is discussed in public debates doesn't help either. But mistakes can be oke if they lead to learning, aren’t repeated, don’t violate or conflict with your values. Does that make it easier to talk about it? Not really, but it's worth to try! Especially, in a community with lo...› read more...
Date: 11 May : Location: Cafe Schlemmer, Lange Houtstraat 17, The Hague
Date: 11 May : Location: Cafe Schlemmer, Lange Houtstraat 17, The Hague
Like a Bridge over Troubled Water
Dialogues of policy, practitioner and academic knowledges The development sector needs to become more knowledge intensive and more collaborative to make a difference. More than ever, a well developed ability to reflect on the activities, policies and vision within the sector to improve, innovate and develop solutions, and to discover what works and what does not is needed.› read more...
Date: 24 June : Location: ISS, the Hague
Date: 24 June : Location: ISS, the Hague
Knowledge for Development
The goal of this seminar is to develop a shared vision of the Dutch Higher Education Institutes on a contribution to capacity building for knowledge and infrastructure in the South, in the context of a globalising world and the importance for society and its position in a globalising world of a continued Dutch cooperation with knowledge centres in developing countries.› read more...
Date: 22 June : Location: Hogeschool Domstad cursus en vergadercentrum, Weg der Verenigde Naties 1, 3527 KT Utrecht, the Netherlands
Date: 22 June : Location: Hogeschool Domstad cursus en vergadercentrum, Weg der Verenigde Naties 1, 3527 KT Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hivos Knowledge Programme Dialogue
Over the last four years, Hivos together with its academic and civil society partners has explored the potential of academic-practitioner collaboration in five thematic knowledge programmes. This dialogue is organized to contribute to the debate on knowledge and change by sharing and discussing some of the emerging insights from our experiences.› read more...
Date: 29 September until 2 October 2010 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Date: 29 September until 2 October 2010 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Announcement Hivos Knowledge Programme Dialogue
Over the last four years, Hivos together with its academic and civil society partners have explored the potential of academic-practitioner collaboration in five thematic knowledge programmes. This conference is organized to contribute to the debate on knowledge and change by sharing and discussing some of the emerging insights from our experiences.
Announcement Hivos Knowledge Programme Dialogue
Over the last four years, Hivos together with its academic and civil society partners have explored the potential of academic-practitioner collaboration in five thematic knowledge programmes. This conference is organized to contribute to the debate on knowledge and change by sharing and discussing some of the emerging insights from our experiences.