Other development organizations practicing KM
Previously, knowledge management was an area explored only by corporate sector. In the last decade, increasing number of non-profit organizations have recognized the value-added by knowledge management to achieve their organizational goals more effectively. Here are a list of some development organizations practicing KM as a core discipline.
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Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) is an international collaboration aiming to promote the generation and use of health policy and systems research as a means to improve developing country health systems. The following module promotes the use of knowledge in policy and practice. -
World Bank
The knowledge sharing programme at the World Bank "assists World Bank staff, clients, and partners in capturing and organizing systematically their wealth of knowledge and experiences; making this knowledge easily available to a wide audience both internally and externally; and creating linkages between individuals and groups working to address similar development challenges -
The UNAIDS/UNITAR AIDS Competence programm
aims "to develop the human capacity to respond to HIV/AIDS. Our goal is to develop AIDS Competent societies. AIDS Competence means that we as people in families, communities, in organisations and in policy making: acknowledge the reality of HIV and AIDS, act from strength to build our capacity to respond, reduce vulnerability and risks, learn and share with others and live out our full potential. -
BRAC
with a vision of "a just, enlightened, healthy and democratic Bangladesh free from hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and all forms of exploitation based on age, sex, religion and ethnicity, BRAC… has emerged as an independent, virtually self-financed paradigm in sustainable human development. It is the largest in the world employing 97,192 people, with the twin objectives of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor. Through experiential learning, BRAC today provides and protects livelihoods of around 100 million people in Bangladesh." -
The Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP)
was launched "to learn how an efficient health care system could contribute to improving the health of the population. The goals? To help local authorities in two pilot districts – Rufiji and Morogoro – fix technical problems and bring spending in line with actual needs". The conclusion has been that "investing in health systems works. The burden of disease can be significantly lowered through relatively low investments in strengthening health systems…. Funding research and development activities simultaneously produces multiple benefits. Foremost is that important research findings can be acted upon quickly.