Awareness Workshop on Knowledge Management Concepts and Practices for AU-IBAR at African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources

Purpose & Scope

The awareness aims to strengthen staff understanding of existing concepts and practices on knowledge management for supporting AU-IBAR’s competitive advantage/ strategic niche. The objectives of the awareness workshop include the following:

• Provide an understanding of Knowledge Management theories, concepts, professional standards, and practices.
• Introduce basic concepts that anchor knowledge management successfully in organisations.
• Provide awareness on the role of different technologies to boost and scale knowledge management, digital transformation and create work efficiency processes;
• Promote staff understanding towards a common framework of knowledge management in AU-IBAR.

The awareness workshop will provide a general awareness of knowledge management theory and practice by introducing key concepts and aspects of Knowledge Management. This awareness will also introduce participants to the role of the Knowledge Organisation and its importance in decision-making and stakeholder engagement processes. At the end of the workshop, staff will be expected to come up with a roadmap on their involvement as knowledge workers by providing different actual samples of Knowledge Management suited for use within the context of AU-IBAR that cuts across the domain of managing people, processes and technology.

The awareness workshop is expected to cover the following topics in Three (3) days.

1. Introduction to history, common concepts/ models for practice of Knowledge management.
2. Introduction to essential concepts, methods and tools to anchor knowledge management successfully in organizations (such as a KM policy and strategy, leadership to establish the right knowledge culture, establishing communities of practice successfully, defining and optimizing key knowledge processes, using modern IT-tools and measuring the success of knowledge management. The implementation of knowledge management, including awareness campaigns.
3. Introduction to existing technologies to boost and scale knowledge management, digital transformation and creating work efficiency processes; highlighting relevant technologies that shape the knowledge economy. Understand the difference in tools such as office 365; content management systems; repositories; databases for digitalization of knowledge processes, collaboration tools and communication.
4. Guide and facilitate discussions on promoting staff understanding towards a common definition of knowledge management in AU-IBAR.
5. Provide practical and contextualized exercises to understand the concepts and practices within the context of AU-IBAR.

Deliverables

1. A detailed agreed syllabus and methodology prior to the training;
2. Notes and guides to support learning on each of the identified topics above
3. Report at the end of assignment highlighting lessons and recommendations arising from the workshop.

Requirements for Applicants

The successful firm should have qualifications and experience in knowledge management, change management and organization learning and development.

Qualifications

Lead Trainer should have a minimum of post graduate qualification (Co-trainer a Degree) in one or more of the following areas: Information/knowledge management; business administration, organisation development/ management; information systems, library, and information science, information and media, computer science, and public policy.

General Experience

1. Work familiarization of at least 10 years in either knowledge management, change management or organization development;
2. Familiarization with regional and continental processes in sustainable development in Africa;
3. Evidence of knowledge and familiarization of key knowledge management theories, processes and history, including its evolution in practice and recent trends;
4. Familiar with various IT systems, and their role in organisation processes, digitalisation and collaboration.

Specific Experience

1. At least 5 years working experience as a trainer in knowledge management or organisation development;
2. Demonstrated evidence of capacity building or training in knowledge management/ organisation development;
3. Evidence of familiarization and knowledge on existence of decision-making processes and procedures of regional, continental and global fora on agriculture or animal resources development; and
4. Evidence of formulating or designing mechanisms, guidelines, policies or strategies associated with knowledge management or organisation development.