Sunday, October 31, 2010

KM is crosscutting...


The series of activities and events for the Local Government Code celebration gave me a sense of how knowledge management is at work.  This celebration called Biyaheng Pinoy Tapat na Palakad, Bayang Maunlad, translates to something like “Filipino journey, right path leads to a progressive nation”.

 It was a great learning process to participate in a large conference made of people, built with expertise and experience, coming together to showcase their economic development strategies; to voice out their concerns and challenges within their own municipalities or region; to talk about contentious issues across all levels of government; and to cite recommendations to those obstacles. 

KM is about sharing best practices…

The LGSP-LED conference highlighted best practices in financing of LGUs for LED.  The roundtable discussions highlighted key priority areas that need assessments/institutional or policy reforms from the national level, while addressing the challenges of the LGUs at the local level.  Knowledge-sharing of ideas helped us develop possible solutions to those challenges/hindrances that hamper efforts to local economic development. 
In putting together the comprehensive summary report for the LGSP-LED conference, the consolidated group discussion outputs found that from the national level, the absence of clear policies from the national government in empowering LGUs alliances to apply for financing their projects is a hindrance to LED.  But from the local standpoint, the lack of knowledge for financing opportunities and lack of technical capacity in implementation of initiatives are just a few of their problems.

But KM also cuts through policy and institutional reforms…

The DILG policy forum made up of government officials, academe and other stakeholders met to discuss LGU code amendments.  One of the sessions talked about crisis management, specifically the Hong Kong hostage fiasco that was splattered all over the media.  It addressed ways it could have been prevented, and the different strategies that must be employed in order shift the reactive response to a pro-active approach in dealing with terrorism and hostage-taking.  There was also a lot of talk about disaster risk reduction strategies to mitigate the negative impact of typhoons, landslides, flooding and other natural calamities that hits the country.
In the conferences, meetings, forums, and roundtable discussions, KM was embedded in the process.  There was collaboration.  Knowledge-sharing.  Knowledge-creation.   Innovation and Partnerships.

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