Knowledge Pooling Helps to Optimize Poverty Alleviation
As a learning organization, World Vision aspires to continually improve and develop its work on behalf of the poorest of the poor in this world. As the largest private non-governmental organization engaged in development co-operation, with come 40,000 staff in nearly 100 countries, such improvements constitute a continual challenge to us.
For some time already, World Vision has introduced practical and action-oriented knowledge management instruments, such as:
- LEAP Project Management for Area Development Programmes (L stands for Learning, E for Evaluation, A for Accountability and P for Planning)
- Lessons Learned Documentations and Workshops (for assessing our own work)
- Good Practice Sharing and Communities of Practice (exchange of expertise amongst working groups and expert groups)
Doing research means reflecting on what was and what will be
One area of learning is to do systematic research on topics relative to development co-operation and non-profit management. Scientific research in these areas has a double meaning:
- Reviewing ongoing programmes for the purpose of improving them;
- Identifying future problem areas for the purpose of anticipating them and finding visionary, innovative and prophelactic solutions.
