Jagriti Shankar
Asian Project Management Support
Programme (APMAS)
Improving the development effectiveness and
efficiency of pro-poor rural development
Objective:
To enhance the management capabilities of rural
development projects in the region. By:
Building project management capacity*
strengthening the policy environment*
improving the capacity of service providers*
* With Gender Sensitivity
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IFAD
APMAS
Govt.
Implementing
Project
Project
Service
Providers
Agencies
Project
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Professional Development Needs Assessment
workshop was conducted for assessing needs
from 39 project managers of 4 target
countries
 Based on PDNA findings we address needs of
capacity building by

Training programs
Coaching
Consulting
And other ways that projects prefer

Engagements with several local/sub-regional
service providers
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KM in IFAD Projects
(as per
PDNA participants)
KM Process
CAMBODIA
INDIA
LAO PDR
VIET NAM
SHARE
limited
yes
yes
yes
CREATE
Yes with
constraints
yes
yes
yes
COLLECT AND
STORE
limited
Yes, library, Yes, ENRAP
website,
more
structured
in the
future
Yes, IFAD
VN website
COORDINATIO
N
no
Yes, KMO
at country
and project
levels
KMO at
project
level
KMO at
country, no
KMO at
project
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Promote creation of Knowledge
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√
√
√
√
Gender Sensitive Training Materials
Best practices
Tools
Mission reports
Training evaluation reports
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Encourage projects to share knowledge
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Promote networking and experience sharing among projects
 Projects activities
 Projects documents
 Opinion or experience sharing
√ Online discussions
√ Field visits
√ Networking events
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We strive to create a knowledge sharing
culture at APMAS and with our beneficiary
projects
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•
•
•
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Web portal for all APMAS updates on regular
basis
Monthly updates
Bi-monthly Newsletter
E-Discussion
Social networking through Facebook,
Linkedin, Picasa, and Twitter
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Challenges
Lack of mechanism and control to
create, share and collect knowledge
generated at project level
Limited control to support KM
Coordination and Infrastructure at
project level
Language
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Your expectation from APMAS on Knowledge
sharing /Management?
Any other suggestions?
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Wish you enjoyable learning ahead!