Knowledge management training workshop for SADC, COMESA and partners : workshop report Johannesburg, South Africa 3-4 May 2012

Abstract

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) has a mandate to strengthen regional integration in the Southern Africa subregion. The ECA has developed a Knowledge Management (KM) strategy to better serve its stakeholders and to optimize the synergies between its work and that of various partners in knowledge generation and dissemination, policy advisory and outreach. The KM strategy will allow ECA to establish a system to rationalize the acquisition, storage and sharing of knowledge, which will optimize the impact of its work. The principal aim of the workshop was to enhance networking of information and knowledge with key stakeholders, including governments, SADC, COMESA, the private sector, civil society, UN agencies and development partner organizations involved in regional development and integration activities.