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Innovative Knowledge Sharing for Community Based Adaptation in Africa Oumou KOULIBALY,

Innovative Knowledge Sharing for Community Based Adaptation in Africa Oumou KOULIBALY, on behalf of the AfricaAdapt Team. Network hosts. 26/08/2014. 2. Objectives. Translate research/info to meet stakeholder needs

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Innovative Knowledge Sharing for Community Based Adaptation in Africa Oumou KOULIBALY,

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  1. Innovative Knowledge Sharing for Community Based Adaptation in Africa Oumou KOULIBALY, on behalf of the AfricaAdapt Team

  2. Network hosts 26/08/2014 2

  3. Objectives • Translate research/info to meet stakeholder needs • Build alliances & partnerships with organizations & projects to learn and share knowledge • Identify and address the capacity constraints to knowledge access, sharing and use • Build/demonstrate the value of a culture of knowledge sharing

  4. Barriers to knowledge sharing Literacy (English/French/African languages, information literacy) Structural factors (access to information and knowledge) Social barriers (gender, poverty, age, conflict, disability) Geographical barriers (physically hard-to-access areas)

  5. VITAL STATISTICS ON AfricaAdapt • More than 1200 members out of which 80% are Africans or Africa-based, • Average of 3,500 visits/month of our online Platform from 125 countries/territories • 957 followers on Twitter @AfricaAdapt • 23 Innovative Adaptation Knowledge-Sharing Projects funded/selected in 16 African countries

  6. 07 Meet & Greet events organized in Senegal, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso 12 other events to come soon by members

  7. Some key added values • African led network - 80% African membership • Creates spaces for researchers, NGOs, policymakers and local communities (online & off) • Commitment to linguistic diversity • Emphasizes the value of African knowledge for vulnerable African communities • Distributed Knowledge Sharing Officers

  8. Donors Linking key actors Media

  9. How AA could benefit to Community radio broadcasters • Providing with online content on CCAA http://www.africa-adapt.net/ • Hundreds of case studies, • Testimonies, • Research findings, • Audio, video files, • Policy brief, etc. • Providing with offline content • CD ROM, Tales of AA, Newsletter, publications, meet & greet, etc. • Small Grant: Innovation Fund

  10. Experience with Community Radios so far Support for community radio broadcasters to attend international meetings – Ex COP15, GCRN – Radio Ada: Raising community awareness, Jokko FM: IF project at Rufisque on coastal erosion/seal level rise, Other media: WADR (Pre-CoP radio programs).

  11. THANK YOU

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