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presented by Stephen Rudgard, Chief, Knowledge and Capacity for Development

The CIARD Movement: revisioning a global partnership for local benefit. Opening Agricultural Knowledge. presented by Stephen Rudgard, Chief, Knowledge and Capacity for Development Side Event: Information and Knowledge for Food Security Africa Agriculture Science Week , July 2013.

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presented by Stephen Rudgard, Chief, Knowledge and Capacity for Development

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  1. The CIARD Movement: revisioning a global partnership for local benefit Opening Agricultural Knowledge presented by Stephen Rudgard, Chief, Knowledge and Capacity for Development Side Event: Information and Knowledge for Food Security Africa Agriculture Science Week, July 2013

  2. Using Knowledge to power Innovation Innovation is knowledge-intensive and requires greater information sharing/exchange Access to research outputs is essential to address problemsEffective information use enhances innovation within and among communities Greater use of information will accelerate rural development

  3. Opening Agricultural Knowledge The Practical Dimension Low investment in opening knowledge – organizations invest very little in communicating their knowledge by ensuring it is adapted to rural needs or even accessible on the Internet We produce results, but what happens to them? It seems that much useful data and information is not accessible and the farmers don’t seem to benefit

  4. Opening Agricultural Knowledge The Policy Dimension OPEN DATA OPENING KNOWLEDGE OPEN ACCESS

  5. WHAT IS NEEDED An integrated twin-track approach ofgood policy and practice Capacity development – a cornerstone A collective effort - adopt proven practices and tools A coordinated approach will reduce costs and guide, train and motivate staff in research organizations to make the results of research more accessible and usable

  6. COHERENCE IN PARTNERSHIP & ACTION “openingagriculturalknowledge for development” A Global Movement

  7. A GLOBAL MOVEMENT 15 Founding Partners And now 400+other organizations All working to ensure that information become more accessible to those who need them

  8. XXX XXXXX Framework Vision Checklist Manifesto (Values) Pathways Fair Advocacy Toolkit Standards and Services www.ciard.net

  9. Routemap to Information Nodes and Gateways Global Registry 414 information providers 813 open information services in agriculture • 369 document repositories • 6 million accessions • 900,000 full text documents CIARD Ring is a platform for the next generation of information services

  10. Support for overcoming the Challenges in Research Communication CIARD Pathways describe institutional policies • Our institution has no policy on communicating its outputs • We don’t have time to adapt our results into the what extensionists want CIARD Pathways describe IPR policies • We have no systems and tools for Internet dissemination • Other scientists will publish our results if we share them CIARD Fair provides open source tools • There are no staff with the skills in digital technologies CIARD offers free learning resources

  11. “…CIARD gives us a global framework for what we have been trying to do at individual and institutional level; now I feel empowered to tell my Director …” 2009: CIARD consultation in Africa at FARA “…CIARD gives us a global framework for what we have been trying to do at individual and institutional level; now I feel empowered to tell my Director …” 2009: CIARD consultation in Africa at FARA

  12. A CONSULTATIVE PROCESS Advocacy! Advocacy! Advocacy! Endorsements for CIARD 2010: GCARD-1 2010: FARA Assembly 2012: G20 MACS 2012: GCARD-2

  13. A Review of CIARD: 2008 - 2013 Global CIARD Consultation, May 2013

  14. The Vision is changing The proposed new CIARD vision: “to enable the sharing and exchange of data, information and knowledge for agricultural development.” 2008 2009 2011 2013 2010 2012 Emphasis on innovation for smallholders The original CIARD vision: “to make agricultural research information and knowledge publicly accessible to all.”

  15. PROPOSED NEW OBJECTIVES To advocate and promote openness for all types of agricultural knowledge and data To share validated policies, practices, and tools To be an agent of change contributing to efficiency and lower cost of knowledge sharing To enlarge the CIARD Community To show evidence of impact

  16. Revise the Pathways Organizational Culture and Capacity Availability and Accessibility of Information and Data Sharing of Knowledge (Social Processes)

  17. Revise the Checklist Revise the Checklist to cover the three areas: • Institutional capacity • Accessibility of Information/Data • Sharing of knowledge Develop a set of indicators Develop case studies and success stories as an evidence base Strengthen the Advocacy Toolkit

  18. Revise the website

  19. Strengthening the CIARD • Community and its role Sharing experiences and outreach CIARD as a multi-dimensional learning initiative Sharing and discussing experiences and ideas among the CIARD partners: from technologies and policies to case studies and success stories Establish a virtual platform for the community/iesto promote peer learning Building on and supporting the regional dimension

  20. Revisioning a Global Partnership CIARD supporting Agricultural Innovation in Africa Ghana, July 2013 www.ciard.net

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