tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46071443734122917852024-03-08T04:01:52.168-08:00KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR PEACE AND GROWTHA blog where we discuss good knowledge management practices, including traditional practices from the African culture to find creative solutions to contemporary conflict and transformative growth situations.Dries Velthuizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570305218849932314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607144373412291785.post-1789620100849524082009-04-04T06:54:00.000-07:002009-04-04T06:57:25.690-07:00VKMA services for African innovationVKMA is ready to deliver services for African Innovation<br /><br />§ Management of advisory, training and research teams in Africa<br />§ Facilitation of vision and knowledge sharing workshops<br />§ Facilitation of PESTLE and SWOT analysis<br />§ Facilitation of strategy formulation and business planning<br />§ Transformation leadership counselling<br />§ Peace, justice, good governance, arms control, the use of indigenous knowledge and African unity advocacyDries Velthuizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570305218849932314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607144373412291785.post-70148625727045428982008-07-12T09:42:00.000-07:002008-07-12T09:49:00.982-07:00Knowledge Management for Peace and Transformative Growth<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">The Knowledge Management for Peace and Transformative Growth Model</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Adopts good practices from the traditional African culture to find creative solutions to contemporary conflict and transformative growth situations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Applies holistic trans-dimensional understanding to renew society:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">political interventions for national reconciliation in a divided society to pursue collective solutions <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">indigenous practices to encourage people, including perpetrators, to disclose the truth without fear of prosecution<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">management of legal action against perpetrators to apply justice without creating further conflict<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Advocates the involvement of the whole society, especially the right of every citizen to contribute to solutions on how to deal with social relations and political systems that prevent peace and growth<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Advocates the long-term protection of disclosing sources where absolution and closure are seen as a vital element of reconciliation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Cooperates closely with leaders, managers, and experts in Collective Knowledge Centers as a link between the normative knowledge foundation and the empirical knowledge claims of the community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Utilizes the synthesis of interpretation of the </span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Collective Knowledge Centers</span></span><span dir="ltr"><span style=""> and Community Of Practice to influence vital decisions that would activate intervention and innovation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Advocates the eradication of class-consciousness, racism and impunity through learning intervention on policy level, replacing it with universally accepted positive values such as Ubuntu as an opportunity to renew the world view of society.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style="">Build trust, respect and cohesion between African Society and its partners that are involved in or support reconciliation efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1cm; line-height: 150%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><span style=""><span style=""> </span>Identify the need for learning interventions through the establishment of permanent decentralized collective knowledge centers in conflict-affected communities, COP facilitation and the use of ICT for learning purposes.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Dries Velthuizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570305218849932314noreply@blogger.com0