Tacit knowledge
Communication strategic actions
Training
Education
Explicit knowledge
Networking for capacity development interaction between individuals, knowledge conversion
Explicit and tacit knowledge
Website
Exchange platform
Connecting networks
Explicit knowledge
Training material development
Connecting experts
Critical mass developed through training of trainers
The knowledge management cycle is a mechanism for linking people and enabling the interaction of explicit knowledge (information) with tacit knowledge (experi- ence, skills and attitude) (Indij, 2005). The result is interdisciplinary knowledge, generated for strengthening capacity-building institutions and for empowering target groups for IWRM and Green Economy implementation.
The knowledge cycle is an open social cycle, where (action) knowledge to sup- port IWRM implementation is being created within a framework of interactions. The cycle is virtuous, as it allows the creation of new knowledge as a result of practice (IWRM implementing experiences) and research. That new information – in the form of new explicit knowledge – is then available to flow in the cycle again.
Tools for knowledge management
This section describes different approved tools for accessing the knowledge base, for knowledge adaptation and sharing, for knowledge transfer and for knowledge generation (Cap-Net, 2011b).
Tools to access the knowledge base
Strong network membership. The real strength of the network is in the skills and capacity of the members. Open and inclusive membership results in the avail- ability of multidisciplinary thinking. Mapping the distribution of competencies and knowledge in the network can be a useful tool.
