CoPs based in the Pacific and cultural barriers to participating in virtual CoPs

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Original Message

From: Jessica Robbins, posted on 2009/03/10

Bula colleagues,

To briefly introduce myself, I am working with the UNDP Pacific Centre as a Knowledge Management Officer. Part of my responsibilities include facilitating the establishment of communities of practice at a regional level.

I would greatly appreciate any research, experiences and details into the following:

  1. Awareness of any existing Communities of Practice based in the Pacific? Particularly in the areas of Poverty Reduction & MDGs, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery and/or Financial Inclusion
  2. Research relating to cultural barriers in establishing Communities of Practice in the Pacific/Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and/or overcoming resistance to uptake of web tools

I look forward to hearing from you.

Contributors

All replies in full are available in the discussion page. Contributions received with thanks from:

Jessica Robbins
Daan Boom
Tam Pham
P. C. Rogers
Hege Hermansen
Gopi Pradhan
Christel Steinvorth
Nancy White
Lawrence Wasserman

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