Francophone KM4DEV CoP discussion
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Basic information
- When? Monday 5 October 2009
- Where? Chant d'Oiseau [1], Brussels
- Who? A maximum of 30 participants (limited room)
Objectives of the discussion
- To explore the possibilities of setting up a Francophone CoP 'a la KM4DEV'
- To identify volunteers to work on setting it up
- To gather enough elements to prepare a proposal for funding
The sequence of the discussion
This discussion will really urge volunteers (and perhaps some other people that we know have something to say about such a francophone CoP) to come and share their ideas on such a Francophone CoP in terms of:
- Scope of the CoP: same as global KM4DEV?
- What services / products to develop? (community wiki, annual event, website etc.)
- Focus on certain things to start with?
- Promote IKM topics Y/N?
- Relation with global KM4DEV (completely same branding but different language, partner, distinct etc. with bearings on governance, funding, organization of events, where to synthesise discussions etc.
- Technical infrastructures: do we host a platform on the global KM4DEV CoP or a different system – what kind of tools do we want to use (bearing in mind that each system brings maintenance chores);
- Roles and responsibilities (who will do what) as regards:
- Setting up the CoP and inviting people to join, managing membership and other facilitation tasks that e.g. Lucie is taking care of;
- Synthesising discussions and other content work as required – perhaps including translations of key topics/summaries to/from global CoP;
- Maintaining the technical infrastructure (taking care of systems);
- Fund raising for the future;
- Funding: what plans for the future of this CoP?
At the end of that workshop we should have a plan to set up the mailing list and platform fairly soon, and some initial ideas to turn into a fundraising proposal to chase funding for this, perhaps together with KM4DEV.
Discussion report
On 5 October, a group of 17 people gathered to discuss the creation of a francophone KM4DEV community of practice. The full report of this discussion is available (in French) on: http://www.km4dev.org/group/km4devfrancophone/forum/topics/rapport-de-la-rencontre
After a short introduction, the participants brainstormed in groups about some key elements of setting up a community of practice:
- expectations about the value of this group
- products and services that could come out of it
- facilitation of the group
- existing networks that the francophone group could cooperate with
- possible platforms to discuss, share documents and work together
- funding options
In order to support the coordination, a core group was formed, consisting of: Binetou, Jocelyne, Raphael, Philippe, Ewen, Hervé.
Action planning
In the later part of the discussion, the participants established an action plan to get the group going:
| Action | Responsible | Deadline |
| Find a name for the group | Samir, Sophie | October |
| Create DGroup | Sophie | October |
| Create wiki | Lucie / Nancy | October |
| Create a del.icio.us tag and account | Peter | October |
| Develop a Ning interface in French | Lucie / Michael | ?? |
| Feed the KS toolkit with resources in French | Sophie, in consultation with Lucie, Gauri, Simone | October... |
| Develop the glossary (EN-FR-ES) | Sophie / Peter | October... |
| Develop ToR for facilitator | Lucie / Ewen | November |
| Identify and contact potentially interested (funding) organisations | Elisabeth, Jean-Pierre, Ewen - Sophie for peer-review | November... |
| Identify potential funding sources | Elisabeth, Jean-Pierre, Ewen - Sophie for peer-review | November... |
| Develop a fund-raising document | Elisabeth, Jean-Pierre, Ewen - Sophie for peer-review | November... |
| Prepare the francophone issue of the KM4D journal | Ewen, Sarah, Jocelyne, Elsbeth | Jan. 2010 |
| Identify opportunities to organise a face-to-face meeting (KM4DEV 2010 / KM4DEV West & Central Africa?) | All | ?? |
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