Knowledge Sharing

Leveraging the knowledge accrued from our experience in sustainable development and sharing it to support our partners’ work is critical at this time of rapid change. Bringing knowledge to bear at the time development assistance initiatives are designed and managed, renders our assistance more cost-effective and in time with increasing demand, while increasing impact and results. Performance and effectiveness in helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals are directly related to how well we capture, share and add value to our knowledge. More traditional knowledge management approaches can now be supported by online, “just in time” peer collaboration platforms, which make the “knowledge sharing” process more immediate and effective, focusing on experience, communities of practice and value added contributions.

To that effect, UNDP has developed Teamworks, a comprehensive solution designed to meet these “next generation” knowledge management challenges. With over 16,000 users across UNDP, the UN and its development partners, Teamworks is a cost-effective, 2.0 knowledge sharing platform which allows users to rapidly obtain information, support and advice, while also sharing their solutions and experiences. Teamworks is now available to UNDP staff and, increasingly, to UN agencies and development partners across the world.