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Knowledge management
Skat's recent work includes projects with SDC, GTZ, a Swiss NGO and a Swiss research institute covering topics such as the management of international networks and involvement of decision-makers, communities of practice, and knowledge management in general.
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During the months of October 2009 and January 2010, Skat conducted an impact assessment of the Civil Society Index (CSI), Phase 2003 – 2006 from CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation. CSI is a participatory needs assessment and action planning tool for civil society around the world, with the aim of creating a knowledge base and momentum for initiatives strengthening civil society.
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During the first half of 2010, Skat provided advisory services to the Sphere Handbook revision for the edition 2010. The services included improving the quality of key indicators to show whether the minimum standards in humanitarian work have been attained. The key indicators provide a way of measuring and communicating processes and results of key actions.
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Taking stock of UNHCR’s main monitoring system, this consultancy aimed at identifying alternative approaches to the design of a user-friendly and simplified results framework for UNHCR operations.
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Under the initiative of Skat and SBA (Sustainable Business Associates) the first E-learning Course on Network Management was offered between January and March 2009.
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Skat was mandated by GTZ and CETESB to carry out an assessment of the institutional capacities of local and national organizations with the objective of recommending the most suited ones to become the network’s secretariat.
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The International HIV/AIDS Alliance and its partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) looked into the possibility of developing an HIV/AIDS Regional Knowledge Management Centre (KMC). The first activity for developing the Centre was an Audit that was meant to investigate how the knowledge system on HIV/AIDS works in the region. Skat was the organisation selected to implement the Audit during the months of August and September 2007.
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On the initiative of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) - Brazil, Skat conducted a Training Course on Network Management with the aim to strengthen management and communication capacities of members of the Red Latinoamericana de Prevencion y Control de la Contaminacion del Suelo y de las Aguas Subterraneas.
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UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) commissioned Skat to undertake a Training Workshop on Emergency Performance Monitoring in Kitgum, Uganda.
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On behalf of the Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Skat carried out a comprehensive evaluation of the International Platform on Sport and Development, an Internet site offering a wide range of information services about sport and development.
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On behalf of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Skat has taken the lead for writing the book “Work the Net”, a hands-on guide for practitioners giving advice for setting up, managing and facilitating formal and controllable networks in an efficient and effective way. The guide focuses on operational issues of networks and explains the most important aspects making networks work.
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Skat supports the Service Knowledge and Research of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in its networking activities in Swiss and international networking on knowledge management and knowledge sharing.
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Skat carried out a study focusing on decision-makers and their participation in networks. The study was part of the project “Networking and Information/Knowledge Management by Regional Organizations in the Field of Natural Resources Management” (NeRO) funded by the German Agency Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
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On behalf of SDC - the Social Development Division and the Thematic Service Knowledge and Research - the Skat Foundation collected the knowledge and experiences of the members of AGUASAN and identified the success factors behind this longstanding community of practice.
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