Meeting and Record of Discussion

Meeting of the Knowledge Management Task Force {on 5th October, 2012 (1810 to 1845 h) at Kuala-Lumpur} during the 6th Annual Conference of IAACA Record of Discussion

Members Present:
  1. Mr. Pradeep Kumar
  2. Mr. Luiz A.F. Navarro
  3. Dr. YE Feng
  4. Dr.Eduardo Vetere
  5. Mr. Dimitri Vlassis
  6. Mr.Martin Kreutner
  7. Dr. Nikos Passas
  8. Dr. Edward G. Hoseah

After the plenary sessions, a meeting of the Task Force on Knowledge Management was held on the sidelines of the Conference. Eight of the ten members were present in the meeting, which was the first after the formal constitution of the Task Force. Ms. Francesca Recanatini, World Bank and Mr. Ugljesca Zvekic, Ambassador of Serbia at Geneva, Switzerland were not present as they did not attend the IAACA Conference. Shri Pradeep Kumar briefed the members giving a broad outline about the activity, recalling the detailed presentation made by him during the Executive Committee meeting at Arusha in April, 2012. He said that as the formal approval for the Task Force has now been received from the IAACA Secretariat, work would start on this activity. A formal communication outlining the proposed action would be sent to all members, which would be later followed up by a meeting to chalk out the details of future action. Dr. Nikos Passas offered to give his suggestions by sending a concept note. He also offered the services of his magazine for supporting the Knowledge Management activity. Mr. Dimitri Vlassis appreciated the initiative taken by Shri Pradeep Kumar and the fact that the work of the Task Force was mentioned by the latter in his address during the plenary sessions. He advised that to start with, a mapping exercise should be undertaken to find out what already exists and what more is required. He stated that IAACA is already a part of some of knowledge sharing initiatives like TRACK. Dr. Eduardo Vetere suggested that an update about the Knowledge Management Task Force and its activities should be put up on the IAACA website which could also invite response from all other members. Mr. Dimitri Vlassis along with Mr. Luiz Navarro (Brazil) raised the issue as to who will maintain the knowledge management system. Mr. Pradeep Kumar suggested that the ownership of the Knowledge Management system should lie with the IAACA Secretariat. He also expressed the need for deciding as to what data was to be made public and what should be limited to IAACA members, besides ensuring the reliability of the data maintained.