Knowledge Management
KM or Knowledge Management is a simple assimilation of explicit (what is known, expressed, noticeable) and tacit/implicit (what people know, experience, understand, difficult to articulate) knowledge in any organisation.
At SARO we aim to increase understanding of disability and disability issues through
- explicit knowledge tools like newsletters, brochures, website etc.
- implicit knowledge tools like communities of practice (CoPs), knowledge partnerships etc.
SARO’s KM goal – “is to become a learning institution and a primary knowledge source on disability in the South Asia region”.
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Knowledge Sharing
Dissemination, in a form appropriate to each stakeholder
- Newsletters
- Brochures
- Reports/documents
- Discussion groups
- Website
- Capacity Building
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Towards this goal, the KM unit focuses on -
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Knowledge Creation/ Collection Secondary sources
– frominternet, studies, reports
Primary sources
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Knowledge Management
Analysis
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We have evaluated "Tsunami Interventions" undertaken by 6 partner organisations of The Liliane Foundation (a Netherlands based disability organisation) through funds from OXFAM NOVIB. Summary here
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We have recently completed a research case study on “Accessible Transport and Health of Persons with Disabilities” in India, as part of the networked research programme on ‘Mobility and Health’ conducted by International Forum on Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Research summary Presentation on findings.
Download - Opinion Piece disability & transport “It is not disability but the system which makes a person disabled” at http://www.ifrtd.org/new/issues/op_disability2.php
We also undertake consultancy on research and evaluation for other organisations. For further information please write in to: vardhani@lcdsouthasia.org