1. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
AND THE PACC PROGRAMME
Anne Moorhead
Communications specialist
KM consultant to the PACC Programme
30 July 2014

2. Presentation Outline
 What does KM mean (for PACC)?
 KM activities over the last 12 months
 KM activities for the next 6 months
 KM issues and lessons

3. What does KM mean (for
PACC)?
• PACC – the first major climate change adaptation
initiative in the Pacific islands region
• “Laying the foundation for a comprehensive
approach to address adaptation over the medium-
long term at the regional level” (original Project
Document, 2010)
• “...establish PACC as primarily a Learning and
Knowledge-sharing mechanism” (Mid-Term Review
recommendations, 2012)

4. What does KM mean (for
PACC)?
• “KM can be defined as the set of actions developed (gathering
data, analysing processes, results and personal experiences,
creating lessons learned, disseminating them, etc.) so that the
knowledge of an individual or an institution reaches, in a timely
manner, the largest number of people able to benefit from it”
• “KM and communication are complementary activities... Both
contribute synergistically to disseminate knowledge and
improve coordination, increasing the effectiveness and impact
of projects. The integration of KM with communication
activities allows a substantial reduction in costs and generates
products that are consistent, more valuable and relevant for
the different audiences, avoids duplication of efforts while
enhancing the effectiveness of both” (From Adaptation Fund
KM strategy)

5. What does KM mean (for
PACC)?
• KM focus for PACC – ‘knowledge capture and
sharing’
• Knowledge capture: information, analysis,
synthesis, presentation... → communications
products
• Knowledge sharing: routes, avenues, places,
spaces, formats
• Goal: The knowledge generated by the PACC
projects reaches all the people who are able to
benefit from it

6. KM activities over the last 12
months
• Formal and informal
• Different levels
− Local/community level
− National level
− Regional and international level

7. KM activities over the last 12
months
• Formal KM at the regional and international
level
• Audiences
− General public, i.e. non-specialists who are
concerned about climate change (regional)
− Policy makers, strategic decision makers,
including funders (mainly regional)
− Climate change practitioners and
researchers (regional and global)

8. KM activities over the last 12
months
• News stories
• PACC Technical Reports
• PACC Experiences
• Videos
• PACC photos

9. KM activities over the last 12
months
PACC webpages: www.sprep.org/pacc

19. KM activities over the last 12
months
• News stories
• PACC Technical Reports
• PACC Experiences
• Videos
• PACC photos

20. KM activities over the last 12
months
News stories
• 19 in last 12 months
• www.sprep.org/pacc/news
• Climate Change Matters: SPREP monthly e-
magazine, 824 subscribers
• Asia Pacific Adaptation Network
• Pacific Climate Change Portal

21. KM activities over the last 12
months
PACC Technical Reports
• Nine produced so far
• Target audience: climate change practitioners and
researchers
• CBA, gender (Assessment and Action Plan), V&A
(Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands), SEA
(Tonga), design report (Tonga), demo guidelines
(Nauru and Tuvalu)
• Electronic and hard copies, to be distributed to
regional libraries and partners
• Review process

25. KM activities over the last 12
months
PACC Experiences
• Five produced so far
• Target audience: broad – national and regional
decision makers, development agencies, climate
change practitioners, and concerned communities
and individuals
• Mainstreaming, CBA, gender, resilient water
systems, coastal zone
• Themes, key messages, PACC examples
• Electronic and hard copies, to be distributed to
regional libraries and partners

27. KM activities over the last 12
months
Videos
– YouTube, PACC webpages (link)...

29. KM activities over the last 12
months
PACC photos
– Flickr album

31. KM activities for the next 6 months
News stories
– Launch events in Palau, Samoa, Tokelau…
PACC Technical Reports
– 12 more demo guidelines
– Other selected reports: ‘Living with rivers and
seas’ (Samoa), Mangaia coastal management
strategy…
PACC Experiences
– Food production, community engagement,
assessment tools…

32. KM activities for the next 6 months
Develop photo library
Videos
Active networking and dissemination of PACC
knowledge
Ensure ‘permanent’ repository for PACC
knowledge (PACC webpages archive, SPREP
library database, Pacific Climate Change Portal)

33. KM issues
Ensure your project’s knowledge (information,
data, lessons...) is captured
Contribute to the quality of PACC technical
outputs
Be courageous about admitting failure – these
are some of the best lessons

34. KM lessons
Develop a KM and communications strategy at
the beginning of the project
Participatory – involve all stakeholders
Resource it adequately
It should be flexible, and innovative, reflecting
different types of knowledge and of knowledge
exchange

35. THANK YOU