Make Your Experiences Count. They Can Change the World.
LET’S BRING ALL OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES TOGETHER.
TOGETHER WE KNOW MORE. TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE MORE. TOGETHER WE DO BETTER.
Announcement: KNOWLYMPICS 2022
Published: November 15, 2021
Dear colleagues in our Partner Organisations,
It’s this time of the year again! We are announcing the next round of our KNOWLYMPICS with a special interest focus.
You are probably already familiar with the KNOWLYMPICS. A quick reminder, however, won’t do any harm: In our KNOW-HOW3000 Knowledge Management Programme we have developed an Experience Capitalization Process in order to promote learning and sharing processes among our partners. For this purpose we produce one-page presentations (“Good Practices” and “Learnings from Failure” at a Glance) as well as detailed descriptions (“Good Practices” and “Learnings from Failure” in Detail) based on the experiences and the knowledge provided by partner organisations, and share them on our knowledge platform.
6th KNOWLYMPICS edition
with special focus on
AGROECOLOGY IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
If you have a positive experience (learning from good practice) or negative experiences (learning from failure) related to Agroecology as an Approach to Raise the Adaptive Capacity and Adapt Food Systems to (and/or Mitigate) Climate Change –this year’s KNOWLYMPICS is for you!
This can, for example, include experiences:
- with methods like organic farming, farm/crop diversification, agroforestry, organic nutrient sources and pest management etc. and their impacts on crop yields, pest control, water regulation, soil fertility, biodiversity, resilience of food system to changing and extreme weather conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, …), etc.
- in co-creation and sharing of knowledge as well as strengthening farmers organizations, supporting farmers’ capacity to adapt to changing climate conditions
- in integrating local knowledge through participatory and educational approaches adapting agroecological practices and technologies to local contexts and building on traditional/ Indigenous knowledges and experience
- in the use of renewable energy or energy efficient technologies for example for irrigation, preparation of food for animals, etc.
- related to collaboration within groups/networks to foster peer learning about agroecology or engaging in policy dialogue or advocacy work related to the promotion of agroecological farming and/or removing obstacles for smallholders practicing agroecology.
- that include a gender and inclusive approach engaging men, women, boys and girls, youth and groups, who have been marginalised within agroecology projects.
- and many more …
Not only will you have the chance to win a PRIZE for your organisation but:
“…those who share always win something – because sharing benefits us all” Caritas Kaolack, Senegal
As usual, we will be drawing winner organisations among all submissions that will receive prizes between 500 and 1000 Euros. Prizes can be used for Knowledge Management purposes according to the needs of the winning organisations. This can be an exchange visit to another organisation, training for your staff, equipment for the office or any other material prize that can be used in the organisation’s daily or project based work.
Remember that all participants win, as every experience will be published on the KNOW-HOW3000 platform and shared within our knowledge network.
“Congratulations for this good initiative, which allows us to share and learn from experiences a partner has made somewhere in the world.” Gilbert Sene, Senegal
How to participate?
In order to participate, fill out one of the following questionnaires…
- Questionnaire for sharing a learning from good practice experience (EN here, ES aquí, PT aqui, FR ici)
- Questionnaire for sharing a learning from failure experience (EN here, ES aquí, PT aqui, FR ici)
…and send it to Martina Luger and Petra Herout:
martina.luger@horizont3000.at and petra.herout@horizont3000.at
When selecting your experience, please consider the following criteria:
- You are a current project partner (either Technical Assistance or financing project) of HORIZONT3000 or our Member Organisations.
- The experience must refer to a practice, method, strategy or approach your organisation has applied in its projects and programmes: Check out the partner experiences that have already been shared related to agroecology:
– Limitations of Implementation of Organic Production Process: click here
– Improving Agricultural Input Distribution: click here
– Training in Agroecological Market Gardening: click here
– Fight for Ban on Pesticides: click here
For further inspiration, please watch the following videos from our partner projects (in Spanish):
– Guatemala: Agroecology Diploma Course – watch here
– FUNDESYRAM: Multiplication of Agroecology – watch here
– Central America: Sustainable Food Production – watch here
– El Salvador: The Diversification of Agriculture – watch here - The experience must be considered potentially relevant for other organisations in our knowledge network. The most important thing is the possibility to learn from it! Negative experiences & failures can be part of successful project work and teach us a lot! Therefore, we especially encourage the submission of relevant negative experiences.
We are sure you have many stories and experiences with agroecology worth sharing that others can learn from. This is why we are very much looking forward to receiving your submissions!
