In the midst of one meeting after the other and the thorough handover process of the Programme Coordination of the Central American Region to his successor Kristina Kroyer, Diego Santos-Santiago managed to take the time to have a chat with me, answer some questions and paint a picture of the current situation in Central America regarding our …

Before starting to coordinate the KNOW-HOW3000 programme in Central America, I had never put that much thought into what knowledge management actually meant. Thus I started to research and read that knowledge management experienced a peak moment in the 80s in the scope of the business world. In order for the employees to be more competitive, business owners were …

Country: El Salvador; Organisation: ADES – Asociación de Desarrollo Económico Social: : AT A GLANCE: A water supply system for the community of Los Hernández, Cabañas in El Salvador (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Sistema de abastecimiento de agua para el caserío Los Hernández, Cabañas en El Salvador (Spanish)

Hans Gnadlinger has been working with HORIZONT3000 for over 20 years as a TA in Brazil. At the moment he is already retired, but he keeps collaborating with national and international networks of rainwater harvesting experts.: : In our projects at HORIZONT3000 rainwater harvesting is a very current topic, which is why we ran our lastest KNOWLYMPICS under …

Country: Papua New Guinea; Organisation: Catholic Diocese Daru-Kiunga: : AT A GLANCE: Rainwater Management Integrated into Building and Infrastructure Projects (english): : A UN VISTAZO: La Gestión de Aguas Pluviales en Proyectos de Construcción e Infraestructura (spanischl): :  

I am sitting in the train on my way through the beautiful Austrian alps. Lush green, blue lakes, pleasant temperatures. I’ve been back „home“ for three months now and still it makes me sad, whenever Papua comes to my mind. I decide to use the time of my train ride to put …

Country: Uganda; Organisation: PALM Corps: : AT A GLANCE: Improving Agricultural Input Distribution (English): : A UN VISTAZO: Mejora de la distribución de insumos agrícolas (español)

Since the beginning of the Corona Crisis certainly a lot has changed. The goal of this article is to take a closer look at the realities of the daily working routines of our TAs and at the implications for knowledge management. Since digitalization processes cannot be neglected when talking about knowledge transfer, it is also important to …

Country: Uganda; Organisation: Caritas Kiyinda-Mityana : : AT A GLANCE: Promotion of a saving and target culture in target communities (English): : AT A GLANCE: Promover una cultura de ahorro y crédito en comunidades destinatarias (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Promotion of a saving and target culture in target communities (English)

Country: Nicaragua; Organisation: BlueEnergy (bE) and Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University (BICU): : AT A GLANCE: Families and communities prepared for climate change (English): : AT A GLANCE: Familias y comunidades ante el cambio climático (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Familias y comunidades ante el cambio climático (Spanish)

Country: Uganda; Organization: Caritas MADDO: : AT A GLANCE: Farmers´failing to manage revolving funds for constructing water tanks (English): : AT A GLANCE: El fallo de agricultores de manejar un fondo rotatorio para construir tanques de agua (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Farmers´failing to manage revolving funds for constructing water tanks (English)

Retrouvez la version française ci-dessous.: : Agroecology is the trending topic when it comes to sustainable and effective solutions regarding Rural Development. Thats the reason why I would like to introduce you to this project about Participative Investigation on Agroecology in the Nioro du Rip Department in Senegal, which is still ongoing until the end of this year. I …

Country: Brazil; Organization: Federation of the Indigenous Organizations of the Rio Negro (FOIRN): : AT A GLANCE: ICIPRN – Institute on Indigenous Knowledge and Research of the Rio Negro (English): : AT A GLANCE: Instituto de Conocimiento e Investigación Indígenas de Río Negro (Spanish): : AT A GLANCE: ICIPRN –

Country: Uganda; Organization: Loyoro Catholic Parish: : AT A GLANCE: Ignoring the power of women to influence men (English): : AT A GLANCE: Ignoring the power of women to influence men (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Ignoring the power of women to influence men (English)

Country: El Salvador; Organization: Fundación para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Restauración Ambiental (FUNDESYRAM): AT A GLANCE: Self-saving and community microcredit systems (English): : EN UN VISTAZO: Autoahorro y microcréditos comunitarios (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Autoahorro y microcrédtios comunitarios (Spanish): : Additional Material: : Manual Self-saving systems (Spanish)

Country: Brazil; Organization: Comissão Pastoral da Terra  (CPT): AT A GLANCE: Resisting subjection – a quilombola community struggling for their rights (English): : AT A GLANCE: Resistência e luta da comunidade Varzinha dos Quilombolas (Portuguese): : AT A GLANCE: Resistencia a la sumisión de la comunidad quilombola (Spanish): :

Country: Brazil; Organization: Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT): : AT A GLANCE: Expulsion of a fishing community from their traditional territory (English): : AT A GLANCE: Expulsão de uma comunidade pesqueira do seu território tradicional (Portuguese): : AT A GLANCE: Expulsion dune communauté de pêcheurs de son territoire (French): :

Country: Uganda; Organization: Partners for Community Health and Development Organisation (PACHEDO): : AT A GLANCE: Community Health Diagnosis – WASH needs assessment (English): : AT A GLANCE: Diagnóstico de salud comunitario – WASH evaluación de necesidades (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Community Health Diagnosis – WASH needs assessment (English)

Country: Kenya; Organization: Mathare Childrens Fund panairobi (MCFp): AT A GLANCE: Teenage mothers recruitment for livelihood programme (English): : AT A GLANCE: Proceso de reclutamiento de madres adolescentes para el programa de medios de subsistencia (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Teenage mothers recruitment for livelihood programme (English): : Additional Material: : Interview

Country: Kenya; Organization: Development Education Services For Community Empowerment (DESECE): : AT A GLANCE: Mediation on Human Rights Violation Cases (English): : AT A GLANCE: Mediación en casos de violación de los derechos humanos (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Mediation on Human Rights Violation Cases (English): : Additional Material: : Most

Country: Papua New Guinea; Organization: Divine Word University: : AT A GLANCE: PNG Studies (English): : AT A GLANCE: PNG Studies (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: PNG Studies (English)

In the field of development cooperation, there are mainly two actors who implement projects, namely; faith-based organizations (FBO) and secular non-governmental organizations. Although both of them have similar aims, they are very different in terms of operation, still, when it comes to terms and definitions, the boundaries are often blurry.: : For over 5 years, the Cultural Research Centre …

Country: Nicaragua; Organization: University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua (URACCAN): : AT A GLANCE: Intercultural, communitarian university URACCAN (English): : AT A GLANCE: Universidad comunitaria intercultural – URACCAN (Spanish)

This blogpost might seem a bit out of topic, but I hope that on a closer look you will see it fitting in this news section.: So, what happened? I attended a Conference for Blogger and Influencer, the ABCstar – Austrian Blogger Conference. I have some history with this event, but that is another story. As TAs …

Country: Uganda; Organization: Battery Operated System for Community Outreach (BOSCO): : AT A GLANCE: Community outreach using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (English): : AT A GLANCE: Extensión comunitaria a través de la tecnología de la información y la comunicación (Spanish): : IN DETAIL: Community outreach using Information and Communication

On December 7, HORIZONT3000 together with the umbrella organization Global Responsibility and the KM4Dev Austrian Community, held an exchange forum on Knowledge Management under the titel: “Implementation of Knowledge Management, Sharing and Learning in NGDOs: Good-Practice-Examples and exemplary IT-Tools”. If you want to know more about it, check out the blog entry at the HORIZONT3000 website …