The first workshop focused on Knowledge Management for Community-based Enterprises (KM4CBE). It aimed to enable participants to articulate an enhanced understanding and appreciation of KM and inter-regional learning to promote CBED; use and describe the features of an online discussion tool among Center Directors; and agree on and follow through actions to be taken at the regional level in preparation for the National Forum on Knowledge Sharing in CBED.
The remaining two days included a joint workshop among Center Directors and Regional Coordinators. It aimed to enable participants to articulate the mechanics and value of communities of practice (CoP) and of various online KM tools to support CoP work; identify CBE practices that must be documented and who will write them for input to the National Forum on Knowledge Sharing in CBED; identify feasible tools for cross-regional knowledge sharing; and identify capacity building needs of regional centers in relation to inter-regional learning and knowledge sharing.
Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon, KM Policy Planning Specialist and Project Team Leader, and Dr. Alexander G. Flor, KM Specialist, served as resource persons of the workshop. A SEARCA Team joined them, led by Dr. Maria Celeste H. Cadiz, Program Head, and Ms. Rosario B. Bantayan, Program Specialist, both of the Knowledge Management Department (KMD); Ms. Sarah Grace L .Quiñones, Project Associate, and Ms. Maylyn G. Desamparo, Project Assistant, both of Project Development and Technical Services (PDTS). (Sarah Grace L. Quiñones)