the caribbean knowledge management portal knowledge management for the caribbean information society
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The Caribbean Knowledge Management Portal
Knowledge Management for the Caribbean
Information Society
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Our Vision
An open source and open standards framework which facilitates regional networking, encourages the exchange of knowledge and the sharing of experiences on issues of national development, and preserves institutional memory, thereby contributing to regional capacity building processes
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How we got here
Strategy development exercises (brain-storming, concept analysis, resource audit, reviewed niche opportunities, etc.)
Made a commitment to Open Source and Open Standards
Proposed a structure for the integration of the products
Conducted the necessary R&D to transform the idea into reality
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Our Goals and Objectives
To develop a framework which could simultaneously address KM at the institutional level, while at the same time facilitating a regional mandate
To utilize Open Source, Open Standards, and where necessary Free Software
To deploy scalable, extensible and customizable To utilize Operating System Neutral Technology
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The Caribbean Knowledge Management Portal
An Open Source, Client/Server based system
Designed in a decentralized manner Facilitates stand-alone query and data
population Security and customization features to
facilitate the publication of private content on local portals
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The Caribbean Knowledge Management Portal (cont)
Delivers the following products:• Caribbean Development Profiles
• Caribbean ICT Profiles
• Caribbean Digital Library
• Caribbean Skills Bank
Hosts the CKM Communities of Practice
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What makes this Portal Special?
Delivers the following features:• Document Management
• Versioning of artifacts
• Process Work flows
• Collaborative and Communication Tools
• Extensibility through open standards
• Built-in Context Sensitive Search facility for standard document types
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Research and Development
Content Management: Plone, Zope Web Server/Optimization: Plone, Apache Programming Language: Python Operating System: Linux Virtualization Environment: VMWare
Result: The Portal can run on Windows and Linux without changes
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Lessons Learned
What went right:• Open standards presented opportunity to address
needs in strategic manner
• Strong Systems Analysis allowed rapid prototyping and successful proof of concept
• Strategy development exercises brought extensive thought to the identification of critical and core issues
• Our framework is flexible, scalable and extensible
• We do not have all of the knowledge. Engage a Consultant.
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Lessons Learned (cont)
What went wrong:• Under-estimated the time required for R&D
(particularly research)
• Contending R&D issues, at times, required focused and uninterrupted attention
• We were not sufficiently clear in the articulation of our desired outcome
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Lessons Learned (cont)
Recommendations:• Give serious consideration to Open Source,
Open Standards and Free Software
• Allocate sufficient time for research
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Conclusion
The Caribbean Knowledge Management Portal is pivotal to ECLAC’s regional KM initiative
The framework represents ECLAC’s recommendation for national and institutional KM strategies
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Conclusion
I trust that the following are now true: You see the opportunity for using this
framework You are committed to participating in this
new initiative Recognize the validity of Open Source
and Open Standards
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Thank You