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		<title>Arab region, Latin America and Eastern Europe – Different experiences with common aspirations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his presentation, Prof. Boris Vujcic, Deputy Governor, Croatia National Bankand GDN Board of Directors, shared the Eastern European experience with a focus on Croatia. He stressed on transitional justice and good governance being vital for the people’s trust in the new structure, as well as for the universal confidence in the country. According to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2203&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic transition: Looking for a balance between material and political needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The road to democracy is a very complicated process involving many dimensions, among which political, economic, social, judicial and historical. It is obvious that action has to be taken on each of them, but a balance is needed between all of them. Watch highlights from our interview with Mr. Rami Khoury, Director of Issam Fares [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2195&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy vs. Social justice : which one comes first ?</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/23/democracy-vs-social-justice-which-one-comes-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GDN-AUB Policy Seminar was not just an expert meeting, but rather a brainstorming session providing a comparative analysis of the transition processes in three different regions. One of the main issues addressed was the causality between democracy and social justice. Whether one should start with democracy, social justice or whether both should be addressed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2188&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the road to democracy: Learning from each other&#8217;s experiences</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/21/portraying-the-road-to-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The policy seminar &#8220;The Road to Democracy : the Arab Region, Latin America and Eastern Europe» brought experts from Eastern Europe and Latin America to share lessons learned from their transitional experiences with their homologues from the Arab region. Egyptian and Tunisian speakers focused on the obstacles that hinder the ongoing democratic process in their respective [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2165&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Road to Democracy: The Arab Region, Latin America and Eastern Europe&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/18/the-road-tp-democracy-the-arab-region-latin-america-and-eastern-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GDN-AUB Panel Discussion on « The Road to Democracy : the Arab Region, Latin America and Eastern Europe » took place today afternoon at the Campus of the American University in Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.  Gathering speakers from the three regions, the panel assessed the prospects for democratic transition in the Arab region in light of the lessons [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2152&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A GDN-AUB Panel Discussion focusing on the « Road to Democracy » : Do not miss it !</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/16/a-gdn-aub-panel-discussion-focusing-on-the-road-to-democracy-do-not-miss-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[« The Road to Democracy : the Arab Region, Latin America and Eastern Europe » is the topic to be addressed at the GDN panel discussion which will be held in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Beirut, Lebanon on May 18th, 2012. After decades of authoritarian rule, the popular uprisings of Tunisia and Egypt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2144&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Spaces for engagement&#8221; at the International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/13/spaces-for-engagement-at-the-international-conference-on-evidence-informed-policy-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeinab Sabet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The program  &#8220;Spaces for engagement: Using evidence to improve public decisions”, a GDNet initiative implemented in Latin America by the Center of Public Policies promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), was presented at the International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making, held in Ile-Ife, Nigeria on February 27-29, 2012. Organized by the International Network for the Availability [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2139&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How our Regional Windows are Different: Limelight on South Asia</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/05/09/how-our-regional-windows-are-different-limelight-on-south-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Madkour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We here at GDNet realize that knowledge, and information, all stored in our Knowledge Base (KB), is our edge. So we always come up with innovative ways of presenting, and repackaging, information to our users. Not only do we have 7 Regional Windows, but we also have our relatively newly-launched 23 thematic windows. Again, just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=1667&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Academics need to find their place in the new &#8216;open knowledge society&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/academics-need-to-find-their-place-in-the-new-open-knowledge-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Clappison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video Peter Moll (International Analyst and Consultant) talks about the emergence of the ‘open knowledge society’ and what this means for academic researchers. Moll believes that academics have to move away from holding the view that their knowledge is superior to other forms. He says that linear views of knowledge that tend to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2106&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kstar with civil society: brokering relationships instead of knowledge?</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/kstar-with-civil-society-brokering-relationships-instead-of-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As key actors intersecting the knowledge-policy interface, knowledge intermediaries working with civil society and community organisations have a key facilitating role to play in policy and decision making processes. Drawing on personal insights from working within civil society and community organisations, this panel session saw David Phipps, Leandro Echt and Glowen Kyei-Mensah share key lessons [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2096&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Managing data in a world drowning in knowledge</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/managing-data-in-a-world-drowning-in-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the internet-fuelled explosion of accessible knowledge, managing and storing it systematically has never been more important. On the second day of the K* Conference 2012, a panel of experts explore cutting-edge solutions to data and knowledge management. Ingo Peters &#8211; President, Domingo Informatics and Associate, Knowledge Mobilization Works – kicked off discussion by providing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2088&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jacquie Brown: Learning the lessons of Kstar</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/jacquie-brown-learning-the-lessons-of-kstar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussions at the Kstar conference 2012 have repeated time and time again that we need to stop reinventing wheels and focus on sharing and learning from our individual experience. In this interview, Jacquie Brown discusses how she will apply the lesson learning from Kstar 2012 to her own work in implementing science at the National [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2085&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>K* (and * stands for what exactly?)</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/2093/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Clappison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from on think tanks: Knowledge management sounds as if we are controlling knowledge. Knowledge facilitator sounds as if we are not getting involved. Knowledge translator sounds as if we are just using google translate. Knowledge transfer? Intermediary? Etc. All that and more is the subject of the K* event being organised in Canada this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2093&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation, collective cultural memory and the natural state of knowledge</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/innovation-collective-cultural-memory-and-the-natural-state-of-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Clappison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power, we all know that, but the true value of knowledge has the potential to move beyond this tired, albeit true, adage.  Knowledge can also be a precursor for empowerment, a means to reach into peoples latent memories and draw out perspectives and positions that had until now been hidden by more dominant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2077&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>K* and ethics in the private sector</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/27/k-and-ethics-in-the-private-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Connect@GDNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robyn Read, Alecia Boddie, and Zuzanna Chociej K* Conference 2012 brought us together yesterday morning to talk about K*&#8217;s relation to the private sector.  One issue that rose to the surface was the ethics of K*. Specifically,  the question that arises concerns the interests that are being served by policy decisions. The traditional industrial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2100&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>K* and the private sector</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/26/k-and-the-private-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Clappison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this short video, Jason Blackstock (Oxford University) provides an overview of today&#8217;s &#8216;K* with the private sector&#8217; panel session. Jason reflects on the session by saying that its not possible &#8220;to talk aboout industry in and of its self as an isolated sector, but rather K* is about the relationship between industry, civil society, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2059&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kstar is important for the United Nations University</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/26/why-kstar-is-important-for-the-united-nations-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflecting on discussions at the Kstar conference 2012, Prof. Jakob Ryhner &#8211; from the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security &#8211; outlines why Kstar is important for his work at the United Nations University. Tagged: knowledge, kstar 2012, united nations university (UNU)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2064&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From ideas to action: practical guidance for a Kstar practitioner from Laurens Klerkx</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/26/from-ideas-to-action-practical-guidance-for-a-kstar-practitioner-from-laurens-klerkx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evidence-based policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the K* Conference 2012, a panel of knowledge practitioners shared their experience and personal insights in being at the sharp end of policy delivery.  In this interview, Laurens Klerkx &#8211; Professor of Communication and Innovation Studies from Wageningen University - reflects on his own research and offers some practical guidance in improving the impact and influence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2048&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effective knowledge translation: Reflections of a Kstar practitioner from Nyokabi Musilla</title>
		<link>http://gdnetblog.org/2012/04/26/effective-knowledge-translation-reflections-of-a-kstar-practitioner-from-nyokabi-musilla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the first day of the Kstar conference 2012, Dr Nyokabi Musila – Research and Knowledge Translation Scientist based at the African Institute for Development Policy – shared her experience of knowledge translation in a project focusing on reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa. Reflecting on the panel discussion which explored effective knowledge translation, we interviewed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2041&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living the Kstar lifestyle: Reflections of a Kstar practitioner from Andrew Campbell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be a Kstar practitioner and what are the challenges to working effectively across the knowledge-policy interface? In this interview, Professor Andrew Campbell – Director of the Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University draws on his rich experience working as a knowledge practitioner and shares some personal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gdnetblog.org&#038;blog=10618705&#038;post=2038&#038;subd=gdnetcomms&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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