Knowledge Management and Exchange at UNICEF

Join us for Ian Thorpe's talk on organizational learning and knowledge management at the United Nations. Reflecting on his work as Chief of UNICEF's Learning and Knowledge Exchange Section, Ian Thorpe provides deep insights into examples and failures of organizational learning. The talk will highlight how to build skills needed to work in this area and the tools and technologies used to map, analyze and share successful UN programs.

Speaker Bio:
Ian Thorpe is the Chief of the Learning and Knowledge Exchange Section in UNICEF where he leads a team responsible for development and implementation of organization wide approaches, systems and tools for staff learning, knowledge management and exchange, and South-South Cooperation. He has over 20 years of experience within the UN system in evaluation, intranet and web design, communication planning and operations, UN coordination, knowledge management and organizational learning. Prior to that he worked with the UK government and European Commission on statistical capacity building.

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