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Session 3.2 Water Governance WaterWiki – Now or Never !

Session 3.2 Water Governance WaterWiki – Now or Never !. Juerg Staudenmann Water Governance Advisor E&E CoP-Meeting 2008 Tue 14 Oct 2008. What is - or was to date - WaterWiki ?. UNDP’s Knowledge exchange and on-line collaboration platform for water practitioners

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Session 3.2 Water Governance WaterWiki – Now or Never !

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  1. Session 3.2 Water GovernanceWaterWiki – Now or Never ! Juerg Staudenmann Water Governance Advisor E&E CoP-Meeting 2008Tue 14 Oct 2008

  2. What is - or was to date - WaterWiki ? • UNDP’s Knowledge exchange and on-line collaboration platformfor water practitioners • Alternative to official UNDP / project sites • A continuously growing knowledge base that • improves with each individual user-contribution • allows sharing and discussing of “true knowledge” (success, failures, lessons, • is owned by the community • What it is not ? • A “normal website” • Under responsibility or control of UNDP • A pure database or “Content Management System” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  3. Background: The Pre-History of WaterWiki • WaterWiki emerged from the real NEED • to systematically map & document projects, reports & key documents, organizations, “who-is-who and does what”, • to codify UNDP-relevant “knowledge on water” • for an on-line collaboration workspace • APPROACH chosen • Web-based (instead of “storing it on C:-drive”) • Interactive (instead of “central delivery”) • Real-time (instead of “thanks, please wait for publication”) • Possibility for joint collaboration on knowledge products • “Something like Wikipedia, decentralized, that that works like a “Potluck-cooking party” rather than a restaurant visit” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  4. The global “Wiki-experiment” • Wikipedia • started “small and simple”; • grew in short time to one of the most important on-line resources. (The humble vision: “capturing the worlds knowledge”…) • Practice proofs: Approach and tool conducive to • encourage hundred-thousands to share their individual knowledge • Despite skepticism from many deliver exponentially increasing knowledge resources of use to hundreds of millions of users Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  5. The “Wiki-idea” – Underlying principles • Decentralized contributions & content responsibility (democratic + self-responsibility + peer control) • Limited format or structure prescribed (let it grow !) • “Tags” and hyperlinks as backbone (instead of folders & hierarchy) • Allow/promote ANY knowledge in ANY format, files, pics, etc. • But restrain opinions / viewpoints (use other fora for that) • Coaching & support, rather than supervision and control Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  6. So, how does WaterWiki work ? • Like Wikipedia … • On-line collection of info, knowledge, files, links … • Entire content is free for use, editing, complementation, linking • Every change is tracked to revert previous versions if needed • … * BUT: While entire content is visible to anyone, only registered & logged-in users can create new or edit existing pages/articles, upload files, insert links, pics, videos (YouTube), rate or discuss contributions ... • What about quality control? • Self-responsibility: Each contributor is attributed to his/her contributions • Peer-control: users mutually monitor, comment and directly edit each others contributions • Facilitation: “Knowledge farmers” assist users, guide or selectively complement contributions, to maximize usability/benefit • Red-button: If necessary, users can be blocked and every change undone Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  7. Demo (http://WaterWiki.net) • Welcome • navigation, Help, recent changes, search … • How to edit (tag-cloud, links) • Reports • HDR 2006 (Overview, Chapters, Link to MDGs) • Experience / Case Studies • Uzbekistan - “Celebrating Communities for WSS” • Category “Experience” (Comparative Experience Water Councils) • FAQs / Toolkits: • New HRBA programme • FAQs on IW management • Country, River Basin, and other “Portal-pages” • Countries (Uzbekistan/Central Asia) • Amu Darya Basin (with “transclusion” from CAREWIB) • Projects (“transcluded” list from UNDP homepage) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  8. Evolution of WaterWiki • Started “bottom-up” in Aug 2005: • zero budget (but 100% commitment + 2 interns) • Aug 05 – Mar 06 (1/2 year): • From 0 to600 visitor/day • Some 200 pages (incl. 32 “country-pages”, 25 projects, 50 reports, 40 practitioners, …) • Mid 2008: • Almost 2,000 pages + 850 uploaded files(incl. 101 projects, 287 reports, 192 practitioners & 58 contacts, 97 thematic articles, 39 experience write-ups / case-studies, 127 organizations & networks, 213 definitions/concepts, …) • Current average: 700-900 genuine visitors/day (approx. 15,000 page-views/day) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  9. Client surveys 2007 • User feedback: • WaterWiki has greatly improved access to information and knowledge on water in the region (“Our own little Britannica“) • Used by practitioners & experts as (a) info-base, (b) learning resource (!), and (c) “to stay connected to other practitioners” • People like the “look and feel” of WaterWiki (recognition effect due to Wikipedia) • High flexibility in terms of content, structure, presentation, continued change & development • An easy-to-use platform, broad enough to cover all relevant information sources, yet focused & specific enough to remain relevant, selective, “to-the-point” and of real practical use Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  10. WaterWiki in 2008:At the turning point! 3 years piloting experience, success, recognition: • We’re on the right track. That’s how knowledge management & experience exchange can work • There’s a confirmed need for “a WaterWiki” (user reviews; peer-discussions; consultations) • It’s time to “spread the wings and fly”: • (i) scale-up: globalize within UNDP – and beyond • (ii) open up: broaden institutionally • (ii) professionalize: define (& occupy) niche, review structure, upgrade functionalities, enrich basic content • (iii) possibly “re-/de-brand”: (no visible (UN-) brand also legally a “slim solution”) BUT KEEP THE THEMATIC FOCUS: Water (& Sanitation) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  11. Moving ahead (1): Scale-up & Upgrading • Globalize: • All countries & all 236+ Transboundary River Basins • Entire UNDP Water Practice (WaterWiki as THE workspace for all!) • Upgrade with useful (and attractive!) functionalities: • Google Maps | YouTube | WYSIWYG | “Rate this page” | “e-mail / bookmark / print this page” | RSS-feeds • ”Mesh-up” solutions (link with e-mail groups, blogs, social networks (facebook / LinkedIn/…?), SKYPE, news or meta-services, etc.) • Improve structure, navigation, search • Additional “exploring mechanisms” (e.g. portals, virtual toolboxes) • Folksonomy (tag-clouds), keyword-automated listings, etc. • “Top content” (What’s new? | popular? | top-rated | Who’s active …) • Monitoring & alert functions Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  12. Moving ahead (2): Improved user-support, feel & look, guidance … • Incentives for active participation: • Wizards for user-contributions (“Add new page”, “upload video”, “Related wanted pages”…) • Contributor recognition & visibility (e.g. “last 3 authors” | “this month’s top contributors” | etc. • Indicators about other users using your shared knowledge (like “# of times video watched” on YouTube) • Promote & supporting community-tools • for on-line collaboration (e.g. for joint drafting of case studies, essays, etc.) • Social networking … Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

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  14. Moving ahead (3): Opening up • WaterWiki @ UN-Water Meeting, Stockholm 17 Aug 08 • Broad recognition and decision to form a UN-Water TF on WaterWiki • Spontaneous allies: UNESCO, WHO, IAEA, UNU, UNECE • Previous interest already by UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNICEF • WaterWiki as tool for all UN-Water members? • To map what UN-Water partners do, know, are working on • As joint knowledge base complementing(!) official UN-Water & agency websites • As “One-Stop-Shop” linking to existing data- and knowledge bases (of UN-Water and/or beyond) • For development of “joint UN knowledge on water” like glossary & definitions, indicators, case studies, joint reports and/or spin-offs, common facts & info on water basins, etc. • As workspace for UN-Water working groups (e.g. for development & discussion of position papers or guidelines) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  15. WaterWiki as Multi-agency platform • The “glue” between existing sites, not replacing any of them • An opportunity for active and continuous inter-agency collaboration on developing and refining a wide range of knowledge products • Can build on: • Existing Wiki-platform (and momentum), established structure, info & knowledge base • 3 years of practical experience in developing, testing, maintaining of a Wiki platform • UNDP’s offer to support (& co-fund) development of a joint scale-up • … and of coursethe enormous breadth of knowledge & experience within the collective UN-Water agency W&S staff Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  16. The way ahead (2008/09) • Finalize upgrade & scale-up (end 2009) • Selected bi-lateral web-projects (early 2009) • UNESCO: Life-Supporrt System Encyclopedia; Water & Conflict; “236+ river basins”; • WHO: multi-lingual glossary (bi-directional!) • WWAP: publish excerpts & some of the side-materials of WWDR 4 – (co-launch @ Istanbul WWF) • UNECE: Transboundary Water Basin Inventory  Wiki!! • UN-Water Task Force on WaterWiki (parallel) • comprehensive mapping of existing sites, tools, trends • consultations with UN-Water & all member agencies • development & implementation of UN-WaterWiki concept Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

  17. Thank you! For further information visit: http://WaterWiki.net

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