Approach of the Indigenous Knowledge Program

The Program seeks to collect and share existing information on applied methods of capturing indigenous knowledge, successful ways of disseminating indigenous practices and processes

The Program would identify pilot cases that could be tested and informed by inputs from selected local communities of practice. The Program would rely heavily on NGOs and their extensive networks in the civil society.

The methods applied for accessing indigenous/traditional knowledge would be through a synthesis of existing information, field interviews, participation, community assessments and focus groups with NGOs and catalogued by country/region, sector/themes, and owners of practice thus allowing for the knowledge to be shared, disseminated and retrieved.

The instruments for dissemination and exchange would include conventional media (e.g. dedicated publications on IK), modern technology (e.g. Web sites, telecenters, connectivity for the centers dedicated to the study of IK, discussion lists) as well as traditional ways that are adapted to local conditions (e.g. story telling).