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The Republic of Moldova promoting agriculture, women empowerment, youth, knowledge management, and best practices through Learning Route.

The Republic of Moldova promoting agriculture, women empowerment, youth, knowledge management, and best practices through Learning Route

IDIS is a multi-issue think tank, working through a web of professional clusters. Our approach to the idea of think tanks role in Moldova is to achieve professional credibility in the areas of national security, welfare, foreign policy, sustainable development, and competitiveness, fairness, working both with decision-makers, academia, and young leaders, creating real alternatives in all aspects of policy-making. IDIS cares to boost advocacy platforms; it networks with various professional groups, unions, business associations, innovators, educators, and other entities, in a number of areas where national interests and cohesion can be achieved in togetherness.

IFAD Consolidated Programme Implementation Unit ( CPIU IFAD) was created by the Government of the Republic of Moldova for the implementation of IFAD programmes, after the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the International Agricultural Development Fund in 1996. The components of the IFAD programs shall be implemented in accordance with the procedures established and approved by the IFAD in agreement with the Government of the Republic of Moldova. CPIU IFAD shall be responsible for the management, implementation, and monitoring of the activities of the programs as well as the coordination of activities with the institutions and organizations participating in the implementation of the programs.

Women’s representation in Moldovan politics and decision-making processes is below international benchmarks. According the national survey, 60.3% of population believes that men are better political leaders than women, or women do not have the same rights as men. In the case of the leaders of economic and social units the differences in gender aspect are more pronounced. Of the total number of local entrepreneurs, the main share is formed of men (72.5%); the share of women constitutes only 27.5%. Thus, the number of male entrepreneurs is 2.6 times higher than that of the number of female entrepreneurs.

The Moldova Country Source Book is a product of fruitful collaboration between different stakeholders within the frames of Learning Routes (LR), which are based on peer-to-peer knowledge transfer between practitioners. The notable information is identified and provided in a systematized form in the Country Source Book specific to the context observed. The route bridges “users” and “providers”, in a mutually beneficial knowledge exchange for learning, growth and innovation.

Knowledge Management Workshop manuscripts package from Sudanese national partners.

This Guide is addressed first of all to research institutions and universities, which together alongside the didactic activity are engaged in research and innovation activities, in the production of knowledge and solutions to the problems of contemporary societies. The purpose of the Guide is to help these institutions to implement KM programs, and of providing theoretical and methodological support for such approaches. The guide is structured into three chapters: • KM: conceptualization and theoretical framework. In the section in which KM is defined, is described the evolution of KM and, without covering all its dimensions, a brief synthesis of the theoretical framework is made; • KM implementation: a step-by-step approach. This section guides the step by step implementation of KM, in it being described all the stages that the institutions intending to implement KM programs have to go through; • KM in practice: successes and failures. The section highlights the key factors that can lead to the success or failure of KM implementation. The development of the Guide involved consulting a large number of bibliographic sources, including monographs and fundamental researches from peer-reviewed journals, practical guides, specialized websites, and blogs of knowledge management experts and practitioners. The format in which the material is presented involves footnotes only in the case of direct citations, the rest of the used materials are indicated in the Bibliography section.