Local knowledge generation and dissemination

Invites Parties to protect, promote and use traditional knowledge, involving local experts and local communities

Tag it. Attribute it. Metadata. Get the community to add local depth, global perspective, local knowledge.

The Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems project (LINKS) aims at fostering dialogue and understanding between indigenous knowledge holders and scientists, to empower local communities in biodiversity conservation.

Trust was based on local knowledge fortified by continuous contact.

Tapping local and indigenous knowledge can contribute to technical designs and management arrangements suited to local circumstances.

Indigenous traditional knowledge systems are inherently local in character, and thus local initiatives are often the most appropriate.

Designing appropriate institutional arrangements also requires both local knowledge and creativity.

But this kind of local knowledge should not be subject to testing.

having a professional knowledge and familiarity with local language, laws and customs

When working offshore, companies should build the capacity of local communities by hiring local staff and transferring technology and knowledge.

Management must draw upon this local knowledge and decentralized systems are well adapted to do this. The existence of local knowledge and links with local cultures mean that decentralized systems are often better adapted to local conditions and are more resilient in the face of changing external conditions.

The sciences and technology, including the role of traditional and local knowledge systems.

The role of civil society, especially of communities with local knowledge, is crucial.

Haircuts, like a host of other activities requiring detailed local knowledge, cannot be outsourced.

We need partnerships that leverage the knowledge and solutions that come from local communities.

There is significant knowledge and local institutional capabilities in forest management in these communities.

(f) Indicators concerning civil society, local community participation and traditional knowledge should be included.

UNU has also organized a training workshop on local knowledge based rehabilitation of ecosystems.

the strengthening of regional organisations, so that measures to combat terrorism are tailored to local needs and benefit from local knowledge and networks.

However, tailoring is a demanding exercise, whereby the expert's knowledge has to be merged with the national or regional stakeholders' knowledge of local needs.

Acknowledging the value of traditional knowledge, the LEG developed a database of local coping strategies.

In the process of elaboration of local Agenda 21 fora and working groups have to represent means of civic participation for deepening knowledge of local issues.

We are witnessing simultaneous global convergence (the narrowing of income, wealth, and knowledge gaps between countries) and local divergence (widening income, wealth, and knowledge gaps within countries).

This would make the IMF staff more cognizant of the value of local knowledge relative to theoretical expertise.

He mentioned plans for an online database of adaptation options to share local knowledge and endogenous adaptation techniques.

Particular attention would need to be paid to meeting the knowledge needs of local communities by using a mixture of traditional knowledge and the potential of advanced information technology.

Mr. Nyong concluded that local knowledge is a major underutilized resource in adaptation, and that development efforts should be applied with an understanding of, and sensitivity to, local communities.

Drawing on local knowledge could help in choosing technologies that are suitable from both an environmental and cultural perspective.

Another key obstacle at the governmental level involves existing regional and local governments with disparate skills, awareness and knowledge.

The session explored gender concerns in agrobiodiversity management in the context of local knowledge systems and local community rights in natural resources, as well as women's rights to these resources.

Session I indigenous perspectives on traditional knowledge based on local and community based experiences, as well as perspectives on policies, planning, processes and programmes at local, national and international levels.

It is considered necessary to take account of local knowledge and link it to the modern information and communication system.

The programme will operate through advocacy, tools development and knowledge management, as well as direct capacity building at the local level.

The initiatives aimed to build capacity, identify new sources of funding and promote the use of local knowledge and scientific management.

This is done through the strengthening of knowledge and awareness to women's involvement in local politics and the preparation of a Women Reserve for the next local elections, especially among the Arab sector.

Designing appropriate institutional arrangements also requires both local knowledge and creativity. What works in one setting is unlikely to work in another.

A city wiki (or local wiki) is a wiki used as a knowledge base and social network for a specific geographical locale.

These efforts should build on local knowledge and involve the formal and non formal education systems, the media and other relevant actors.

Sensitivity and recognition of cultural traditions and local knowledge as well as flexibility to negotiate with various stakeholders are key considerations.17

You can connect with stakeholders like the manufacturers and talk with them face to face and leverage their local knowledge of manufacturing practices and their clients and combine that knowledge with our engineering knowledge to create something greater than either of us could have done alone.

SEED aims to build learning communities and knowledge sharing environments in which students, educators and volunteers collaborate on projects in their local languages.

Within the current National Curriculum, pupils at level 4 are expected to show their knowledge and understanding of local, national and international history .

Access to and transfer of technology, including biotechnology, to the governments and or local communities that provided traditional knowledge and or biodiversity resources.

To invite national governments and institutions of the South to continue to promote cultural diversity and preserve the traditions of their people as well as indigenous and local traditional knowledge, practices and technology for achieving local development.