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    <site:program_Title>Knowledge for Regional Natural Resource Management</site:program_Title>
    <site:program_Body>&lt;p&gt;Aiming to facilitate better links between the 56 regional&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;Natural Resource Management (NRM)&lt;/span&gt; bodies and knowledge providers, and to assist regional bodies to better manage their information and&amp;nbsp;knowledge, Knowledge for Regional NRM&amp;nbsp;has completed 3 years of network building and capacity development in the regional NRM&amp;nbsp;sector.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h2&gt;What is Knowledge for Regional NRM&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2&gt;Phase&amp;nbsp;1:&amp;nbsp;Investigation&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Regional bodies face many challenges when attempting to access, use and share the best available information and research for natural resource management. Between February 2005 and August 2006 the Knowledge for Regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Program investigated&amp;nbsp;improving&amp;nbsp;ways&amp;nbsp;of:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;adopting and sharing&amp;nbsp;knowledge by regional&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;bodies&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;improving knowledge connections between regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bodies and research&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;information&amp;nbsp;providers.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;During phase 1, &amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Program worked with regional bodies, national information providers, &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; facilitators and knowledge brokers to identify barriers to information exchange and possible solutions. A report titled: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/products/pr061220&quot;&gt;Improving the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; knowledge system for regions &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (pdf 2043 &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;KB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) presents the findings of phase 1. The paper outlines a comprehensive approach to improving the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; knowledge system and was designed using contributions from regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bodies and&amp;nbsp;knowledge providers, as well &amp;nbsp;successful initiatives from outside both the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sector and Australia. The approach consists of three overarching packages which are comprised of a number of services grounded in the real needs&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;regional&amp;nbsp;bodies.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;During phase 1 - Investigation the Knowledge for Regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Program was involved in&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;number&amp;nbsp;of Workshops and Forums.&lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.lwa.gov.au/Programs/Current_Programs/Knowledge_for_Regional_NRM/Program_Background/Workshops_and_Forums/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2&gt;Phase&amp;nbsp;2:&amp;nbsp;Implementation&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Additional funding from Natural Heritage&amp;nbsp;Trust&amp;nbsp;enabled the implementation of some of&amp;nbsp;the services in the packages described in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/products/pr061220&quot;&gt;Improving the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; knowledge system for regions &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (pdf &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;2043KB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2&gt;Further&amp;nbsp;information&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;The research and solutions found have been drawn from surveys, workshops and forums, relevant literature and discussions with&amp;nbsp;groups&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;individuals.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Information exchange barriers faced by regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;bodies&amp;nbsp;include:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Fragmentation&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;information&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Large&amp;nbsp;volume&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;information&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Acessibility&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;information&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Relevance&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;regional&amp;nbsp;context&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Not&amp;nbsp;enough&amp;nbsp;information&amp;nbsp;sharing&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Solutions for improving&amp;nbsp;information&amp;nbsp;exchange&amp;nbsp;include:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;National&amp;nbsp;forums&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Sharing of regional&amp;nbsp;documents&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Region&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;region&amp;nbsp;mentoring&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Feasibility study for a&amp;nbsp;regional&amp;nbsp;knowledge&amp;nbsp;system&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Catalogue of&amp;nbsp;relevant&amp;nbsp;research&amp;nbsp;programs&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Collating&amp;nbsp;regional&amp;nbsp;needs&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Synthesis&amp;nbsp;products&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Understanding&amp;nbsp;knowledge&amp;nbsp;brokering&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Incorporating the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Facilitator&amp;nbsp;Network&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Supporting&amp;nbsp;communities&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;practice&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Building capacity to access&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;apply&amp;nbsp;knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;h2&gt;Resources&lt;/h2&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;Regional Knowledge Resource Kit (&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RKRK&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.rkrk.net.au/&quot;&gt;www.rkrk.net.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;This website provides an interactive online resource for learning and developing skills in information and knowledge management for regional&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Some highlights of the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RKRK&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;include:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Learning how to run the Regional Knowledge Strategy process in your&amp;nbsp;region&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Accessing the Resource Library covering many information and knowledge management&amp;nbsp;topics.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;Joining the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.rkrk.net.au/index.php/Friends_of_the_Regional_Knowledge_Resource_Kit&quot;&gt;Friends of the &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;RKRK&lt;/span&gt; online&amp;nbsp;community&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt; Navigator&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nrmnavigator.net.au&quot;&gt;nrmnavigator.net.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;NRM&amp;nbsp;Navigato&lt;/strong&gt;r&amp;nbsp;is an Australian first, featuring an&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;-specific search engine&lt;/strong&gt;. You can also access &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt;-specific databases of professional bodies, events, e-networks and more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;The NRM&amp;nbsp;Navigator also includes...&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ebase.nrmnavigator.net.au&quot;&gt;Evidence Base software&lt;/a&gt; **Free to all &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt; organisations.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;Knowledge brokering services for&amp;nbsp;regions&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Including...&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;A free service providing decision support advice to regional bodies&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
    &lt;li&gt;supporting &lt;span&gt;Communities of Practice&lt;/span&gt; for Regional &lt;span class=&quot;caps&quot;&gt;NRM&lt;/span&gt; Knowledge Brokers.&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
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    <site:created rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-04-29T03:22:40Z</site:created>
    <site:changed rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-09-11T04:43:27Z</site:changed>
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