The effectiveness of knowledge platform in the ITPC related initiatives
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The International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) was established to enhance collaboration and knowledge exchange regarding tropical peatland management among various nations, including Indonesia, Peru, and others. It aims to serve as a hub for scientific research, capacity building, and policy support while providing a comprehensive knowledge platform that connects experts and disseminates relevant information. The ITPC focuses on sustainable practices and increasing awareness of the importance of peatlands in addressing climate change and biodiversity preservation.
The effectiveness of knowledge platform in the ITPC related initiatives
- 2. The effectiveness of Knowledge platform in the ITPC related initiatives Haruni Krisnawati Lead Coordinator, ITPC Secretariat Principal Researcher, BRIN
- 3. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) • Launched by 3 governments (Republic of Indonesia, RoC, DRC) in Jakarta on 30 October 2018 • Coordinated by MOEF, Republic of Indonesia • 5 July 2021, Peru joined the ITPC Joint Declaration : ✓ Acknowledging the important role of peatlands at global, regional, and national levels in addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, environment, and contributing to the social economic welfare of people, ✓ Recognizing the need to increase respective capacity through collaboration to promote best practices for conservation and sustainable management of peatlands, ✓ Committing to common interests in tropical peatland and ongoing efforts by governments and partners to conserve and manage tropical peatlands in a sustainable manner. ✓ Committing to strengthening networking and collaboration
- 4. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) Roles of ITPC • Serve as a go-to space for South-South cooperation which will support the dissemination of strategies and practices for tropical peatland management, through coordinating and supporting collaborative international relationships and connecting different stakeholders. • Conduct and disseminate scientific research on tropical peatland management for sustainable development. • Become a center of excellence for tropical peatland research to support policy development. • Provide capacity building and technical services. The Center brings cross-cutting collaboration and innovation to study and preserve tropical peatland ecosystem – the importance of South-South exchange
- 5. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) ITPC Knowledge platform – connecting knowledge and research to people • Synthesize widely dispersed knowledge of peatland • A tool for knowledge exchange and capacity building • Interconnect individuals through the expert directory. • A one-stop knowledge shop A go-to place for information on peatlands and provide space for users to browse, search and contribute a variety of knowledge products
- 6. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) Objectives of Knowledge Platform 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 To provide a platform on which to list, capture and showcase all relevant and publicly available knowledge relating to peatland information A tool for knowledge exchange and capacity building To enable secondary use by disseminating and communicating available knowledge Act as media for a community of practice on sustainable peatlands Help disseminate policy and best practice experiences on sustainable tropical peatland management To increase awareness and discoverability of peatland- related open data To promote the birth of new knowledge on peatlands Knowledge Platform
- 7. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) The architecture Knowledge Repository •Repository of all outputs and activities related to the peatland information •Covers metadata on publication, datasets, audio/video, photos, presentation, blogs and news, and projects related to the peatlands •Lesson learned information systems (Best practices database) Expert Directory •Subject expert database providing profile of the expert and links to their works available online •Expertise group per subject and sub subject, classified and index to enable the retrieval •Act like LinkedIn, but on a specific subject •Tools to enable people to reach out to the expert(s) Collaborative Platform •Community of Practices forum •Maintain log of discussion for future reference •Access privileges •Tools to enable people to discuss, consult and share information, ideas and thoughts. 1 2 3
- 8. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) more than 2,000 experts
- 9. International Tropical Peatlands Center (ITPC) Current development ▪ Static. Act as a metadata harvester . ▪ Current features is to encourages outputs discovery, expert finding, and network analysis. ▪ Dynamic. Additional function and feature that made the static directory becoming more interactive ▪ Inviting data providers to submit their work and make it available to the public under agreed data-sharing protocols ▪ Development of collaboration platform What next?
- 10. Thank you