Empowering ADB-Hosted Communities of Practice

Communities of practice are groups of people who share a passion for something they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better. Officially introduced in 2002 after a bank-wide reorganization, ADB-hosted CoPs were empowered under the Action Plan for Knowledge Management, 2009–2011. Interventions ranging from budget increases to integration in ADB operations have helped affirm CoPs as the heart and soul of knowledge generation and sharing in ADB.
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Communities of Practice 101

The potential for communities of practice in an organization is enormous. But their success hinges on a wide range of factors—from readiness to structure, champions to members. Find out the basic ingredients needed in setting up productive and sustainable communities of practice.

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ADB-Hosted Communities of Practice: Driving Knowledge Activities

To excel in their domains and live up to their potential as prime tool of organizational development, ADB’s communities of practice regularly perform the five core knowledge activities—identify, create, store, share, and use knowledge. How much progress have they achieved to date?

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