Jorge Chavez-Tafur
Former Coordinator of the project at CTA
Biography
Since July 2016, Jorge Chavez-Tafur works as knowledge management officer at CTA, coordinating the Experience Capitalisation project implemented in different parts of the world in collaboration with FAO, IICA and IFAD. He is also a guest lecturer at Universidad Agraria La Molina, where he focuses on "sistematización" as an approach for drawing lessons from rural development initiatives. He worked for many years as consultant with ETC Andes, worked as editor of the "LEISA magazine" and was also editor-in-chief of "Farming Matters"; today he is also member of the editorial team of the KM4D journal.
Articles
Publications
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Facilitating experience capitalization: A guidebook
Since April 2016, CTA implemented the “Capitalising on Experiences for Greater Impact in Rural Development” project – working together with FAO and IICA, and with the financial support of IFAD.
events
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Dec 1
CTA/PAFO - Experience capitalisation and knowledge management workshop
Based upon the collaboration in support of selected farmers' organisations-led businesses supported by CTA and partners, the workshop proposes to:Review the results and lessons learned from the supported cases at national level after the support provided by CTA, PAFO and AgriCord members.Identify further business cases whi… -
Dec 1
Vijabiz - Experience capitalisation workshop
The process of experience capitalisation starts with a first workshop, in Nakuru, Kenya at the Merica Hotel and includes representatives of the organisations participating in the Vijabiz project.
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Dec 1
Experience capitalisation institutionalisation workshop
The main objective of CTA's experience capitalisation project has been to encourage the adoption of the approach - its regular use by projects and organisations. Largely as the result of the work done by many facilitators, it is now possible to see many cases where this institutionalisation process is already taking place, in different parts of the world.
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Dec 1
Capitalisation of Experiences for Greater Impact in Rural Development - Pacific region
CTA is hosting a knowledge management workshop as part of the ‘Capitalisation of Experiences for Greater Impact in Rural Development’ project between 5 and 9 February 2018 in the Fijian capital of Suva. The 3-year project started in April 2016 with the aim to facilitate the wider use of experience capitalisation processes in rural development initiatives, as an approach…
Projects
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Dec 1
Experience Capitalization
Capitalizing on experiences for greater impact in rural development was a large-grant project, which was supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and agreed with CTA in March 2016. It was implemented together with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agricult…
