USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) provides fast, flexible, short-term assistance to countries in political transition or emerging from civil conflict. Through the...
Knowledge Management
QED specializes in:
- Knowledge management—helping an organization apply what it and its people know;
- Communications—sharing what an organization knows and accomplishes; and
- Continuous learning—helping people learn what they need to know throughout their careers.
QED studies how our clients’ people seek, interact with, and use information. Then we help them maximize the impact of the intellectual capital they generate with online communities, learning networks, communication programs, and blended learning solutions.
The cornerstone of our Knowledge Management (KM) and community of practice efforts is the Knowledge-Driven International Development portal, launched December 2010. KDID hosts a family of USAID communities that helps maximize the effectiveness of development assistance by connecting practitioners, promoting learning opportunities, and spreading innovation and good practice. KDID hosts online activities, e-consultations, ask the expert features; and distance learning programs. KDID also uses social networking so users can create their own profiles, events, groups, and chats; contribute content; and coordinate their own online meetings.
QED is a leader at developing and managing online communities for USAID, including:
CLIENT SERVICES INCLUDE
Knowledge Management
- Structuring, managing, and sharing knowledge on the Web
- Retaining institutional knowledge
- Applying best practices and lessons learned
- Building virtual communities and connecting people in social networks
- Spurring innovation on and collaboration with learning networks
- Creating new partnerships
- Managing grants-under-contract
Communications
- Assessing target audiences
- Communicating to leadership, partners, and the public
- Reporting results
Continuous Learning
- Developing effective curricula
- Training and developing professional skills
- Facilitated learning events, including seminars, workshops, and conferences
PROJECTS
Through the Knowledge-Driven Microenterprise Development (KDMD) Project QED provides knowledge and learning services and technical assistance to a range of USAID offices, bureaus, and missions including: the Microenterprise Development Office; the Economic Growth Office; the Bureau of Food...
Each year, USAID advises the U.S. congress on its Microenterprise funding and program results. The data for this report is collected through Microenterprise Results Reporting (MRR).
Following the completion of each USAID fiscal year, QED collects microenterprise funding data from...
The Azerbaijan SME Support project aimed to increase employment, outside of the oil sector, by creating increased access to loan capital and financial services. Approaches included:
- Upgrading training and educational services to increase the number of trained financial managers...
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Our Work
The first rule of being a KM practitioner is that you should try to work yourself out of a job, because knowledge sharing needs to be inherent. The second rule is if that if you follow the first, you’ll always get to work on bigger and better challenges, because the need for more knowledge is insatiable.
Evaluation & KM Practice Leader
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