GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM • UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM • UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW SATURDAY 16 • NOVEMBER 2013 • 16.30–18.30 SATURDAY 16 • NOVEMBER 2013 • 16.30–18.30 PROGRAM DETAILS: WWW.LANDSCAPES.ORG PROGRAM DETAILS: WWW.LANDSCAPES.ORG Cafe Postcard_10-28.indd 1 10/29/13 1:16 PM Knowledge for Impact: how to bridge the gap Knowledge for Impact: how to bridge the gap between science, policy and action to achieve complex between science, policy and action to achieve complex climate and sustainable development goals climate and sustainable development goals This workshop session will help us understand and adapt our This workshop session will help us understand and adapt our knowledge generation, sharing and communications to the knowledge generation, sharing and communications to the needs of others, in order to design more useful policy solutions, needs of others, in order to design more useful policy solutions, improve knowledge uptake and achieve change. Whether they improve knowledge uptake and achieve change. Whether they are UNFCCC negotiators, national policy makers, members of are UNFCCC negotiators, national policy makers, members of a different expert community (forestry, agriculture, water), a different expert community (forestry, agriculture, water), journalists, civil society groups or members of the general journalists, civil society groups or members of the general public—people are not “empty vessels” waiting to receive our public—people are not “empty vessels” waiting to receive our knowledge insights. In a busy information landscape, only the knowledge insights. In a busy information landscape, only the most targeted knowledge will succeed! most targeted knowledge will succeed! Following presentations, participants will have the opportunity to Following presentations, participants will have the opportunity to discuss in a “café” setting key questions including: discuss in a “café” setting key questions including: 1. What makes knowledge generation and uptake successful? 1. What makes knowledge generation and uptake successful? 2. What are some of the barriers to sharing knowledge about 2. What are some of the barriers to sharing knowledge about landscapes? landscapes? 3. How well do we know what other people need to know? 3. How well do we know what other people need to know? 4. What are some of the tools we can use to listen and design 4. What are some of the tools we can use to listen and design more effective knowledge products and pathways? more effective knowledge products and pathways? This workshop session is co-organized by the Center for International This workshop session is co-organized by the Center for International Forestry Research, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Forestry Research, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Program on Forests and the United Kingdom Government. the Program on Forests and the United Kingdom Government. Cafe Postcard_10-28.indd 2 10/29/13 1:16 PM.