CEPA Poverty Portal An Information Resource Portal on Poverty in Sri Lanka

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CEPA Poverty Portal An Information Resource
Portal on Poverty in Sri Lanka
Poverty Assessment and Knowledge Management
Programme
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Outline

• Introduce CEPA
• Introducing the CEPA Poverty Portal
• Introducing the Poverty Portal Network

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About Center for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)

• Non-profit independent organisation, established
  in 2001
• Service orientation - Applied Research, Advisory
  Services, Trainings, Dialogue Exchange
• Focuses on thematic areas impact monitoring,
  poverty and conflict, poverty assessment and
  knowledge management
• Communication and policy orientation
• Through this CEPA aims increase information
  availability and dissemination
• Influence better poverty reduction policies and
  practices

http//www.cepa.lk
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Poverty assessment and knowledge management at
CEPA

• Core programme at CEPA focusing on
• Enhance current understanding of poverty
• Generate and disseminate information on poverty
  in Sri Lanka
• Create the space to enhance the discussion and
  information sharing on poverty related issues
• Poverty Portal Phase I
• Poverty Portal Phase 11
• Annual symposium on poverty (10th in 2009)
• Open forums on poverty
• CEPA website (since 2001)
• CEPA publications

http//www.cepa.lk
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Why do we need a Poverty Portal in Sri Lanka?

• Establish an interactive platform to share and
  obtain robust evidence on poverty related issues
  in Sri Lanka
• To encourage learning on poverty related issues
  in Sri Lanka amongst various stakeholders
• To engage a range of organisations that are able
  to use the information in their decision making
  processes

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Getting to know the Poverty Portal

• Home page
• Closer look at
• Resource Library
• Maps and statistics
• Poverty Blog
• Picture Essays
• Networking

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Home Page
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Resource Library
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Maps Stat
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Poverty Blog
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Outreach Poverty Portal Network

• Expanding the knowledge base on poverty in Sri
  Lanka
• Encouraging information sharing and usage
• Encouraging learning on poverty related issues in
  Sri Lanka amongst various stakeholders
• Improving the use of information in decision
  making processes

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CEPA Poverty Portal Networking Process

• 1. Design the network of members
• Identifying key providers of evidence
• Identifying a core group and resource partners of
  the portal
• Identifying a technical group from the portal
  members
• 2. Establish the network
• Undertaking discussions for partnership
• Developing MoUs for their engagement
• Identifying structured privileges for the core
  group and resource partners
• 3. Facilitate the network
• Holding regular meetings with the network members
• Sharing the knowledge base
• Sharing analysis tools and reports
• Sharing technical knowledge
• Promoting active members and their resources

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Types of network membership
Resource Partners
Members
Core group
Figure 1 Types of membership of the portal
network
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The Core Group working closely on portal
development

• Involvement
• Provide information resources to the portals
  resource base
• Help increase the resource pool by guiding the
  resource collection and dissemination process
• Take a lead on blog discussions and/or provide
  comments to blog posts
• Review content on the portal according to area of
  expertise
• Recommend new members
• Attend network meetings (every 2 months )
• Privileges
• Disseminate own resources to a wider audience
• Use of knowledge base and portal tools
• Acknowledgement of contribution
• Use the portal to promote their activities
• Opportunity to participate in capacity building
  activities developed by the portal team

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The Resource Partners Growing group of resource
providers

• Involvement
• Participate in blog discussions and provide
  individual opinions
• Provide related information resources to the
  portal
• Attend network meetings
• Privileges
• Disseminate own resources to a wider audience
• Use of knowledge base and portal tools
• Acknowledgement of members contribution on the
  site
• Opportunity to participate in capacity building
  activities developed by the portal team

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The Members Resources users

• Involvement
• Participate in blog discussions and provide
  individual opinions
• Ask the Core group and resource partners for
  information leads
• Suggest resource members and resources for the
  portal
• Privileges
• Disseminate own resources
• Use of knowledge base and portal tools in
  members own work
• Opportunity to become a resource partners (with
  the approval of the core group)

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Potential members (core group and resource
partners)

• Discussions held to date
• Government institutions
• Ministry of Plan Implementation
• Central Provincial Council
• Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition
• National Planning Department, Colombo
• Centre for Information Resource Management
  (CIRM), Eastern Province
• Samurdhi Division, Ministry of Nation Building
  and Estates Infrastructure
• ICTA, Colombo
• Universities and related departments
• University of Colombo Department of Economics
• University of Sabaragamuwa (Faculty of Social
  Sciences and Languages)
• Postgraduate Institute of Management, Colombo
• University of Peradeniya
• Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty
  of Arts
• Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
• Department of Agricultural Economics and Business
  Management, Faculty of Agriculture

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Potential members (core group and resource
partners) contd

• Discussions held to date
• Non-governmental organisations
• Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies, Colombo
• Marga Institute, Colombo
• CARE Sri Lanka, Colombo
• Save the Children Sri Lanka, Colombo
• Point Pedro Institute of Development, Colombo
• To be contacted
• Puttalam NGO consortium, Puttalam
• Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo
• Uva provincial council
• University of Wayamba and Ruhuna
• Sri Lanka Press Institute
• And others

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THANK YOU!!!

• For more information
• About CEPA www.cepa.lk
• About the Poverty Portal www.povertyportal.lk
• Have any questions about the portal? Email us at
  info_at_povertyportal.lk