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Development of a Virtual Community of Practice on Natural Disasters
Raquel Gimenez
author
Leire Labaka
author
Jose Mari Sarriegi
author
Josune Hernantes
author
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
English
This research identifies from literature principles of successful Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoPs) and explains how they have been fulfilled in the development of a VCoP that aims at contributing to knowledge sharing on natural disasters. The developed VCoP involves 70 experts in dealing with natural disasters from different hierarchical levels, organizations and nationalities of Europe. The VCoP has been developed within a European project from the 7th framework program. During the project three workshops were arranged for the members of the VCoP to know each other and to develop a living document. The living document is a web based tool used by the VCoP to share documents and insights, and it helps VCoP members networking. This paper provides direction for developing a VCoP to exchange lessons learned reports among crisis managers and first responders, and it identifies barriers that hinder the use of the living document.
Crisis Management
knowledge sharing
lessons learned
natural disasters
Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoPs)
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RaquelGimenez_etal2015
ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2015
L. Palen
editor
M. Buscher
editor
T. Comes
editor
A. Hughes
editor
ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
conference publication
9788271177881
2411-3387
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