On June 14, 2022, the second open call of the AVACLIM project took place with the theme of the Communities of Practices (CoP), and more specifically the activities of knowledge and practice exchange. This was an opportunity for the project partners to meet and share their upcoming activities as well related issues and learnings.
The AVACLIM open calls are organized in order to improve the links and exchanges between the AVACLIM project partners, and thus to compensate for the cancellation of international events due to COVID. This Open Call #2 was dedicated to the animation of communities of practice and experience sharing activities.
In addition to sharing organizational, administrative and budgetary elements related to the implementation of activities by each local partner, this open call allowed for rich and instructive exchanges on the way the project actors conceive the activities, and to exchange good practices for the future
Participants were able to share some observations and challenges related to the communities of practice, including:
It was also asked to share some preliminary learnings about the knowledge exchange activities, and the following were highlighted :
Additional open calls are planned for the coming months, including adaptations to the evaluation methodology, as well as implementation of advocacy activities at the national and international levels.