Solution Exchange

Introducing Solution Exchange
What it is; the services we offer; the SE Global team
What is Solution Exchange?
Solution Exchange is a UN-sponsored space where development professionals with similar interests (“Communities of Practice”) connect to share knowledge and experience towards the common objective of problem-solving. Communities are organized around national development priorities and the Millennium Development Goals, contributing to their successful achievement. Members come from government, donors, NGOs, academia and private sector, interacting on an ongoing basis to learn, share and collaborate.
With Solution Exchange, development practitioners can proceed with confidence that they are not reinventing the wheel.
How does it work?
Solution Exchange is about collaboration with your peers - virtual and face-to-face Virtual: Everyone in a Community is a member of a mail group moderated by a senior domain specialist and a research associate located in a UN Agency. When you face a challenge, e-mail it to the Community. Over the next 1-3 weeks members respond with advice, experience, contacts or other suggestions to help you out. Once the query closes the discussion and the resources recommended are synthesized into a Consolidated Reply that is circulated to Community members. Face-to-face: Community members meet in annual forums and regional events to interact, learn and make new connections. Members also collaborate on assignments, tapping into each others' knowledge, expertise and different perspectives.
Solution Exchange Services
Help - for members seeking experience and advice on issues they face The UNDP official covering the Bihar flood relief received from Disaster Management and Water Community members over 60 examples of low-cost emergency water purification systems, in one week. Consult - for decision-makers seeking feedback on draft policies or programmes The official charged with developing a national policy on ICT in education tapped the ICT for Development and the Education Communities to expand the consultation process across India Discuss - for brainstorming on key issues of wide concern to the Community AIDS Community members encouraged the wider adoption in India of community-based responses to HIV through the "AIDS Competency Process" (ACP) Collaborate - for members working in small groups to produce a quick, strategic deliverable such as a project proposal, strategic plan, or pilot project The Food & Nutrition Security Community introduced a successful pilot scheme to increase the nutritional content of the Indian national school feeding initiative (the "Mid-Day Meal Programme")
The SE Global Outreach Team
	Adviser: Steve Glovinsky Steve has worked for more than 35 years as a UN official, as a manager of UNDP’s development programmes and adviser to over thirty governments in public management and reform. He created UNDP’s knowledge networks and was instrumental in setting up Solution Exchange in India. In his capacity as advisor, he is helping set up Solution Exchange to other countries. He is based in the United States.
	Outreach Coordinator: Meghendra Banerjee He has helped set up Solution Exchange in India and has run the Maternal and Child Health Community since its inception in April 2005. Before joining the UN, He has served development organizations working as project manager, researcher, monitoring and evaluation specialist and trainer in the field of Public Health. Meghendra is currently helping countries to set up their own Solution Exchange, working for UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre and is based in India.
	Associate Outreach Coordinator: Ramya Gopalan Ramya has been working for UNDP for over 5 years. She began her stint with UNDP India as a Research Associate for the Water Community of Practice, Solution Exchange India conducting research and supporting moderation of community discussions and networking activities. Following which she joined the SE Outreach Unit supporting the set-up of in-country SE Communities facilitated by UN Agencies. Ramya is presently based out of the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre continuing the support of SE Outreach Activities as well as activities within the Asia Pacific KM Roadmap. Her education background includes a Masters in Environment & Development from London School of Economics, UK, Masters in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law from WWF Centre for Environmental Law, New Delhi.
	Training Specialist: Sarah Figge Hussain Sarah has been working with Solution Exchange for more than 5 years, first as an editor and trainer for Solution Exchange India and then as the training coordinator for Solution Exchange Outreach. Prior to joining Solution Exchange, she worked for nearly 2 years for a Reproductive Health NGO in New Delhi developing training materials. She currently supports the learning needs of the community facilitation teams. She is based in New Delhi.
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