4. Knowledge and learning

The knowledge and learning strategy is based on the assumption that learning, knowledge sharing and communication are closely interlinked. To be successful, our strategy includes activities on all three of these elements: • Organisational learning is key to our work. We want to learn from our country activities and our systems approach. We want to find out what works and what can be changed in order to improve our practice in the countries. Central to our M&E process is listening to our partners and clients including EA professionals, governments, and NGOs. • To improve our work and that of our partners in developing countries, knowledge sharing is crucial. For example, knowledge on the effectiveness of EA, on the added value of the process (such as a more sustainable project/programme or more effective stakeholder engagement), and on the effectiveness of a systems approach. This knowledge is based on our own experience, but comes from other organisations as well. We produce and update knowledge products such as case studies, gap analysis tools and our country profiles. • Our communication is concerned with informing the general public, our partners, and all other stakeholders on who we are and what we do. Specifically, we inform EA colleagues, partners and clients how our products and services can be used to facilitate their work. We produce knowledge products with inspiring stories on environmental assessment and its results.