Celebrate Achievements
The Winners 2025 are…
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Inter-American Development Bank
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Bruce Boyes
Category: Individual Winner
KM Award 2025 -> 2026
Annually since 2009, the international Knowledge Management Award is bestowed upon an international organization as well as an outstanding personality. The KM Award was constituted under the auspice of the Association Knowledge Management Austria and since 2018 the KM Award is given in partnership with K4DP. The Presidium of K4DP and KM Austria jointly select the KM Award Winners.
The KM Award Ceremony 2025 took place online on 11 December 2025.
The Winners of the KM Award 2026 will be selected in autumn 2026 and the Award Ceremony will take place in December 2026. Anyone can nominate a person and an International Organisation for the Award. Feel free to send nominations to info@k4dp.org.
Recognition
The prize is given in recognition of the winner’s outstanding accomplishments in research, implementation and innovation of successful management methods for knowledge politics and knowledge management. It is also meant to recognize the impact made on the development of a knowledge society in general and more specifically on knowledge creation, transformation, distribution and application.
Criteria
- Research, implementation and innovation of successful management methods for knowledge politics and knowledge management
- Impact made on the development of a knowledge society: knowledge creation, transformation, distribution and application
2025 Ceremony
11 December, 2025
Award Winners
The Winners of the Knowledge Management Award since 2009
2009: Usula Schneider (Individual)
2010: Charles Savage (Individual)
2010: IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (International Organisation)
2011: Stefan Güldenberg (Individual)
2012: UNDP United Nations Development Programme (International Organisation)
2012: Nico Stehr (Individual)
2014: Klaus North (Individual)
2015: Angelika Mittelmann (Individual)
2015: UNESCO United Nations Education Science Culture Organization
2016: Dr. Ibrahim Al Marri (Individual)
2016: km4dev.org (International Organisation)
2017: Leif Edvinsson (Individual)
2017: JIU Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System
2018: Ali Asghar Pourmand (Individual)
2018: International Fund for Agricultural Development (International Organisation)
2019: Charles Dhewa (Individual)
2019: ILRI International Lifestock Research Institute (International Organisation)
2020: Kimiz Dalkir (Individual)
2020: UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (International Organisation)
2021: Eric Tsui (Individual)
2021: Green Climate Fund (International Organisation)
2022: Vincent Ribière (Individual)
2022: Asian Development Bank (International Organisation)
2023: Stacey Young (Individual)
2023: Worlf Food Programme (International Organisation)
2024: Benjamin Abugri (Individual)
2024: World Bank Group (International Organisation)
2025: Bruce Boyes (Individual)
2025: Inter-American Development Bank (International Organisation)
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