Gabriel Odili Olise

PhD candidate and research assistant at Cyprus International University, Cyprus & Nigeria

Gabriel Odili Olise hails from South-South Nigeria, holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography, a master’s in Innovation and Knowledge Management, and is currently a PhD candidate and a research assistant at Cyprus International University, Cyprus.

One of the major obstacles facing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is perceived lack of an effective Knowledge Management Integration-(KMI), that coordinate, integrate, monitor and measure progress activities across board, there is need for government of developing countries to integrate Knowledge-Based Management-(KBM) across government subsidiaries, this is critical in addressing the issue of institutional corruption, drive real-time data management and improve internal processes. Entrenched Endemic Corruption in developing nations hinders economic and social development, which are central to UN SDGs.

To achieve the 17 SDGs, developing nations need to install a knowledge management system for easy acquisition of data, especially in the evolving knowledge society. where environmental data play a critical role in ensuring effective strategic planning-cum implementation, this will help to meet the defined 17 SDGs. The role of intergovernmental organisations in this context is to advocate for knowledge transparency by encouraging member nations to adopt KMS into their processes. This can be achieved through Local
Knowledge Points (LKPs). Local Knowledge Points are field knowledge collection points at local or community-based levels, with direct access to field data relating to all the 17 SDGs. LKPs will be responsible for the acquisition and transfer of field knowledge to Regional Knowledge Centres (RKCs), while the National Knowledge Hub (NKH) collates all transferred knowledge for effective planning and decision-making. KM will not only be instrumental at the national level but will assist the UN KM department in tracking real-time progress, it will also enhance local integration, which implies global coordination.

Keywords: Knowledge-Based Management, Developing countries, Local Knowledge Points, Regional Knowledge Centres, National Knowledge Hub.