Ten ways in which you can contribute to the SKILLS-AP Community of Practice

There are five main sections in the SKILLS-AP online community of practice. They include: 1) an e-library of knowledge resources arranged by themes; 2) an events calendar; 3) a portfolio of country information, resources and organizations; 4) a series of discussion forums; and 5) an ask the experts section.

Like any community, your commitment and participation in the community of practice (CoP) is critical. A CoP lasts as long as members in the group have an interest in improving the practice and maintaining the community.

There are 10 ways in which you can contribute to the community.

1. Register to take full advantage of the services and features.
2. Add a short biography and photo to your personal profile to enhance the online networking experience.
   
3. Suggest a resources that you have developed or know of that will be useful to the CoP members. Resources include publications, country reports, journal articles, training manuals, guidelines, toolkits, project documents, evaluation reports, workshop/conference proceedings, research papers, policy briefs, case studies, video and audio files, and online portals.
4. Submit details of an upcoming event. The event could be a conference, seminar or training workshop related to skills development in Asia and the Pacific. It could be an event you or your organization is holding, or an event you know of that will be useful to the CoP members.
   
5. Add news related to skills development in Asia and the Pacific.
6. Browse members' profile or search for members. You can also leave a personal message for individual members on their profile.
   
7. See if your organization is listed in the Full Listing of Organizations and add/update organization details.
8. Add your comments on a particular resource that you have read or used, or on a news item.
9. Participate in SKILLS-AP’s regular online discussion forums. These discussion forums are held within a specific period and are facilitated by an expert in the topic of discussion. Dates for the next online discussion will be announced.
10. Ask a question, or if you are an expert, submit an answer by clicking on 'Add Comment' at the end of a question.
    

Once you have submitted a resource, event or news, they will be quickly reviewed by a moderator before it can be viewed publicly.

For any comments and questions related to contributing to the community, please feel free to leave the Administrator a message.