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Governmental Learning Spiral


The Governmental Learning Spiral© is a technique used to solve specific governance challenges. It is used during prearranged educational events such as conferences, e-learning, and trainings to improve performance in democratic governance. The Governmental Learning Spiral—a heuristic and multidisciplinary tool—has been developed and implemented at international governmental learning events throughout the past decade.

The technique consists of a nine-stage learning process divided into three phases, which includes the planning and aftermath as well as the learning event itself.

A major characteristic of this type of governmental learning event is facilitation by a learning broker who oversees all aspects of event organization. These include logistics, content preparation, drafting and implementation of the agenda, moderation of the learning sessions, and follow-up activities. The learning broker designs the learning process according to the specific governance challenge at hand.

The event must be structured based on several factors:

The participants invited to the event must represent different substantive and organizational perspectives and play a precisely defined role as both knowledge holders and knowledge seekers. When this is achieved, participants have unlimited access to the collective wealth of the shared tacit and explicit knowledge.

The effects of applying the Governmental Learning Spiral technique are threefold: The primary effect is that governments gain access to the latest knowledge in democratic governance, which they can then apply to specific governance challenges with concrete, practical action. A second effect is that—because of the iterative character of the learning process—the knowledge being learned is always validated and updated in real time to include the latest experiences on the subject. A third effect is that participation in the learning process evokes a sense of social belonging among the learning actors, which often leads to the creation of networks and communities of practice where governments continue to share their latest experiences and by doing so launch the next spin of the Governmental Learning Spiral.


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