ReCAP provides you with access to internationally acclaimed Rural Access expertise and knowledge
We are very pleased to share with you the results of the ReCAP Knowledge Retention Project.
As background, we came to realise during the implementation of ReCAP that the resource pool of seasoned and experienced specialists in the rural access field was limited and there is a need to capture and retain the existing knowledge contained within this pool. The ReCAP community of practice demanded that this knowledge be captured for future generations. A unique project, contracted to and implemented by Transaid, to map, document and package the key tacit and explicit knowledge of a selection of senior experts was therefore undertaken.
The project is completed, and a key final product is a collection of films that span the subjects of the ReCAP research strategy for Sustainable Rural Mobility: Access Provision, Access Preservation and Access Services; along with the crosscutting themes of Climate Change, Social Inclusion and Future Challenges for rural access.
In the films, experts provide details of their experiences and lessons from their respective fields, and explain some challenges faced over their long and impressive careers. It is expected that sharing this invaluable knowledge will help to drive new and aspiring transport experts towards larger, more extensive sources of information, such as ReCAP’s Rural Access Library, and contribute to guiding career direction and specialty areas
Other resources that are available through this project include:
- An overview of knowledge, literature and knowledge gaps on the themes of the ReCAP research strategy
- Profiles of the participating experts
- A knowledge map, positioning the experts according to their specific fields of expertise along the themes of the ReCAP research strategies.
The films and other resources can all be accessed on the dedicated Knowledge Retention webpage on the ReCAP website.
We hope you will enjoy these informative films and will be able put the resources to use. They are by all means relevant, and can be viewed and studied by governments, academia and transport practitioners for years to come, with the hope that the advice and expertise from these experts will inform future rural road access policies and programmes, through the lessons learned in the past and best practices acquired along the way.