The 2^nd High-level Meeting on Country-led Knowledge Hubs took place from June 23^rd to26^that Lotte Hotel, Seoul. Over four-hundred participants from 76 countries accepted an invitation by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea and the World Bank to share and discuss lessons learned on how to develop systematic capacity of country-led knowledge hubs. Knowledge hubs are organizations that manage knowledge sharing projects and share the development experience, one of the fastest growing models for international cooperation.

Participants were policy makers and practitioners from country-led knowledge hubs as well as representatives from bilateral and multilateral development partners supporting knowledge hubs in middle- and low-income countries. Faculty and staff from KDI School also participated in the meeting.

The objectives of the 2^nd High level meeting were to take stock of the path initiated in Bali around knowledge hubs, share experiences of ongoing initiatives in the area and to engage participants in a practice-based dialogue to systematically package and deliver solutions to critical development areas. The gathering was also used to agree on next steps to take for development partners to fully support thematic knowledge hubs as key pillars to scale up knowledge exchange. Dean Nam of the KDI School delivered the HLM2 Seoul communique.

Prof. Changyong Choi and Prof. Taejong Kim took the stage on the third day, when KSP were in the spotlight as one of the world’s first fully-fledged knowledge hubs for development solutions. Prof. Choi talked about how KDI has collected and modularized extensive data on Korea''s economic development. Prof. Kim shared his research on Korea''s successful deworming initiative from 1969 to 1995, whereby the Korean government administered stool examination and anti-parasite medication for elementary, middle and high school students.

The  last  day  of  the  2^nd High-level Meeting focused  on  workshops,  courses  and  other  learning  offerings  related  to knowledge hubs in particular, and systematic knowledge exchange in general.

By Brian Dzansi Dzidefo (2014 MDP, Ghana, MDP)