Abstract
Managing knowledge is the key to the success of any professional network like the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). Fast‐changing technologies influence the knowledge process. It is crucial that all knowledge management processes make use of developments in information and other technologies. In order to fulfil the mission of ICID of pooling and dissemination of knowledge in the field of irrigation, drainage and flood management, the strategies to manage knowledge have to align themselves with the available IT tools. ICID Working Groups engaged in various facets of irrigation, drainage and flood management need to make the best use of these technologies. The strategy theme ‘Knowledge’, under which activities related to knowledge management are organized, was reviewed during the 65th Meeting of the International Executive Council of ICID in September 2014 in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. This paper presents an overview of the knowledge management activities of various working groups and presents some of the decisions taken by the Council for its improvement. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.