As Share-Net International and its country hubs approach a period of transition, the first half of 2025 marked a crucial moment for reflection, consolidation, and knowledge preservation.

With support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs until the end of June 2025, Share-Net was given the opportunity to finalise its work responsibly and to ensure that the knowledge generated over the years would remain accessible, usable, and impactful beyond the programme’s lifetime.

Rather than slowing down, this period became a time of focused collaboration and intentional learning. Across the global network, Share-Net secretariats came together to capture what the platform has learned about knowledge translation – how knowledge is co-created, shared, and used to inform research, policy, and practice in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

From Practice to Product: Capturing Share-Net’s Knowledge Translation Methodologies

A central focus of this final phase was the consolidation of Share-Net’s core knowledge translation methodologies. Over the years, Share-Net has developed and refined a range of participatory and inclusive approaches, which has always been rooted in collaboration and adapted to local contexts. Until now, much of this knowledge lived in practice, experience, and collective memory.

Through a structured and collaborative process facilitated by Share-Net International, all seven hubs worked together to translate these experiences into practical, high-quality easy-to-use Knowledge Products (KPs). The goal was two-fold: to make these methodologies accessible for members to use in their own work, and to develop them as standalone knowledge products that can continue to generate value beyond the ambit of Share-Net.

Importantly, this was not a top-down exercise. While the methodologies originated from within Share-Net International, they were shaped and contextualised by hubs at national and regional levels. The co-creation process ensured that the final guides reflect these diverse realities and adaptations, capturing both shared principles and contextual nuance.

The Results of a Truly Collaborative Process

The development of the guidelines was itself an example of Share-Net’s way of working. Secretariats collaborated closely across regions, exchanging experiences, drafting content together, and jointly deciding on formats and focus areas. Where relevant, the process also included data collection to integrate the perspectives and experiences of Share-Net members, ensuring that the final products are grounded in practical use.

Together, the network developed KPs around a set of core themes that have defined Share-Net’s approach to knowledge translation and sharing:

1. Connecting Dots, Crossing Borders: Share-Net International’s Story of SRHR Knowledge Integration through the Regional Approach [Storybook]
2. Developing Knowledge Products [Toolkit]
3. Rights, Community, Action! Setting Up Effective CoPs on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights [Guide]
4. Share-Net’s Co-Creation Methodology:
   • Co-Creation in Action: How Share-Net Bangladesh is Reimagining SRHR Knowledge Through Collaboration [Blog]
   • Reflections from Share-Net Jordan’s Regional Co-Creation Conference [Blog]
5. SHIRIM as a framework for linking research, policy, and practice (TBA)
6. SRHR Knowledge Fair – A Quick and Easy Guide [Illustrated Guide]
7. Use of Art for Knowledge Translation [Toolkit]

Looking Ahead

By the end of this process, Share-Net has not only documented what it has done, but also how and why it has worked. These guidelines stand as a collective legacy of the network – a practical resource for members, partners, and others working in SRHR who want to apply participatory, inclusive, and effective knowledge translation approaches.

As Share-Net explores alternative funding and future pathways, this work ensures that the insights, methods, and values developed over the years will continue to inform and inspire. Consolidation, in this sense, was not an ending but a way of carrying forward what matters most!