Ulrich Beliby

About Ulrich

A Knowledge Management and Information Governance professional with over 8 years of experience designing and implementing digital knowledge systems, repositories, and documentation frameworks within international organisations and development institutions.

Specialising in transforming fragmented information environments into structured, accessible, and sustainable knowledge ecosystems. Hands-on experience leading large-scale archival modernisation and digitisation initiatives, including the processing of over 7 km of historical archives and more than 250,000 documents in complex operational environments affected by socio-political instability, helping safeguard critical institutional memory under challenging conditions.

Extensive experience deploying enterprise knowledge platforms, including the rollout of a SharePoint-based document and knowledge management system involving large-scale content migration, metadata governance, and information classification. Expertise in implementing knowledge platforms that integrate metadata standards and AI-enabled classification to improve information discoverability and accessibility.

Contributed to the African Development Bank's information disclosure and transparency programme, supporting the Bank's recognition as the world's most transparent development finance institution in the 2022 and 2024 Aid Transparency Index.

A practical, user-centred approach combining deep expertise in information architecture, taxonomy design, and knowledge governance, focused on embedding KM into daily workflows rather than treating it as a standalone system.

How Ulrich Can Help You

• KM maturity assessment and gap analysis — evaluating existing knowledge practices and identifying priority improvements to increase efficiency and knowledge reuse.
• KM strategy and governance design — building structured frameworks, policies, and roles that ensure knowledge is consistently created, captured, and reused.
• Taxonomy and information architecture design — structuring organisational knowledge for discoverability, usability, and long-term scalability.
• Digital knowledge system implementation — advising on SharePoint-based enterprise document and knowledge management platforms, repositories, and AI-enabled knowledge solutions, including content migration, metadata governance, classification, and retrieval.
• Knowledge retention and documentation programmes — capturing critical institutional knowledge before turnover or project closure.

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