In March of 2006 in Ecuador, the Workshop on knowledge-sharing for rural community development was organized, which was part of a series of South-South exchanges that have taken place in various countries of Asia and Africa this being the first for Latin America . This publication gathers together experiences shared during this event as well as other related experiences which show-case different facets and methods for knowledge sharing in the context of rural communities. In addition, it explores several methodological instruments and materials for exchange, employed in one Central American initiative in social economy. It also draws from five local experiences, accounting for different approaches in the use of ICTs as tools for systematizing, sharing and building knowledge.