Innovating with and for refugees
UNHCR’s Innovation Unit collaborates with UNHCR Divisions, refugees, academia, and the private sector to creatively address complex refugee challenges.
Connect.
We connect innovators within UNHCR to resources, to one another, and to external partners and mentors.
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Explore.
Rather than reinvent the wheel, we explore innovations outside UNHCR and look for ways to adapt them to refugee-specific contexts.
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Amplify. Connect. Explore.
UNHCR Innovation uses a three-step approach to nurture and facilitate innovation within UNHCR. We look for innovations already happening within UNHCR and amplify them. We connect innovators within UNHCR to resources, to one another, and to external partners and mentors. And, we explore and adapt innovations outside of UNHCR to refugee-specific contexts.
In the News
| “UNHCR Innovation has quickly set about creating a number of key partnerships to support the creation of new processes and use technology to improve the lives of displaced people.” BBC |
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