In the humanitarian sector, knowing even a little bit about technology can take you a long way. Comparatively, with many other sectors public and private, we’ve been a little behind the times when it comes to adopting and adapting to new technologies and bringing in...
Inspired by the recent frank reflection by UNCHR’s amazing Innovation Team on designing metrics for humanitarian innovation, we would like to share lessons we learned, challenges we are addressing and plans we have moving forward to measure the impact of innovation in...
The need for building better data and monitoring mechanisms in humanitarian action. A challenge that education staff have always grappled with is getting real-time data collected (efficiently) from the field to inform the direction of programming. This is a challenge...
Access to higher education scholarships, training, and professional opportunities for refugees is essential. Yet, just one percent of refugees attend university compared to 34 percent of people globally.[1] Of the more than 4 million Syrian refugees in the world...
For the first time last year, the UNHCR Innovation Service opened its Fellowship to applicants from an outside organization: Medecins Sans Frontieres. Even though Cary Lewis was a relatively new information manager there, he saw an opportunity to develop skills that...
Alpha Diallo was perhaps not the most obvious employee among his colleagues in Abidjan to take on the role of Innovation Fellow. As Head of Administration and Finance at UNHCR’s operation in Côte d’Ivoire, he wasn’t in daily contact with persons of concerns. But he...
