{"id":13789,"date":"2023-07-03T17:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/digitalstrategy\/?p=13789"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:33:01","slug":"enabling-innovation-and-experimentation-through-unhcrs-digital-innovation-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/digitalstrategy\/case-studies\/enabling-innovation-and-experimentation-through-unhcrs-digital-innovation-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling innovation and experimentation through UNHCR\u2019s Digital Innovation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h1><strong>Enabling innovation and experimentation through UNHCR\u2019s Digital Innovation Fund<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Published June 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/digitalstrategy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2023\/07\/Digital-Inclusion_Header-image.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Enabling innovation and experimentation through UNHCR\u2019s Digital Innovation Fund&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Digital Inclusion_Header image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><strong><em>To stimulate innovative approaches to digital technologies<\/em><\/strong><em>, UNHCR\u2019s Digital Innovation Fund provides UNHCR colleagues with the support they need to deliver forward-thinking initiatives on digital inclusion, digital protection, and digital services.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Fund aims to act as an accelerator to enable UNHCR operations to pilot innovative digital tools and services, as part of the organization\u2019s Digital Transformation Strategy. It builds on previous rounds of what was formerly known as the Digital Inclusion Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Among the projects most recently endorsed by the Fund are digital skills mentorship to boost refugees\u2019 access to online employment in Malawi; an online registry to match displaced Venezuelans in Peru with job opportunities; and, in Hungary, a community-based vetting system to identify malicious online content, building refugees\u2019 skills to reduce their exposure to online risks. These initiatives, and others, are ensuring displaced and host communities can benefit from our increasingly connected world.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Fund, managed by UNHCR\u2019s Innovation Service, selected teams are provided with funding as well as programmatic and technical support. 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