At the World Humanitarian Summit in May, Google, Mercy Corps, UNHCR Innovation and ThoughtWorks were lucky enough to win an award for having one of the Top 5 Innovations of the World Humanitarian Summit for our collaborative project Translation Cards. While...
Technical Top Trumps Having never worked with an innovation unit -let alone been in an innovation ‘Lab’ before-it’s fair to say I had an ‘innovation complex’ when starting as the Emergency Lab Manager. For many, innovation is synonymous with the use of technology....
Edward Benson Shelter/NFI/CCCM Coordinator Duty Station: Yangon, Myanmar I am addressing the challenge of how UNHCR can locate and select the most suitable candidates for positions that demand coordination of a certain humanitarian sector, with a focus on shelter and...
Yanya Viskovich Legal Officer Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland I’m addressing the challenge of enhancing the accessibility of information on and access to scholarships, higher education, vocational training and labour mobility opportunities for refugees and asylum...
Urban refugees sometimes have a wealth of assistance at their fingertips, and yet no comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate online resource to help them access it. UNHCR Innovation tackled this issue with a challenge through UNHCR Ideas and came up with a winner: a...
