Ever since the Syrian refugee crisis has come to the world’s attention, coders, designers and other professionals of the technology sector have jumped in to help with countless new apps, websites and smart devices. Hackathons – multi-day events where tech specialists...
Download your copy of the new report, Innovation at UNHCR, 2015 to learn about how UNHCR incorporated innovation into its response last year. The articles featured in the new issue of Innovation at UNHCR include: Page 4 | 5 myths about humanitarian innovation: The...
In life, there are things we cannot control: where we are born; the color of our skin; our parents; or the rapid pace of change in our personal lives and in our societies. On the other hand, stories, by nature, are free. In the face of uncontrollable variables,...
UNHCR’s funding mechanism for innovation-driven projects, the Innovation Fund, has received 102 applications for its first-ever call for proposals. The initiative is part of a wider effort spurred by the UNHCR’s Innovation Unit to support innovators who wish to bring...
If we could call innovation something else, we would. The word innovation is rife with confusion, is loaded with misunderstandings, and has the propensity to cause all sorts of confusion. Yet, it doesn’t need to. Here are 5 myths about innovation that are not true....
