{"id":39151,"date":"2023-01-27T15:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?page_id=39151"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:57:24","slug":"meet-our-2022-supported-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/meet-our-2022-supported-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 2023 Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;hero no-shadow custom-bg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Meet-the-awardees-header-image.jpg&#8221; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; 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The projects endorsed in 2022 and being implementated through 2023 are helping shape a humanitarian response fit for the future.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;hero_sc&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\tvar $ = jQuery;\n\t  $(document).ready(function(){\n\t$(\".et_parallax_bg.et_pb_parallax_css\").tilt({\n\t\tmaxTilt:0.3,\n\tspeed:1000\n\t});\n\t\tvar bh = $(window).height() * 0.7\n\t\t$(\".et_pb_section.hero\").height(bh)\n\t});\n\t$( window ).resize(function() {\n\t\tvar bh = $(window).height() * 0.7\n\t\t$(\".et_pb_section.hero\").height(bh)\n\t});\n\t$(\".et_pb_slide\").each(function(){\n\tvar a = $(this).find(\"a\");\n\tvar x = a.attr(\"href\");\n\tvar y = $(this).find(\".et_parallax_bg\");\n\ty.wrap(\"<a href='\"+ x +\"' target='_blank'><\/a>\");\n\t});\n\t<\/script>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;216px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#refugee-led\" class=\"et_pb_button black\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 13px; padding: 15px 20px 15px 20px;\">Refugee-led Innovation Fund<\/a><a href=\"#environment\" class=\"et_pb_button black\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 13px; padding: 15px 20px 15px 20px;\"> Environment and Climate Action Innovation Fund<\/a><a href=\"#digital-inclusion\" class=\"et_pb_button black\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 13px; padding: 15px 20px 15px 20px;\">Digital Innovation Fund<\/a><a href=\"#data-innovation\" class=\"et_pb_button black\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; border-radius: 50px; font-size: 13px; padding: 15px 20px 15px 20px;\">Data Innovation Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; RLIF Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||3px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/About-the-Fund.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;About the Fund&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_height=&#8221;300px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section RLIF &#8211; Projects&#8221; module_id=&#8221;refugee-led&#8221; module_class=&#8221;minimise&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;39px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Refugee-led Innovation&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Refugee-led Innovation Fund<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;UNIDOS Social Innovation Center \u2014 Uganda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;UNIDOS Social Innovation Center, Uganda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Farmers in Uganda\u2019s Nakivale refugee settlement are struggling with low yields due to infertile and eroded soil. Many farmers continue to use environmentally harmful techniques that exacerbate the problem, threatening the ecosystem and their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNIDOS will adopt a systemic approach that prioritises complementary ecological and socioeconomic interventions to enhance regenerative agriculture practices in and around Nakivale. The team proposes vermicompost as an entry point to promote better practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 1,080 individuals from the settlement and host community will be trained in regenerative farming techniques, with 30 farmers trained to produce, sell, and distribute vermicompost. More sustainable livelihoods, healthier food, enhanced soil quality.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Association Gouna-Thier\u00e9 \u2014 Mali&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Association Gouna-Thier\u00e9, Mali&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: The arrival of forcibly displaced populations had resulted in waste-management issues and expanded landfills, creating severe sanitation issues in the city of Timbuktu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Association Gouna-Thier\u00e9 will work to clean up the living environment of displaced people with a community-based, cash-for-work programme to collect plastic waste and recycle it into artwork and paving stones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 250 people, including 150 forcibly displaced women, benefit from improved livelihood opportunities as waste collectors and art \/paving stones makers, with 250 tonnes of plastic waste recycled into beautiful and useful materials.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Redeeming Hope for the Disabled \u2014 South Africa&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Redeeming Hope for the Disabled, South Africa&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> People with disabilities face stereotyping and discrimination, increasing their vulnerability. For migrants and refugees with disabilities in South Africa, this is compounded by xenophobia and a lack of proper documentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Redeeming Hope for the Disabled will create a Life Skills Empowerment Centre, where people living with disabilities will be trained to provide repair services, including for cell phones, computers, wheelchairs, and other assistive technologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Persons with disabilities will become trusted solution-providers for the repair of technology, and the Centre will become a unifying platform to coordinate the efforts of various organizations assisting displaced people living with disabilities in Pretoria and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Pab\u0117g\u0117li\u0173 Taryba (Refugee Council of Lithuania) \u2014 Lithuania&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Pab\u0117g\u0117li\u0173 Taryba (Refugee Council of Lithuania), Lithuania&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Lithuania has a rich ecosystem of startups, but refugees are mostly excluded from this ecosystem since entrepreneurship initiatives do not address their specific needs. This prevents refugee entrepreneurs from starting\/sustaining enterprises, hindering socioeconomic integration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Pab\u0117g\u0117li\u0173 Taryba will facilitate market-driven skills acquisition, entrepreneurial development, and innovative partnerships through the Talent Together initiative, which is embedded into existing networks and initiatives at the local and regional level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 8\u201315 refugee-led startups will be supported to develop and strengthen entrepreneurial skills and to integrate into the ecosystem. Increased availability of robust data on refugee entrepreneurs, and improved pathways for socioeconomic integration.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Global Girl Media \u2014 Greece&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Global Girl Media, Greece&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Many refugee women and girls living in Greece are exposed to gender-based violence (GBV), exploitation, and abuse. There\u2019s a lack of services to support these women and online media often contributes to the problem, rather than productively countering it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> All-female collective Global Girl Media presents AGAPE Athens, a mixed-media awareness-raising campaign, produced by young women from the displaced and host communities, that harnesses the power of social media to change the narrative on GBV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 75 young women will gain awareness of media impacts on gender equality as well as the skills they need to become bold content creatives, producing up to 360 pieces of multimedia content. Plus, up to 75 boys are sensitised through participation in some workshops.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Kyete Biingi Tai Nyeme (KBTN) \u2014 Uganda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Kyete Biingi Tai Nyeme (KBTN), Uganda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> The Nakivale refugee settlement has inadequate land to support farming and food production to sustain the population, while environmentally damaging farming techniques and limited capital to purchase tools, equipment and seeds create further challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> KBTN will establish a seed bank and exchange system, set up community gardens and communal access to equipment, provide training on effective land use, and introduce a management structure whereby farmer-led committees lead implementation and monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Expected results: 2,400 farmers directly benefit from the programme across 24 Nakivale villages. Seeds and trees are distributed to 600 farmers each season. Each participating village has a community garden established, and receives hoes, watering cans, and a water pump.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Women for Action \u2014 Malawi&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Women for Action, Malawi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Dzaleka refugee camp is home to more than 57,000 people who depend on limited food aid. Movement restrictions limit livelihood opportunities, while poor conditions result in low crop yields and food insecurity. Some women and girls turn to negative coping mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Women for Action will implement an aquaponics project in the camp to increase food security and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for women, with training in system installation and maintenance, as well as business management and marketing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 100 women receive capacity-building and training, gaining access to income-generating activities. Aquaponics, with its relatively minor land\/environmental footprint, is integrated into refugee livelihoods and food systems, improving food security for 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Espero \u2014 France&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Women for Action, Malawi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Refugees face barriers to social and economic integration in France, with their career trajectories characterised by jobs with low qualifications, low wages, and precarious conditions. Many refugees have sewing skills, but face challenges accessing the prestigious textile industry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Espero will implement a project using haute couture upcycling as a formal integration pathway. Vocational workshops on design and sewing techniques will be complemented by networking opportunities and socioeconomic support to access housing and French classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 20 refugees gain marketable skills and are supported to sell their products, boosting their socioeconomic integration. The project will also change the narrative around refugees, combating prejudice and raising awareness about displacement issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Comunidade de Afeg\u00e3os em Portugal (ACAP) \u2014 Portugal&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Espero, France&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Since August 2021, displaced Afghan women have steadily been arriving in Portugal with their families, and many of them face challenges finding employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> ACAP aims to link the rich textile-manufacturing heritage of Afghanistan and Portugal, to support socioeconomic integration. Market-driven skills acquisition, innovative partnerships, and the promotion of Afghan textile techniques will support refugee women to become self-reliant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 10 Afghan women will be trained, connected to Portuguese fashion designers and textile manufacturers, and supported to start their own businesses. 850 members of the Afghan refugee community in Portugal will indirectly benefit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Unione Italiana Apolidi \u2014 Italy&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Unione Italiana Apolidi, Italy&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Statelessness is poorly understood by the Italian public and academia, resulting in discriminatory policies and behaviours. This prevents stateless people from enjoying their rights, and is compounded by inadequate research and data on statelessness in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Unione Italiana Apolidi will equip stateless people with enhanced advocacy skills to change the narrative on this issue, as well as partnering with Italian universities to organise seminars and essay competitions about statelessness in order to promote timely research and data on statelessness in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 4 stateless individuals will initially receive advocacy training \u2013 with others identified in due course \u2013 and 300 students across 6 universities will participate in research and essay competitions, resulting in greater visibility and understanding of statelessness.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;SAMA for All \u2014 France&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;SAMA for All, France&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Refugees in France lack professional, social, and cultural integration opportunities. Inability to access art and culture stymies their integration process, while a lack of access to employment opportunities is a major barrier to achieving self-reliance and economic integration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Sama for All will provide tailored, immersive professional training in art and museums professions in partnership with French museums and cultural centres (such as Paris\u2019s Cit\u00e9 des Sciences et de l\u2019industrie and Musee d\u2019Orsay) and with the support of the Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Up to 25 refugees will receive 10 months of training, with at least 30% of them securing work in the cultural sector following the programme. All participants will feel an enhanced sense of belonging and social inclusion, and intercultural dialogue will be facilitated.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Tertiary Refugee Student Network (TRSN) \u2014 Rwanda&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Tertiary Refugee Student Network (TRSN), Rwanda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Only 6% of displaced youth worldwide enter higher education, despite demand being extremely high, with thousands of applications submitted each year. This is in part due to a lack of access to information about work and study opportunities as well as limited support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> TRSN will provide capacity building and advocacy opportunities to refugee students, with a refugee-led advisory network established to provide customised one-on-one support, guidance, and counselling by trained refugee experts to prospective students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Within the 12-month funding period, up to 700 refugee students across two locations will receive guidance on higher education opportunities, possible education pathways, job placements, and remote work opportunities, boosting resilience and livelihood opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Coop\u00e9rative Agropastorale Maboko \u2014 Democratic Republic of Congo&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Coop\u00e9rative Agropastorale Maboko, Democratic Republic of Congo&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Forcibly displaced people living in the DRC\u2019s Mole refugee camp are affected by severe food insecurity and malnutrition, with the host community also suffering from these issues. This often drives intercommunal conflict.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Coop\u00e9rative Agropastorale Maboko will implement a project to create 30 additional fishponds, using water from plentiful mangrove springs, to increase yields, diversify diets, and reduce food insecurity. Waste from guinea-pig and rabbit breeding will be used to feed the fish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 265 households benefit directly from increased income and improved food security, while 800 people in surrounding towns benefit from newly available fish products. The project will contribute to peaceful cohabitation and boost self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression, and Poverty (PASSOP) \u2014 South Africa&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;People Against Suffering Oppression Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP), South Africa&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> LGBTQI+ refugees come to South Africa in pursuit of freedom from discrimination. Instead, they are too often met with homophobia and xenophobia, which is in part driven by fear stemming from a lack of knowledge about this community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> PASSOP will launch a series of initiatives to facilitate sustained, positive contact among LGBTQI+ refugees and host community members and leaders. Through safe community gatherings and education initiatives, South Africans will have the opportunity to meet LGBTQI+ refugees, hear their stories, understand their rights, and develop empathy with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> More than 200 LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers living in Cape Town and the surrounding areas will benefit from the project, which will tackle prejudice and discrimination, and support enhanced social integration and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Solidarity of Refugee Women for the Social Welfare (SOFERES) \u2014 Malawi&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Solidarity of Refugee Women for the Social Welfare (SOFERES), Malawi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Many residents of Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi \u2013 including 26% of camp residents under five years of age \u2013 suffer from chronic malnutrition, due to food security challenges and a lack of livelihood opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> SOFERES will train refugees and host community members on farming techniques and financial literacy, as well as providing agricultural inputs and seed funding. 20 farming cooperatives will be established to improve competitiveness and market-access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> 200 people, mostly women, from the refugee and host community will benefit from capacity-building, improved livelihood opportunities, and greater market access. Camp residents will experience enhanced food security, with improved health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Hope Health Action East Africa (HHA EA) \u2014 Uganda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hope Health Action East Africa (HHA EA), Uganda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> An increasing number of refugee families are returning from Uganda to South Sudan\u2019s Kajo-Keji, but Kajo-Keji lacks infrastructure and services for returnees \u2013 which has particular health implications for women as well as people with disabilities or chronic illness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> HHA EA aims to improve outcomes for returnees by establishing a new outpatient health centre to meet some immediate needs and to function as a hub and referral platform for other health services (such as those provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/cradletrial.org\/about\/\">CRADLE<\/a> and UNHCR\u2019s public health teams).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> The clinic will initially serve up to 500 patients per month, with CRADLE providing coverage for around 17,300 women of child-bearing age. Around 2,300 households with a person with a disability will be supported by community-based rehabilitation services.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Environment Image&#8221; module_class=&#8221;blue&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;56px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Environment-visual.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Environment visual&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_height=&#8221;300px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Environment projects&#8221; module_id=&#8221;environment&#8221; module_class=&#8221;minimise blue&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;1033.6px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Innovation Environment and Resilience Fund&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Environment and Climate Action Innovation Fund<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;E-waste management and recycling \u2014 Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh &#8221; admin_label=&#8221;E-waste management and recycling, Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Solar appliances and devices have been distributed or established across refugee settlements in Cox\u2019s Bazar to meet energy and protection needs, but limited skills, maintenance issues, and sometimes quality-control limitations impact the equipment\u2019s lifespan, creating e-waste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR is developing a system for e-waste collection, value-chain analysis, recycling, and repurposing, by developing refugee skills to refurbish appliances and other products, and assessing a take-back scheme for recycling and potentially refurbishing solar appliances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Improved waste management to reduce negative environmental impact, creation of livelihood opportunities, and extended equipment lifespans. More than 40,000 people are expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, from the programme.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Sustainable shelter solutions \u2014 Boa Vista, Brazil&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Sustainable shelter solutions, Boa Vista, Brazil&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Low-income displaced families need alternative housing solutions that are environmentally sustainable and appropriate for the local climate and needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR and the Federal University of Roraima will test new construction techniques to build housing units with locally available, sustainable materials that can withstand local conditions and provide better protection for families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Fewer emergency shelters used, refugees and migrants in settlements close to the Venezuelan border learn sustainable construction techniques, environmentally friendly construction methods to improve transitional shelters identified.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Nature-based solutions for malaria prevention and environmental health \u2014 Palorinya refugee settlement, Uganda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Nature-based solutions for malaria prevention and environmental health, Palorinya refugee settlement, Uganda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Palorinya refugee settlement is located in seasonal floodplains that become a breeding ground for mosquitoes in the rainy season \u2013 a situation aggravated by climate change and deforestation. Efforts to respond to the increased malaria risk have had limited success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will test the use of products derived from locally available resources, such as lemongrass and neem trees, as a natural mosquito repellent to boost malaria prevention efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Improved malaria prevention, environmental restoration and revegetation from planting of lemongrass and neem trees to reduce the impact of rains and flooding, livelihoods opportunities related to tree-care and repellent production. Nearly 35,000 households are expected to benefit from the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Environmental health and sustainable supplies \u2014 Tarapaca and Santiago, Chile&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Environmental health and sustainable supplies, Tarapaca and Santiago, Chile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Humanitarian items distributed to newly arrived refugees and displaced people can have high environmental impacts on host areas, fostering a negative image that refugees contribute to poor environmental health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will assess the supply chain, waste generation, and carbon footprint of activities supporting refugee arrivals to determine potential adjustments to supply activities that will integrate environmental considerations in procurement criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Solutions and opportunities to promote circular material use, consider end-of-life options for items provided to refugees, and inform a more sustainable response.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Sustainable agriculture and social cohesion \u2014 Medellin, Colombia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Sustainable agriculture and social cohesion, Medellin, Colombia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Medellin\u2019s periphery has seen an increase in settlements due to waves of displacement from armed conflict and arrival of Venezuelan refugees. The displaced face limited livelihood options and challenges integrating locally, resulting in neighbourhoods with environmental degradation and water pollution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will establish community hydroponic gardens and employ traditional cultivation methods to grow native organic vegetables for community use with the aim of building bridges between displaced communities for better inclusion and shared livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Improved environmental restoration through dialogue and cooperation, restored environmental health, potential livelihoods creation, and the promotion of environmental knowledge and social cohesion amongst the various refugees, IDPs, returnees and hosts.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Fog nets for improved water security \u2014 Lima, Peru&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fog nets for improved water security, Lima, Peru&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Lima faces absolute water scarcity worsened by pollution, climate change and the depletion of water sources. Limited access to potable water and dependence on industries affected by water shortages threaten refugee health and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will pilot the use of fog nets \u2013 atmospheric water harvesting units \u2013 at a household and family scale, training refugee families in their installation and use, to test their effectiveness at addressing water scarcity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> A community-based method of installing and maintaining fog nets that improves water security and environmental health while providing livelihood opportunities. Around 150 people are expected to directly benefit from the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Closed-loop waste system for agriculture and livelihoods \u2014 Tongogara refugee settlement, Zimbabwe&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Closed-loop waste system for agriculture and livelihoods, Tongogara refugee settlement, Zimbabwe&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> In displacement settings, ineffective waste management can create environmental issues that impact human and ecosystem health \u2013 but closed-loop energy systems can reduce negative impacts and make better use of waste to power other activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will introduce a closed-loop system in the Tongogara refugee settlement that uses household waste as an input for livestock farming \u2013 and pig-farming waste as inputs for biogas production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Better waste management, improved environmental and human health, increased livelihoods opportunities, and more sustainable energy to power further livelihoods activities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Carbon credits and sustainable shelter solutions \u2014 Burkina Faso and Somalia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Carbon credits and sustainable shelter solutions, Burkina Faso and Somalia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> The thousands of people displaced in the Sahel every year \u2013 a number likely to increase due to climate change impacts \u2013 need housing, but affordable temporary shelters are made of inadequate materials, while more durable ones are costly and carbon intensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> This cross-border collaboration will explore using traditional building techniques that are environmentally friendly and make use of local materials and skills. Adobe shelters using the Nubian vault technique have already been tested in Burkina Faso and will be piloted in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Establishing a technique for sustainable, context-appropriate housing will provide new shelter options and potentially open pathways to use carbon credit schemes as an innovative financing mechanism. Around 150 people are expected to directly benefit from this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Community-based environmental management \u2014 Tulcan, Esmeraldas, and Lago Agrio, Ecuador&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Community-based environmental management, Tulcan, Esmeraldas, and Lago Agrio, Ecuador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Increasing climate change impacts are compounding vulnerabilities in northern Ecuador, with high impact weather events leading to cycles of displacement for Ecuadorian communities as well as refugees and migrants from Venezuela and Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will test a variety of mitigation and adaptation solutions based on traditional and Indigenous knowledge tailored to five distinct ecosystems in northern Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Enhanced environmental management, skills and knowledge-exchange systems developed, improved social and economic resilience. This initiative is projected to benefit 270 people, with up to 10,300 experiencing indirect benefits.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Fish farming for sustainable livelihoods \u2014 Nakivale and Rwamwanja refugee settlements, Uganda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fish farming for sustainable livelihoods, Nakivale and Rwamwanja refugee settlements, Uganda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> The ongoing arrival of forcibly displaced people in Uganda \u2013 with limited support available and rising food insecurity \u2013 is leading to environmental degradation, with wetland ecosystems exploited for livelihoods and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR will introduce fish farming in swamps around the settlements to provide more sustainable livelihood opportunities, boost food security, and reduce destructive agricultural practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Empowerment of local communities (particularly women and youth), provision of sustainable livelihoods and food sources, maintenance and regeneration of wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Digital Image&#8221; module_class=&#8221;grey&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;84px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FAQs.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;FAQs&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_height=&#8221;300px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Digital Projects&#8221; module_id=&#8221;digital-inclusion&#8221; module_class=&#8221;minimise grey&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|45px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Digital Inclusion Fund&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Digital Innovation Fund<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Fixing digital devices to boost skills, reduce e-waste, and improve connectivity \u2014 Skopje, North Macedonia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fixing digital devices to boost skills, reduce e-waste, and improve connectivity, Skopje, North Macedonia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Refugees have limited access to digital devices due to cost barriers, while e-waste is a growing environmental concern. In addition, displaced communities face challenges gaining the skills they need to access technology-related livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: With the support of civil society initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/donirajkompjuter.mk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doniraj Kompjuter<\/a>, UN sister agencies, the private sector and local universities, UNHCR is training refugees and host communities to refurbish digital devices, which can then be provided free of charge to refugee and stateless communities, as well as other vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Improved livelihood opportunities for community members, easier access to digital devices, enhanced connectivity and social inclusion, and reduced electronic waste. More than 20 individuals benefit directly from the programme, while more than 200 indirectly benefit.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Turning digital leisure into an empowerment tool \u2014 Skopje, North Macedonia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Turning digital leisure into an empowerment tool, Skopje, North Macedonia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Forcibly displaced people face social and economic inclusion challenges, with few opportunities to build large-scale communities or develop skills that could help them access work in creative digital industries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR is exploring ways to organise a game jam (an event\/digital space where developers build a game from scratch) co-designed with refugees, to elevate the voices of the displaced, build community, and provide opportunities for skill and livelihood development in the gaming space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: The feasibility study will suggest ways to deliver an impactful, refugee-driven game jam, to empower the displaced to tell their stories, link game designers with creative industries, and foster empathy and understanding. The study will advance UNHCR\u2019s knowledge of digital leisure and livelihoods and identify opportunities for engagement with the video-game and related industries.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;E-commerce skills to support livelihoods \u2014 Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;E-commerce skills to support livelihoods, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Indigenous people from the Warao, Taurepang, E\u2019\u00f1ep\u00e1 and Kamarakoto communities displaced from Venezuela produce handcrafted items to generate income, but these refugee artisans \u2013 mostly women \u2013 have difficulty selling their products due to the limited market and cost barriers to acquiring a physical space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR together with Servi\u00e7o Jesu\u00edta a Migrantes e Refugiados will engage 20 existing and early-stage businesses led by displaced Indigenous people, providing training on using online marketplaces and managing digital risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Increased livelihood opportunities in digital marketplaces with the scale-up of existing businesses of displaced Indigenous people, as well as the development of handbooks and methodologies to guide similar projects in other UNHCR operations. The initiative will indirectly benefit around 150 people.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Community connectivity and digital skills \u2014 Guayaquil, Ecuador&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Community connectivity and digital skills, Guayaquil, Ecuador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: In Guayaquil, limited connectivity and livelihood opportunities \u2013 in a context of increasing insecurity and violence \u2013 drives communities to negative coping mechanisms and prevents them accessing digital education, livelihood, and protection opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Using blockchain technology, UNHCR will facilitate a decentralised, innovative, low-cost, community-based internet service that can be managed by community members to facilitate access to digital livelihood opportunities. Nonprofit Girls in Tech has trained 30 young community members to strengthen their digital skills and familiarize themselves with this service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: 150 people benefit from affordable, community-managed connectivity services, enhanced digital inclusion, skill-acquisition, and sustainable livelihoods, with a business model that could potentially be scaled up. A further 10,000 people indirectly benefit.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Online registry to boost employment opportunities \u2014 Lima, Peru&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Online registry to boost employment opportunities, Lima, Peru&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Lack of familiarity with documentation for displaced Venezuelans in Peru, combined with inability to apply past work experience and technical training to Peru\u2019s job market, prevents highly qualified individuals from accessing decent livelihood opportunities, resulting in low wages and often exploitative conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: In close collaboration with Union Venezolana and Talent Beyond Boundaries, UNHCR will create an online national registry to facilitate links with opportunities in the labour market for refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants. The registry will allow profile-matching with labour needs identified by employers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Increased opportunities for Venezuelans to access formal employment according to their profiles, skills, experience, and interests while easing the recruitment process for employers. More than 1,000 people benefit directly, and a further 4,500 benefit indirectly.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Digital skills mentorship to facilitate online livelihoods \u2014 Dzaleka refugee camp, Malawi&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Digital skills mentorship to facilitate online livelihoods, Dzaleka refugee camp, Malawi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Encampment policies for refugees and asylum-seekers in Malawi limit access to socioeconomic opportunities and exacerbate poverty. These issues are compounded in the Dzaleka settlement by the shortage of skilled workers in the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR is providing 50 community members with digital skills mentorship and onboarding onto digital labour platforms, as well as connectivity and laptops to facilitate freelance work online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Enhanced self-reliance and improved online livelihood opportunities, as well as economic and social inclusion (with project participants assisted to open bank accounts and secure identity cards). The project will indirectly impact 400 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Career counselling for greater access to work and education opportunities \u2014 Mahama, Nyabiheke, Kiziba, Kigeme, and Mugombwa refugee camps, Huye, and Kigali, Rwanda&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Career counselling for greater access to work and education opportunities, Mahama, Nyabiheke, Kiziba, Kigeme, and Mugombwa refugee camps, Huye, and Kigali, Rwanda&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Limited access to computers, internet connectivity, digital skills, and information about existing opportunities prevents refugees, especially young people, from accessing online scholarships and jobs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: An online job and scholarship help desk run by digital careers counsellors, to help refugees navigate job boards and scholarship websites, and to develop and submit applications. 32 forcibly displaced people will be trained to serve as counsellors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Livelihoods opportunities for 32 community members trained as counsellors, as well as increased opportunities for other refugees with technical skills and\/or academic backgrounds to secure jobs and scholarships. More than 6,000 people indirectly benefit.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Digital literacy and digital safety training \u2014 Jakarta and surrounding areas, Indonesia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Digital literacy and digital safety training, Jakarta and surrounding areas, Indonesia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Low levels of digital literacy prevent refugees and asylum-seekers from accessing services, receiving relevant information, and using digital tools, particularly following the COVID-related shift to remote service provision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR will co-create a digital literacy curriculum with refugee groups and explore ways to deliver digital literacy training through a community-based, refugee-led approach. The initiative will identify priority digital literacy needs to inform the design of the curriculum. A specific module has been developed on security and safety concerns, such as theft, fraud and cyber-bullying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Development of training materials, upskilling of a diverse group of 80 trainers, improved ability to access digital services, curriculum adopted by refugee-led learning centres for cascading impact. Up to 1,500 people indirectly benefit.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Digital protection from social media risks \u2014 Budapest, Hungary&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Digital protection from social media risks, Budapest, Hungary&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Numerous online groups and social media channels have been created to offer support to Ukrainian refugees, but limited safeguards coupled with widespread use has increased refugees\u2019 exposure to risks when looking for support or work online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR will strengthen or establish a community-based vetting system for suspicious or malicious posts and develop refugee and social media administrator\u2019s skills to identify and report such posts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Refugees\u2019 exposure to online risks reduced, increased community engagement around this issue. 50 people will directly benefit from the programme, with up to 50,000 indirectly affected.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Digital trainings to boost livelihood opportunities \u2014 Tunis, Tunisia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Digital trainings to boost livelihood opportunities, Tunis, Tunisia&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Refugees in Tunisia face many barriers to accessing livelihood opportunities, due to a lack of documentation and marketable skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR will provide training on high-demand digital skills \u2013 such as web development and full stack development \u2013 to facilitate livelihood opportunities and increase prospects for complementary pathways in the tech sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Refugees and their families will benefit from skills development and enhanced livelihood opportunities and self-reliance in Tunisia\u2019s growing information and communications technology sector.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Data Image&#8221; module_class=&#8221;purple&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;81px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/What-is-being-offered-cropped.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;What-is-being-offered-cropped&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_height=&#8221;300px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Data Projects&#8221; module_id=&#8221;data-innovation&#8221; module_class=&#8221;purple minimise&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;34px|||||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|44px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Data Innovation Impact Fund&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Data Innovation Fund<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Global early warning system on forced displacement &#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Global early warning system on forced displacement &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Currently, countries at high risk of humanitarian emergencies are identified jointly by UNHCR operations, regional bureaux and headquarters, but the agency lacks systematic, data-driven early warning systems on forced displacement that provide real-time alerts. We must boost UNHCR&#8217;s ability to forecast in order to build our capacity to act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR\u2019s Division of Emergency, Security and Supply will design a prototype data-driven early warning system combining different data sources, based on research of internal initiatives and external systems used by humanitarian agencies, academia and the private sector. The system will be piloted in several country operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Improved anticipation of and response to complex emergencies, strengthened partnerships, and a role in data-driven anticipatory humanitarianism.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Monitoring hate speech with data-driven alert system &#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Monitoring hate speech with data-driven alert system &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: The Research, Strategy and Analytics team of UNHCR\u2019s Global Communications Service has developed a model that classifies hateful content in English targeting forcibly displaced people. This partial solution needs to be operationalized to systematize and automate data collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: A user-friendly web application that tracks, visualizes and catalogues hateful social activities almost in real-time to facilitate analysis and alert key stakeholders via established communication channels when crises are identified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Improved hate speech detection and response within UNHCR in accordance with the organization\u2019s data protection standards, allowing UNHCR and its humanitarian partners to better understand hateful activities online and prevent discrimination against displaced people.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Improved household surveys through semi-automated mapping&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Improved household surveys through semi-automated mapping&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: A lack of appropriate sampling frames makes it hard for UNHCR to get reliable data on people forced to flee from household surveys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Three of UNHCR\u2019s Data and Identity Management Analysis (DIMA) units teamed up to design a semiautomated delineation for enumeration areas, using satellite imagery and employing Bayesian statistical modelling techniques to estimate target population size from secondary data sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Readily available sampling frames leading to reliable household surveys for country operations, reducing the complexity and costs of carrying out survey activities and improving the resulting data.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Improved community-based protection monitoring with AI and data science \u2014 Afghanistan&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Improved community-based protection monitoring with AI and data science, Afghanistan&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: UNHCR Afghanistan gathers a vast amount of text-based qualitative data through community-based protection monitoring, but manually processing this information is time and energy intensive, resulting in lost opportunities to use this data to inform timely interventions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Use AI-based software, particularly with natural language processing features to facilitate qualitative analysis of data gathered through community-based protection monitoring. This software would detect key words and phrases, categorise and translate them, and produce meaningful analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Effective and efficient data analysis, resulting in better use of data to inform effective protection interventions and timely responses to protection risks.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Using data to secure greater social integration \u2014 Kenya&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Using data to secure greater social integration, Kenya&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Refugees and asylum-seekers in Kenya have historically been excluded from national social protection systems. However, when displacement is protracted and national services are developing, humanitarian actors are expected to demonstrate why they\u2019re not working with national systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Integrate refugees and asylum-seekers into Kenya\u2019s national registry to enable local solutions and access to social services, better target assistance, and broaden stakeholder engagement to support displaced populations as well as host communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Improved integration of refugees in a way that benefits displaced people and host communities, reduces response times, avoids duplication, supports local economies and livelihoods for refugees and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Machine learning to boost digital education uptake and impact &#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Machine learning to boost digital education uptake and impact &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: With shifts to digital learning, displaced communities are excluded from the benefits of these types of learning opportunities due to a lack of infrastructure, devices and know-how. UNHCR has worked to track and centralise digital learning resources but needs to more rapidly align content to relevant curricula, in partnership with Learning Equality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR\u2019s Global Education team will use machine learning and natural language processing to partially automate the curriculum alignment process, which will improve the relevance, adoption, and impact of digital learning resources. A competition is bringing together machine-learning practitioners to design new algorithms to support this effort, and the winning solutions will be made publicly available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Creative solutions governments and educators can leverage to more efficiently align digital resources, particularly during crises. Uninterrupted access to education is supported for displaced communities and others, with benefits for students, teachers, parents and communities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Data-driven modelling for protection prioritisation \u2014 Guatemala&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Data-driven modelling for protection prioritisation, Guatemala&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: UNHCR Guatemala lacks an evidence-based methodology to prioritise communities most in need of community-based protection, affecting its ability to reach and respond to the most vulnerable populations, who tend to be widely dispersed across different contexts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: The design and construction of an evidence-based community intervention prioritisation tool that allows for a more objective, systematic, and reproducible prioritisation approach. A participatory design methodology facilitates input from the people UNHCR serves, community leaders, local authorities, and experts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: A customizable online tool that is easy to use in different contexts, settings, and operations and that will enable UNHCR to better understand the situation of communities. This will support the prioritisation and tailoring of interventions, improving outcomes for the most vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Identifying informal shelter needs through creating an address system and mapping \u2014 Lebanon&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Identifying informal shelter needs through creating an address system and mapping, Lebanon&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Over 222,000 refugees live across more than 3,500 informal tented settlements in Lebanon\u2019s Bekaa Valley. Standardised shelter criteria determine households\u2019 eligibility for additional shelter kits, but the absence of a tent-level address system hinders this process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: An address system for informal tented settlements, using a code for each tent. Part of the code will be fixed, reflecting the tent\u2019s location, and another part will change based on the physical condition of the tent, to better link household needs with assistance and services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: This tent-level address system will enable UNHCR to monitor household location and conditions, enabling more efficient and accurate identification of needs and the required response, and supporting the health and safety of families in Bekaa.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Creating a joint data analysis framework with national authorities \u2014 Mexico&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Creating a joint data analysis framework with national authorities, Mexico&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Mexico lacks an integrated data analysis framework to support joint analysis and planning by actors engaging with displaced communities. This results in inefficient resource allocation, with duplications in certain settings while many displaced people face barriers accessing basic services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: The creation of a data analysis framework to collate, study, and interpret information from the national refugee commission, the national population registry, and UNHCR. This will generate information detailing the characteristics and displacement patterns of the affected population, and highlight cases of successful local integration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: UNHCR will better understand the needs, capacities, motivations and interests of displaced people in Mexico \u2013 information that will help decision-making processes, reduce duplication, and enable better coordination to deliver effective interventions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Enhanced due diligence and risk monitoring with private-sector partners through AI and natural language processing&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Enhanced due diligence and risk monitoring with private-sector partners through AI and natural language processing&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Due diligence requires that UNHCR thoroughly screen its private-sector partners and analyse potential reputational risks. The resulting labour-intensive screening reports are valid for a year, during which the donor monitoring work is more flexible and variable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: UNHCR\u2019s BEYOND project team will use AI-based software with natural language processing (NLP) features to develop a tool that automatically feeds pertinent risk- and opportunity-related updates on partners to relevant teams, enabling ongoing risk-monitoring while facilitating strategic donor cultivation and partnership development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected outcome<\/strong>: This tool will improve and support proactive risk monitoring and relationship work through automatic updates, as well as optimising and streamlining the research, identification, and documentation of controversies for the due diligence screening process.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Faster and easier diagnosis of malnutrition with photo-based app&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Faster and easier diagnosis of malnutrition with photo-based app&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Eliminating malnutrition is integral to UNHCR\u2019s protection mandate, but existing methods to accurately and effectively diagnose malnutrition can require skill, time, cumbersome equipment, and direct contact. This makes it hard to conduct screening at the community level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: The Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Photo Diagnosis App\u00ae is an innovative tool that uses morphology to screen wasting among children. UNHCR\u2019s public health teams propose using the app, provided by Action Against Hunger, to simplify community screening and diagnosis of acute malnutrition among refugees. It is the first time this app is deployed in refugee-contexts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Faster, easier, real-time, and systematic diagnoses of malnutrition, which can be carried out by community members, will enable more comprehensive screening and support better protection and health outcomes for displaced communities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Evaluating livelihoods interventions and predicting needs through data science and machine learning \u2014 Peru&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Evaluating livelihoods interventions and predicting needs through data science and machine learning&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Despite UNHCR\u2019s recent efforts to mainstream data-driven analysis and decision-making, many data-driven projects are still siloed within specialist units, rather than being operationalised to inform field-based work. UNHCR technical units in the field also continue to collect large amounts of data that may never be analysed beyond a very basic level, if at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Using data science and machine learning techniques to pilot deeper analysis of data collected by humanitarian organization HIAS on the progress of displaced households included in a specific livelihoods intervention. Using machine learning, the team will sort cases according to performance, identifying trends and common characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Data-driven prediction of which cases are most likely to need additional support from the start of livelihoods interventions will enable a more effective response and amplify successes within livelihood interventions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Enhancing text analytics and capacity building of youth at risk \u2014 El Salvador&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Enhancing text analytics and capacity building of youth at risk, El Salvador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: UNHCR El Salvador collects semi-structured qualitative data from internally displaced people and community members at risk, which is analysed manually by the operation and partners. A more systematic analytical approach could improve the identification of overarching trends and patterns, which could strengthen existing advocacy efforts and community-based protection interventions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Develop an analytical framework to support qualitative text data analysis that would provide additional insights. The project also involves community-based participatory aspects, with opportunities for at-risk youth in El Salvador to learn important data science skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected results<\/strong>: Better insight into overarching protection trends and drivers of protection risks, their effects on communities, and possible community-based solutions. This will facilitate advocacy efforts, support programmatic planning, and help shape effective solutions<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Data science to inform cash-based assistance \u2014 Peru&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Enhancing text analytics and capacity building of youth at risk, El Salvador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge: <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cash assistance is an increasingly important part of UNHCR Peru\u2019s support for people displaced from Venezuela. With growing needs and shrinking resources, it is critical for UNHCR to be able to provide timely, targeted, effective cash-based interventions for the most vulnerable.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> UNHCR Peru will used mixed methodology to improve the targeting of its cash-based interventions. Data analysis will identify the vulnerability profiles of families both eligible and ineligible for this assistance. Through workshops, interviews, and focus groups with partners, UNHCR, and displaced communities, the profiles that should be prioritized will be discussed. Inclusion and exclusion errors will be studied in depth.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> More effective cash-based interventions to respond to different operational contexts, needs, and individual vulnerabilities, supporting greater wellbeing for communities most in need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Behavioural analytics and social media to better inform crisis-affected communities \u2014 Brazil&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Enhancing text analytics and capacity building of youth at risk, El Salvador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Displaced Venezuelans face challenges accessing information to inform their choices on arrival in Brazil. Social media can be an effective outreach tool, but UNHCR lacks evidence of the effectiveness of its social media use to both communicate critical information to Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Brazil and support protection work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> To optimize the choice architecture (how different options are presented, as well as the available tools to help people make decisions) accessible to displaced Venezuelans, UNHCR will use behavioural analytics to quantify and inform interventions \u2013 such as information campaigns \u2013 and correlate these initiatives to refugee decisions and behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Expected results:<\/strong> Improved, evidence-based communication will enable refugees and other conflict-affected communities in Brazil to make well-informed decisions, maximising their protection, health, education access, social and economic inclusion, and dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Better responses to climate change risks through improved vulnerability assessments \u2014 Jordan&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Enhancing text analytics and capacity building of youth at risk, El Salvador&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Challenge:<\/strong> Jordan, a climate hotspot, hosts over 750,000 refugees. Every two years, UNHCR conducts a study to analyse and document different types of vulnerabilities across multiple sectors, from a representative sample of registered refugees. 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