{"id":40189,"date":"2023-05-17T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?page_id=40189"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:56:37","slug":"digital-innovation-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/digital-innovation-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Innovation Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#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\/03\/DI-webpage-visual-scaled.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;on&#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; 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admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Vision&#8221; module_class=&#8221;grey&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; inner_width_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; inner_max_width_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _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;][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;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Vision&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2><b>Our vision<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>The UNHCR Innovation Service&#8217;<\/span>s Digital Innovation Programme serves as the primary innovation vehicle underpinning the implementation of UNHCR&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/digitalstrategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Transformation Strategy 2022\u20132026<\/a>. Evolving from the Service\u2019s Digital Inclusion Programme, the Digital Innovation Programme focuses on the most forward-thinking and innovative approaches to <strong>digital inclusion<\/strong>, <strong>digital protection<\/strong>, and <strong>digital services<\/strong>, providing resources and space for field level experimentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By innovating with and for forcibly displaced and stateless people, the Digital Innovation Programme aims to <strong>bridge the digital divide and improve the way UNHCR works.<\/strong> We\u2019re empowering communities \u2013 including those who have experienced intersectional marginalization \u2013 to safely leverage digital technologies in a way that enhances their well-being and self-reliance.<\/span><\/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; Our Approach&#8221; module_class=&#8221;light-blue&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _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;][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;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Our Approach&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2><b>Our approach<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Digital Innovation Programme\u2019s goal is to ensure that forcibly displaced and stateless people \u2013 no matter their age, gender, or other identity markers \u2013 can safely benefit from digital technology and access digital humanitarian services in ways that work for them. To do this, we\u2019re empowering communities and creating an enabling environment for digital innovation through a three pillar approach:<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Learning&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Learning&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.2&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhance our understanding through horizon-scanning, evidence generation, and primary research on nascent digital themes.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Experimenting&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Experimenting&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore field level innovative solutions, working closely with communities to pilot new ideas, developing real-world insights into what works or doesn\u2019t, and testing new operating models.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Transforming&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Transforming&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instigate wider-scale change in the way UNHCR and humanitarian actors work, through building capacity and adapting programming, but also influencing public and private sector environments through advocacy and policy change.<\/span><\/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; What we mean by digital innovation&#8221; module_class=&#8221;minimise white&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#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 admin_label=&#8221;What we mean by Digital Inclusion&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>What we mean by digital innovation<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For us, \u2018digital innovation\u2019 means leveraging digital technologies and resources in creative, previously unexplored ways to enhance the lives of forcibly displaced and stateless people and their host community populations, and improve the way UNHCR works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on the UNHCR Innovation Service\u2019s recent work to further understand and break down barriers preventing the digital inclusion of forcibly displaced and stateless people, the Digital Innovation Programme focuses on fostering\u00a0 forward-looking projects and responding to emerging issues. 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