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The Humanitarian Innovation Programme

The Humanitarian Innovation Programme supports the development and scaling of innovative solutions for humanitarian action. The programme enables humanitarian organisations and companies to form strong innovation partnerships for greater impact at lower risk.

Support for humanitarian innovation

About the programme

The Humanitarian Innovation Programme is Norway’s flagship effort supporting humanitarian innovation, anchored in the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s humanitarian strategy. Since 2018, the Programme has supported 58 innovation projects and taken a leading position in facilitating innovation partnerships across the humanitarian and private sector.

Support for humanitarian innovation

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Workshop: Humanitarian AI - use cases for people affected by crises

Innovation projects

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Inclusive humanitarian response for children with disabilities

This project seeks to develop a solution that improves availability of comprehensive information on children with disabilities and facilitates timely access to products and services tailored for their needs in the event of a humanitarian crisis.

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Harnessing digital technology to promote transparency and efficiency in the distribution of cash-based transfers

In this project, Nilus and the United Nations World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator are teaming up to improve nutrition, provide traceability and optimise the value of WFP's cash-based transfers in Colombia, by leveraging Nilus's technology to organise a digital marketplace for cash-based transfers recipients and their suppliers.

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Optimised supply chain model for therapeutic foods to malnourished children in Madagascar

UNICEF seeks to develop a new optimised supply chain model to reach all malnourished children in need of life saving therapeutic foods in response to the humanitarian crisis in South Madagascar.

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ProTECHtion: Digitally powered community protection

Through this project, Norwegian Church Aid seeks to partner with the private sector to develop a tool that places ownership and priorities in humanitarian projects with affected local communities, rather than with humanitarian actors. The goal is to create a higher degree of trust and transparency in humanitarian response.

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