Ideas Library
Explore ideas shared by the humanitarian community.
Emergency Research Fund
Rapid, flexible funding for emerging programming needs, available for cross-organizational research available in time for decision-making.
Knowledge Flow and Marketplace DynamicsRegional Research and Innovation Hubs
A network of regionally owned hubs (e.g., Sahel, Horn of Africa, MENA, South Asia) that convene academia, innovation practitioners, governments, and communities to generate, translate, and govern humanitarian RI closer to context.
Knowledge Flow and Marketplace DynamicsCommunity Funds
Giving the power to the communities to organise themselves to support innovations for their own communities.
Local, Indigenous and Traditional KnowledgeIntegrative Community agriculture
The quantity of vegetables and prices matter, for communities and their well-being. Meanwhile in big cities, there isn’t enough space to farm, the idea of building basic farm is a way to cut the price and provide improved quality of vegetables. Plus, an additional source of income.
Systems Connectivity & CoordinationCentralized Dashboard / Platform to connect and link Funders and Implementers (Financing, Info)
Connects Funders w/ Implementers. Allows understanding of who is working where and what resources exist.
Local, Indigenous and Traditional KnowledgeOpen-source innovation inspiration platform
A visual platform (open-source) that details innovations, tags, location, context, cost, time etc.
Evidence, Data and Decision SystemsIn Crisis? From Our Kitchen to Yours
Connect donors directly to local community kitchens and restaurants to fund and deliver meals to people affected by crises.
Local, Indigenous and Traditional KnowledgeSystem-Wide Problem Definition & Verification Protocol
A standardised, system-level protocol for defining, verifying, and updating “the important problem” before designing interventions that us rooted in community voice, frontline observability, and cross-actor triangulation.
Knowledge Flow and Marketplace DynamicsIndigenous Knowledge Framework
A structured framework and set of practices that formally recognise and integrate community-held knowledge into assessment, planning, learning, and adaptation processes. This includes methods, governance mechanisms, translation practices, and legitimacy safeguards that ensure lived expertise is valued as formal evidence.
Local, Indigenous and Traditional KnowledgeCost‑Effectiveness & Decision‑Support
A practical and automated toolkit and service that standardises cost and outcome data, runs quick comparative analyses, and publishes transparent results to inform choices.
Evidence, Data and Decision SystemsHumanitarian Research and Innovation Marketplace
A searchable platform profiling proven or promising innovations, their evidence, and where they’ve been tested, paired with a directory of global expertise and partnership offers.
Knowledge Flow and Marketplace DynamicsRI Support Hub
A digital ‘ask-a-researcher’ service where frontline actors submit questions and receive short, decision-ready syntheses within 24–120 hours. Responses combine curated evidence, practitioner insights, and context notes. Backed by a global bench of researchers and moderated by an editorial team; AI assists search and summarisation with human support.
Evidence, Data and Decision Systems