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Ideas Library

Explore ideas shared by the humanitarian community.

27 February 2026

Mobile Modular Services (MoMos)

The idea is to bring infrastructure to the community when lacking it.

Knowledge Flow and Marketplace Dynamics
27 February 2026

Open Digital Innovation Platform

Private sector, Non profits & mission minded community come together to develop a shared open, transparent and aligned digital infra.

Systems Connectivity & Coordination
27 February 2026

Digital Catalogue and Networking Platform of Humanitarian Innovations

A centralized place for humanitarian innovators to help operationalize and to provide reference for different stakeholders.

Local, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge
27 February 2026

(Global or Digital) Story Telling Platform

A global digital storytelling platform that showcases innovators, their solutions, and their impact to increase visibility, support, and adoption.

Evidence, Data and Decision Systems
27 February 2026

The Innovation Bridge

In high-severity crisis contexts, local innovators lack access to banking, investment, markets, and trusted global networks. Meanwhile, diaspora communities, buyers, and peer entrepreneurs represent untapped sources of capital, knowledge, and opportunity. Without mechanisms to connect these actors, local innovation remains isolated and dependent on short-term aid rather than becoming sustainable and globally integrated.

Systems Connectivity & Coordination
27 February 2026

Waste to wealth

Dignified jobs for women in waste management and improved to reduce neg. environment impact of waste (recycling).

Knowledge Flow and Marketplace Dynamics
27 February 2026

A hub/lab based (physically) in the community. Community members can use this hub to access resources, solve their own problems.

A building with equipment and people. A place where refugees can make things; and access any help they need.

Evidence, Data and Decision Systems
27 February 2026

Investment Need Mapping

A joint, concrete mapping across innovation portfolios. It will increase collaboration and access to funding.

Evidence, Data and Decision Systems