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The Humanitarian Innovation Guide builds on empirical research on the HIF innovation portfolio carried out in partnership with ALNAP (Obrecht and Warner, 2016), as well as our work on the Principles of Innovation Management (HIF, 2016). The...
Elrha’s mission is to improve humanitarian outcomes through partnership, research and innovation. Our vision is a humanitarian system that is capable of innovating and adapting to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Operational since 2011,...
The Humanitarian Innovation Guide was developed by Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), with support from Gray Dot Catalyst. Gray Dot Catalyst was contracted to deliver the project, with Ian Gray (Gray Dot Catalyst) and Joseph Guay (The...
It is vital to keep in mind and manage the experimental nature that characterises humanitarian innovation efforts (Sandvik, Jacobsen and McDonald, 2017). In order to achieve this, any programme – whether it’s business as usual or the...
When it comes to our humanitarian parameters, it is key to be able to articulate which of the stages of this cycle your innovation is aimed at (it may well be more than one stage). What stage is the problem you are seeking to address most...
We use the term crisis-affected populations to refer to the individuals, groups, and communities that are directly or indirectly affected by a humanitarian crisis. Crisis-affected populations are sometimes the target group for humanitarian...
The current humanitarian system was initially set up in the wake of World War II and was substantially reformed in the 1990s and 2000s. The system is a mix of laws, legal instruments, mandated and non-mandated organisations, structures, systems...
Having clarity about the situations in which your innovation might be deployed will help you to communicate your aspirations and design an appropriate solution. In our framework, the base of our box constitutes the context. This covers the...
Our research with ALNAP (Obrecht and Warner, 2016) points to the importance of engaging with users and gatekeepers from an early stage. We define ‘users’ as those who interface directly with an innovation, and ‘gatekeepers’ as those who...
Our research with ALNAP (Obrecht and Warner, 2016) found that generating and using evidence was a key factor for successful innovation. It will be one of, if not the, main factor that will show whether what you are working on is going to have an...