UNICEF Innovation Monday, April 14 The New School unicefstories.org
Innovation in UNICEF: “Doing something new or different that adds concrete value.”
RapidSMS for data collection, reporting, and management
Global Innovation Mapping – 300 project entries from Country Offices
Trends and direction 1. Providing access to information, opportunity, and choice to the bottom billion 2. RapidPro
Our Principles 1.Design with the user 2.Understand the existing ecosystem 3.Design for scale 4.Build for sustainability 5.Be data driven 6.Open standards, open data, open source and open innovation 7.Reuse and improve 8.Do no harm 9.Be collaborative
Four Problem Areas 1.Mobile financial services 2.Identity 3.Logistics and transportation networks 4.Personal data for personal decisions
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