3. Embracing complexity of
development challegnes and
increased pace of changes.
Acknowledging the need to
become more agile and embrace
technology as catalyst for change.
4. “The commitment to innovation is
the logical consequence of taking
our mandate seriously, to do a
better job.” (Jens Wandel, UN Assistant Secretary-
General, Director UNDP Bureau of Management)
6. Innovation = novel approaches that
add value to the end user.
What is
innovation?
7. Innovation ≠ Good Ideas
Innovation ≠ Technology
Innovation starts with good ideas, co-
created with end-users & embraces
technology to create impact.
9. Innovation Facility launched in 2014 to
manage Global Innovation Fund.
Global Innovation Team, with branches
in HQ and all Regional Hubs.
Innovation Board, compromised of
three Assistant Secretary-Generals
provides strategic guidance.
11. Partnerships on global and national
level with innovation funds, start-up’s
and enterprises created.
12. A global community of UNDP innovation champions,
providing peer-support and cross-fertilization of ideas &
lessons. You are invited to join at undp.org/innovation
13. Programmatic guidance for staff and
partners developed with partners.
Big Data Cookbook forthcoming.
14. Endorsement of UNDP’s Emerging Innovation
Framework at global meeting in 2013 with more
than 15 senior managers and external experts
23. E-Waste Recycling
What is it?
A co-created app to respond to the 3.5million tons of e-
waste in China per year and its environmental impact.
Together with BAIDU, UNDP China developed the app and
launched a prototype in 2014.
Success rate
The App used by over 100,000 individuals by end of
2014; launch was covered in more than 50 domestic and
international media outlets.
24.
25. Innovation Camps to address gender-based
violence in Egypt
What is it?
Bringing in ‘unusual suspects’ to generate ideas for
wicked problems, in this case the challenges to reporting
sexual harassment in Egypt. Applying design thinking to
develop, together with affected people, testable ideas.
Success rate
Three prototypes identified as having a high potential for
success and private sector partner is providing seed-
funding for testing.
27. Nudging citizens to follow-up on TB treatment in
Moldova
What is it?
Understanding why patients do not follow-up on
treatment and design interventions to test nugdes via
Randomized Control Trials. Responding to high prevalence
rate in Moldova.
Current status
Three trials are ongoing; Government partners included
the systematic application of Randomized Control Trials in
the latest policy on public health with UNDP’s support.
29. Roving Innovation Lab for Youth
Entrepreneurship
What is it?
A prototype to provide entrepreneurship skills to young
people & assist 20 Haitians in developing business cases
and obtaining seed funding; responding to high rates of
youth unemployment in the country.
Success rate
Prime Minister Office support; crowdfunding component
under development; model adaptation in other LAC
offices; training and selection process ongoing.
31. Foresight in Rwanda
What is it?
A planning tool to be better prepared for changes and
able to adapt. The Rwandan Government Office invited
UNDP Rwanda, UNDP’s Singapore Centre and the
Innovation Facility to run foresight exercises.
Success rate
The Government requested UNDP Rwanda to support
embedding foresight in national planning instruments.
Have you heard of this?
Definition from Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.[1] This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.[2] It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. Crowdsourcing is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities.[3] Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdvoting, crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
Have you heard of this?
Definition from Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.[1] This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.[2] It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. Crowdsourcing is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities.[3] Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdvoting, crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
In response to the UNDP’s increasing focus on innovation, colleagues want to know – “What does innovation look like in UNDP?”
Have you heard of this?
Definition from Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.[1] This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.[2] It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. Crowdsourcing is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities.[3] Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdvoting, crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
Have you heard of this?
Definition from Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.[1] This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.[2] It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. Crowdsourcing is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities.[3] Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdvoting, crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
In response to the UNDP’s increasing focus on innovation, colleagues want to know – “What does innovation look like in UNDP?”
Have you heard of this?
Definition from Wikipedia:
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers.[1] This process is often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, and can also occur offline.[2] It combines the efforts of numerous self-identified volunteers or part-time workers, where each contributor of their own initiative adds a small portion to the greater result. Crowdsourcing is distinguished from outsourcing in that the work comes from an undefined public rather than being commissioned from a specific, named group.
The word "crowdsourcing" was coined in 2006 and can apply to a wide range of activities.[3] Crowdsourcing can involve division of labor for tedious tasks split to use crowd-based outsourcing, but it can also apply to specific requests, such as crowdvoting, crowdfunding, a broad-based competition, and a general search for answers, solutions, or a missing person.
everything we build in NY fails
When we were building the solution to deliver HIV results faster, the team worked directly with the people who were going to use the system to make sure it was useful to them.
if you want to be transformative at scale, you need to reach more than a million people.
we can’t afford to waste our time on projects that don’t meet that criteria
In response to the UNDP’s increasing focus on innovation, colleagues want to know – “What does innovation look like in UNDP?”