UNICEFInnovation

Monday, April 14The 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. Identity3. Logistics and

transportation networks

4. Personal data for personal

decisions

Thank you

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