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[The Business Standard] Field Ready: Empowering locals to supply emergency response materials
Field Ready, a not-for-profit organisation, is working on enhancing the capacity of local small and medium enterprises so they can make products that meet the standards requirements of the humanitarian agencies
Systems-informed solutions should be our new bar, even if we’re still chasing the white whale of systems change.
On their own, the solutions generated by innovation labs, accelerators, and competitions won’t solve complex problems. Champions of the innovation ecosystem have realized that sometimes our methods and incentives encourage individual solutions when we need partnerships and collaboration instead. Adopting a systems thinking approach with long-term planning, deep collaboration, expertise, and patience is crucial. However, these qualities…
[DhakaTribune] ULAB wins USAID AI4 Resilience Grant
Four organizations, with ULAB being the only university among those, received grants to solve critical challenges in the Bangladesh humanitarian innovation ecosystem using systems- and design-thinking technologies
Announcing the AI4Resilience Challenge Winners
Accelerating Innovation for Resilience Challenge announces Winners.
Judges Announced for Solution Canvas for AI4Resilience Challenge
Judges are announced for next stage of the AI4Resilience Challenge in Bangladesh
Finalist Feature: Youth Policy Forum
This article features Youth Policy Forum – one of our ten Challenge Finalist organizations. Find out more about YPF and its Climate Action Map.
Finalist Feature: University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
This article features the University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh – one of our ten Challenge Finalist organizations. Find out more about ULAB and how it plans to build young people’s capacities.
Finalist Feature: LightCastle Partners
This article features LightCastle Partners – one of our ten Challenge Finalist organizations. Find out more about LightCastle Partners and its finance institution blending platform it hopes to create.
Finalist Feature: Inspira
This article features Inspira – one of our ten Challenge Finalist organizations. Find out more about Inspira and its community-led accelerator.
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