The Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator Programme, powered by the WFP Innovation Accelerator, the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), is in search of high-impact innovative solutions that strive to solve emergency and humanitarian challenges faced by vulnerable populations and humanitarian actors.
The programme aims to leverage new technologies, new approaches, and new partnerships to improve and reduce risks in emergency management. Vulnerable communities affected by crises are at the core of the Programme’s engagement and it is based on the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, independence, and impartiality. Through this first cohort, the programme is seeking innovations that enhance emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and prevention through the use of the following technologies or approaches in humanitarian contexts:
- Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
- Space/Satellite Technology
- Healthtech
- Supply Chain and Logistics
Startups and innovators providing solutions, products, and/or business models that utilize the aforementioned technologies or functional domains to address “Saving Lives” in humanitarian settings with underlying challenges. The programme also encourage strong “wildcard ideas” to solving challenges in humanitarian contexts to apply.
Geographies of Interest
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, Bhutan, Cabo Verde, Kosovo, Albania, Moldova, Georgia, Laos, Niger, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Armenia, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Mali, Senegal and Ukraine.
Application deadline: March 01, 2023
Apply here: WFP Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator Programme
