Welcome to Inspired: your window into innovation at the ICRC

For us, innovation is much more than a buzzword. It is an opportunity to change for the better: for the populations we serve, for our organization, and for our partners. ...

Drones, Data and Humanitarian Action

27 April 2021, Data and digitalization / ICRC Innovates / New technologies / Proximity and access

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are a valued component of the ICRC’s air operations, used ...

Replacing Lost Limbs: Physically, Mentally, Virtually

12 April 2021, Health care / ICRC Innovates / New technologies

Losing a limb is a violent and painful experience, yet also one that is all too common among civilians caught in conflict. The ...

A Pair of Innovators: A Tale of Two Maggies

11 March 2021, ICRC Innovates / Inspirations / Restoring family links

It is December 1916. Two ICRC staff members make the trip from Geneva to Frankfurt ...

The Biometrics Minefield

26 February 2021, Data and digitalization / New technologies / Proximity and access

Biometric data collection appears to offer a variety of potential benefits: technological efficiency, transparency and ...

Niger: how to build an innovative delegation

5 February 2021, Economic security / Environmental sustainability / Health care / ICRC Innovates

Poverty, climate change and violence are a daily reality in the Sahel region, including in ...

Taking sustainable energy to the next level: from challenge to transition

25 January 2021, Environmental sustainability / ICRC Innovates / New financing models

One important, long-term innovation initiative focuses on improving access to safe, resilient, and sustainable energy ...