Welcome to Inspired: your window into innovation at the ICRC

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. ...

Airdrops: Resupplying remote teams, more cost effectively and sustainably

Airdrops: Resupplying remote teams, more cost effectively and sustainably

2 December 2022, Directions

Getting supplies to ICRC field teams in hard-to-reach places is an essential but often costly task. A new low-altitude airdrop method employs small ...

Getting the right staff to the right place, fast

Getting the right staff to the right place, fast

30 November 2022, Data and digitalization / ICRC Innovates / New technologies / Proximity and access

Many of the best innovations leave you wondering how you ever managed without them. REDEE ...

The Challenge of Collaboration in an Ever-Changing World

The Challenge of Collaboration in an Ever-Changing World

23 September 2022, Behavior change / Directions / Inspirations

What do chicken farms in Gaza, free phone calls in Zimbabwe, a global cyber breach, and a major building renovation at ICRC headquarters ...

The Apps & Games of Humanitarian Futures

The Apps & Games of Humanitarian Futures

1 September 2022, Data and digitalization / ICRC Innovates

This year’s Global Interagency Security Forum (GISF) posed interesting questions and offered innovative solutions aimed at anticipating what’s next in humanitarian action. When ...

The ICRC Staff Support System: Raising the Quality of Communication, Respect and Fairness

The ICRC Staff Support System: Raising the Quality of Communication, Respect and Fairness

5 August 2022, Directions / Diversity & Inclusion / ICRC Innovates

All relationships encounter stress, but how those pressures are dealt with can be the difference ...

Design as a methodology for problem solving

Design as a methodology for problem solving

15 July 2022, Diversity & Inclusion

The world is a complicated place, and the problems humanitarian organizations are trying to help solve are only getting more and more complex. ...