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. ...

AI: Exploring the risks and benefits of large language models at the ICRC

27 September 2023, Data and digitalization / New technologies

Generative artificial intelligence – algorithms like large language models (LLMs) – has been the biggest technology story of 2023. Two of the best ...

Digital Dilemmas: Immersive experience exposes technology threats

25 August 2023, Data and digitalization / New technologies / Security

There is no escaping the life-changing and life-endangering impact that digital technologies are having on ...

“It’s me. I’m safe.” | Simple solutions with a big impact in Zimbabwe and Malawi

27 July 2023, Detention / Migration / Restoring family links

When it comes to innovation, we tend to think of high-tech gadgetry with a hefty price tag. But more often than not, some ...

Humanitarian Token Solution: Digital cash assistance that preserves privacy

27 June 2023, Data and digitalization / Directions / Economic security / ICRC Innovates

When people are desperate, they do desperate things – like giving up their personal data ...

The Mirror World: Step inside the ICRC’s digital twin

27 April 2023, Data and digitalization / ICRC Innovates / New technologies

What if a major humanitarian organization created its own virtual environment offering immersive, video game-style ...

Niger: Building community resilience to conflict and climate shocks

26 March 2023, Climate change / Economic security / Environmental sustainability / Foresight / ICRC Innovates / Partnerships / Security / Water and habitat

Tensions between farmers and herders in the Sahel, as elsewhere, are as old as time ...