Innovation Scaling

Explore impactful innovations across 45 UN Entities!

Driving progress and hope through innovation in humanitarian response

The World Health Organization guidance and toolkit for scaling innovations in public health systems offer an evidence-based, practical framework to assist governments to lead, coordinate and sustain the scaling of health innovations – specifically, to steward a move from promising pilots to system-wide adoption, grounded in principles of health system strengthening and country ownership. It is designed primarily for ministries, national and subnational agencies, and public sector institutions involved in public health. At the same time, it serves as a strategic resource for engaging nongovernmental actors, private sector innovators and academic partners to work in alignment with public objectives.

The UNDP-Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) Impact Report captures five years of locally led innovation, community leadership and resilience-building across the Global South. Since 2020, UNDP-AFCIA has supported 44 locally rooted initiatives in 33 countries with US$8.3 million in grants and an additional $6 million in technical assistance, reaching more than 2.6 million people.

The report sets out proposals to strengthen the UN’s delivery across all three pillars of its work while also advancing more effective collaboration across the pillars.

This first edition of the 2025 UN Innovation Update showcases how 31 UN entities are testing, scaling, and applying practical solutions across health, climate, education, humanitarian action, and more, to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2024, forward-thinking innovations helped WFP country teams learn from successes and challenges, driving programme improvements for vulnerable communities.

This session spotlights the Connectivity for Refugees initiative and its partners advancing affordable and accessible connectivity for forcibly displaced people.

A panel discussion with project leads, donors, and supporters of innovation.

With colleagues, partners and supporters, the WFP Innovation Accelerator achieved significant results in 2024 in deploying innovative solutions worldwide.

Explore how 40 UN Entities are leveraging innovative thinking, technologies and new way of working in their work.

UNDP Accelerator Labs Network and Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design launch "UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action"

Explore how 40 Entities are leveraging new approaches and cutting-edge technologies in their work.

The WFP Innovation Accelerator Year in Review 2023 showcases the tangible impact of its efforts to source, support and scale innovations ending hunger and achieving the SDGs.

This webinar explores how UNDP Uganda partnered with Jumia, a global e-commerce company, to digitalise informal market vendors.

The UN Innovation Update highlight how 40 UN Entities from across the system are leveraging innovative approaches in their work.