Scaling Successful Innovations

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Scaling Innovations

Scaling innovation is widely recognised as the most challenging stage in the innovation life cycle. Scaling promising innovations in the public sector is even more challenging than in the private sector due to factors such as a risk-averse organisational culture, resource constraints, and potentially heave administrative burdens and bureaucracies.

Despite these challenges, there are many innovative projects and programmes being developed across the UN System that have the potential to make a significant impact. To realise their full potential, it is crucial to identify the most promising innovations and help them progress from a proof of concept to a successful pilot and eventually to a fully-scaled project. 

Scaling the Summit - How the UN can expand promising ideas to change the world

This Group aims to bring together UN colleagues and interested observers to jointly explore the challenges innovators face when scaling their initiatives and discuss emerging good practices for systematically supporting innovations to scale. It aims to

  • Provide opportunities for UN colleagues to share experiences, knowledge and expertise in innovation scaling:
  • Accelerate the adoption of good practices; 
  • Bring new views and applications from outside the UN into the realm of the community;
  • Facilitate an honest exchange of challenges among practitioners by forming a close-knit group of technical experts; and
  • Serve as a moderated forum which encourages member participation, spurs collaboration and nurtures two-way learning.

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Innovation Scaling

July 1, 2025
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UN Innovation Update 2025 #1

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.

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June 11, 2025

Connectivity for Refugees: Partnering to Connect the Forcibly Displaced

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June 9, 2025

Catalysts for Change – Scaling Innovations Together for Global Impact"

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April 8, 2025

WFP Innovation Accelerator 2024 Year in Review

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December 11, 2024

UN Innovation Update 2024 #2

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June 11, 2025
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Connectivity for Refugees: Partnering to Connect the Forcibly Displaced

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

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June 9, 2025
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Catalysts for Change – Scaling Innovations Together for Global Impact"

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April 22, 2024
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UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action

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November 9, 2023
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Scaling Social Innovation: A Ugandan Case Study

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September 16, 2023
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Breaking the Scale Barrier: From SDG Innovation to SDG Achievement

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April 8, 2025
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WFP Innovation Accelerator 2024 Year in Review

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

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April 8, 2025
April 8, 2025
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WFP Innovation Accelerator 2024 Year in Review

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April 8, 2025
December 11, 2024
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UN Innovation Update 2024 #2

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December 11, 2024
April 18, 2024
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UN Innovation Update 2024

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April 18, 2024
April 8, 2024
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WFP Innovation Accelerator - Year in Review 2023

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April 8, 2024
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