A Resilience Convening hosted by WFP, UNDP, the Global Resilience Partnership, and the IFRC took place 20-21 November 2017 in Munich, Germany at the WFP Innovation Accelerator. Innovations that were presented included:
- BANGLADESH and ETHIOPIA | Roads to the Rescue (GRP)
- ALGERIA | Hydro Sahrawi (WFP)
- NEW ZEALAND | Business Preparedness Initiative (BPI) (IFRC)
- MALDIVES | Drones for improved disaster preparation and response (UNDP)
- CAMBODIA | Platforms for Real-time Information Systems (PRISM) (WFP)
- HORN OF AFRICA | Satellite Technologies, Innovative and Smart Financing for Food Security (SATISFy) (GRP)
- NEPAL | Community rebuilding app (UNDP)
- ZAMBIA | Maano Virtual Farmers Market (WFP)
- BANGLADESH and TOGO | Forecast-based Financing (FbF) (IFRC)
For more details see the following:
- Report from the event – coming soon!
- Agenda for the event
- Description of innovations being presented
- Speaker bios