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Emerging technology<\/h1>\n

The technological revolution is dramatically changing how we live and work. How do we support communities to take advantage of these opportunities and invest in these rapid changes to enhance the effectiveness of our work?<\/b>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.3.1″ custom_padding=”45px|0px|54px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_margin=”8px|||” _builder_version=”3.2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.3.1″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”justify” header_font_size=”38px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” text_orientation=”justified”]New technologies are transforming the world and how people live and work. Data analytics, robotics, and artificial intelligence are just a few examples of transformative technology that can positively impact RCRC capacity to address humanitarian and development need. Already, scientific and technological innovation is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres. Data, machine learning and other technological advancements can help forecast disasters and crises and provide stronger sources for analysis and insight on a range of issues. Technologies like blockchain are being tested as a means to provide digital identity to those that might have lost physical identification documents as they cross borders, and for their potential to revolutionise<\/g> financial markets and public ledgers.\u00a0\u00a0 These changes are evolving rapidly and require constant investment and experimentation to understand and apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, there are risks with emerging technologies, that the benefits will not \u00a0be<\/g> felt by all, and the digital divide can create further inequality for those left behind. Current discourse is also emerging around the implications and risks of ethics and biases inbuilt into artificial intelligence algorithms that might further perpetuate inequality. In addition, increasing awareness and concerns around data privacy rights and changing privacy legislation is already forcing humanitarian organisations<\/g> to re-think the privacy rights of data subjects. There are also concerns about digital technologies dislocating people from each other, contributing to social and mental health issues, and there are emerging risks to be monitored around cyberwarfare<\/g> and malicious intent, particularly as many of our services carry sensitive digital information. Furthermore, as our operations and structures increasingly come to rely on digital platforms, we will face greater risks in protecting that data and our operational mechanisms.<\/p>\n

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Recognising that in a more globalised world citizens have complex needs that no longer fit traditional approaches and assumptions, and that the exponential growth in technology and consumption has led to a surge in experimentation, governments, corporations and start-ups alike are testing different approaches to programs and policy making<\/g>, ways of working, engaging and understanding their end user<\/g>\/citizens.\u00a0 Organisations are recognizing that the sources and consumers of data have changed \u2013 often with affected communities playing lead roles in both spheres.<\/p>\n

To capitalise<\/g> on opportunities to better connect with our communities and people,<\/g> requires a constant process of horizon scanning, experimentation and diffusion of new technologies and approaches. The trend analysis undertaken for Strategy 2020 did not identify social media as an emerging issue, but just 10 years later, it has transformed the way we conduct our work. However, the process of transformation and adoption of social media has taken a long time to implement, and we lag behind many organisations<\/g>. An approach that treats innovation as an integral component across all our internal processes and policies will be required.<\/p>\n

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Considerations and tension points for the Red Cross and Red Crescent<\/h2>\n