French Red Cross’ Transformation & Innovation Strategy: an example of organisational change While the State faces more...
How this National Society is seeking to transform itself to be more fit for future challenges
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Welcome to the
IFRC Solferino Academy
Think and Do Tank
Thought pieces
What if we need to change but do nothing?
Some perspectives on organisational transformation in the Movement. Reading the latest update on the Strategy 2030 ‘Platform for...
Money matters: delivering cash to people in crisis
Much has been said about cash aid (I use this as a far from perfect shorthand for delivering cash and voucher assistance). Is it...
Watch. Vote. Share. Help Choose the Best.
We asked people around the world to create life-saving videos that help others prepare for disasters – in 60 seconds or less.
Out of hundreds of submissions, our expert judges have shortlisted 25 powerful and creative videos. Now it’s your turn to help us choose the most impactful one.
MDH Challenge: Meet the Winners
Bold. Smart.
Game-changing.
Over 200 powerful ideas.
One shared mission: to fight misinformation, disinformation, and harmful content with tech, creativity, and community.
We asked Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers to show us how they’re tackling MDH — either through proven projects already making waves or bold new ideas ready to shake the system.
From AI-powered truth tools and myth-busting blood donation drives, to climate communication platforms and community podcasts — what we received was a surge of brilliance from around the world.
Now, it’s time to meet the changemakers.
Leadership voices
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IFRC Solferino Academy Annual Report
2024
Who we are, what we do and why
IFRC Solferino Academy Framework on Leadership (for the future)
Trends and Transformation
The IFRC Solferino always experiment and develops new approaches to tackle complex humanitarian challenges. Following the trends and applying them to our own problems helps us prototype and imagine innovative solutions
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Innovation Stories
Interesting Times for Infrastructure
Originally published April 4 on Medium As a Technical Team lead specialising in Networks and Telephony for British Red Cross, our team...
Beirut after the explosion: how technology is playing a vital role
Photo credits: Lebanese Red Cross The year 2020 in Lebanon, kick-started with ongoing revolutions, an economic crisis, a political...
Kazakhstan: IFRC and Red Crescent launch bot to counter COVID misinformation
Originally published on ifrc.org, Feb 19 Budapest/Almaty, 19 February 2021 – A social media chatbot has been launched in an innovative...
Insights and Inspirations
Mapping COVID volunteers’ experience and insights
Volunteers and their stories during every emergency inspire us. Connecting a global RCRC volunteer and humanitarian network across the...
Service Behind the Screen
COVID-19 ushers in Tele-Volunteering Tree planting, home building, food service, elder care. These traditional volunteer activities...
Pass The Torch
On the occasion of the 24th of June 2020, A thought, a word, to the leaders of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...
The Strategic Foresight Book
Embrace uncertainty as an opportunity to shape tomorrow
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Call for Papers
Do you have a story of change, a tale of transformation or innovation insights to share with our network? Share your idea with us, and we will tell the story together.
The IFRC Solferino Academy helps National Societies of the IFRC network transform so they can be more fit for the challenges and opportunities of the future. We aim to help National Societies be more anticipatory, agile and innovative.
We do this in alignment with the transformation priorities of the IFRC Strategy 2030 and the IFRC Agenda for Renewal.
Our three areas of focus are;
We help leaders transform for the future
We support leadership in all its forms to develop the capabilities and insights needed to lead transformation, adapt to changing realities and to build systems and cultures for change.
We are a Think Tank for the IFRC Network
We provide platforms for new thinking and approaches where National Societies can learn from others and strengthen their own strategies and transformation processes.
We catalyse and promote Innovation
We develop initiatives that help promote innovation and the enabling environments necessary for it to thrive in our network.
Our Major Partner is the Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross)