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2nd Tech Pioneers Awards
IFRC Solferino Academy — MDH Challenge, Apply now
Connect Technology Conference
2025 — Doha, Qatar
Welcome to the
IFRC Solferino Academy
Think and Do Tank
MDH Challenge
Responses to Misinformation, Disinformation
and Harmful information (MDH)
TL;DR
This competition seeks tech–based responses to counteract MDH
This competition is for National Society staff and volunteers
This competition has two categories, Existing Projects and Future Projects.
Win a trip to the Connect Summit in Doha, funding, mentorship, tech consultancy and more.
Deadline: March 16, 2025
IFRC Solferino Academy Annual Report
2024
Who we are, what we do and why
Leadership voices
How can we Better Mobilise Communities?
A Series of Interviews with Leaders Inspiring and mobilising volunteerism - is one of the transformations in the IFRC Strategy 2030,...
Transformational leadership is pivotal for the survival of the National Societies
Mrs Terez Curry, the President of the Bahamas Red Cross, shares her thoughts about the pivotal role of transformational leadership for...
IFRC Solferino Academy Framework on Leadership (for the future)
Thought pieces
Navigating AI biases: ChatGPT, DALL-E and humanitarian workers
In a recent workshop on Generative Artificial Intelligence in the IFRC network, participants asked "How can we ensure that AI-driven...
The (tenuous) case for hope
The (tenuous) case for hope – Originally published in the MIHA Bulletin People have been predicting the end of the world since the...
Do you hear the winds of change
From November 9 to December 15, 2023, we explored the collective wisdom of our vibrant IFRC Network through a global survey. A total...
Documents
Digital Identity – An Analysis for the Humanitarian Sector Final
Digital IdentityAn Analysis for the humanitarian sector This research report was commissioned by the International Federation of Red...
IFRC Data & Digital Week Report
IFRC Data & Digital Week 2021 Report During the first ever IFRC Data & Digital week, April 19-23, 2021, our global network...
Disaster drills in Virtual Reality
Have you ever experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) training with Virtual Reality (VR) technology? In order to support the...
Innovation Stories
The necessary interoperability of systems between organisations
Interoperability of systems can change the way organisations deliver aid, restoring people's dignity and ensuring safer and faster...
Traverse: Insights from Australian Red Cross creating, designing and ending a digital identity platform
There is a long-standing challenge within the humanitarian sector – the slow process of onboarding and managing staff and volunteers...
Limitless wins 2022 Global Good Award – Monash Action Lab + IFRC Solferino Academy
Action Lab researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology and the International Federation of Red...
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
Chatbots in COVID response: Extending our reach with automated text messaging
Overview We all want to be connected. During the response to a threat like COVID, the need for rapid information sharing and new...
What we’ve learned at The Solferino Academy about running virtual meetings
Kendra Allenby/CartoonCollectionsThe Solferino Academy began convening virtual workshops in Mid-March 2020, connecting people in...
Are we living in someone else’s future or are we creating our own?
It is obvious that in a turbulent environment that is in a state of constant change and new emerging humanitarian needs, the Red Cross...
Insights and Inspirations
Relationships as drivers of change?
Insights and questions from the first edition of FutureFellows What are the attitudes and behaviours we need to nurture as we move...
Review Your IFRC Data Playbook v1
We’ve spent over a year designing, upgrading, and testing content for the IFRC Data Playbook v1. Thousands of hours by over 270...
We wrote a book with 200 Contributors and 120 pieces of content!
Wow! Over the past 11 months, we’ve been digging into ‘data is a team sport with special events (sprints), learning and training. All...
The Strategic Foresight Book
Embrace uncertainty as an opportunity to shape tomorrow
Have you got something to say?
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)