Climate and disasters Climate-related impacts are expected to intensify significantly in the coming years, deepening struggles for...
Welcome to the
IFRC Solferino Academy
Think and Do Tank
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.

Trends and Transformation
Future of work
Future of work Advances in technologies will result in workforce shifts and a youth bulge grappling with the lack of productive...
Participation and engagement
Participation and engagement The nature of volunteering is changing; communities are engaging with social, humanitarian, and...
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
6 things we need to be great at during S2030
Going to scale: In 2016, I attended a roundtable to discuss plans to mitigate a major hunger crisis in southern Africa. Agencies and...
Nine Trends that will shape how National Societies will work together during Strategy 2030
At British Red Cross, we’ve been writing our international strategy at the same time as the Strategy 2030 consultations have been...

IFRC Solferino Academy Annual Report
2024
Who we are, what we do and why
IFRC Solferino Academy Framework on Leadership (for the future)
Thought pieces
Baking Social Impact Business into Sustainable Humanitarian Financing Model
When you are baking, you know every single ingredient serves for a different function, and if the backbone of the recipe is lacking,...
Intelligence collective de crise : Aperçus et leçons clés du Cameroun et du Népal
Co-écrit par la Croix-Rouge du Népal, la Croix-Rouge du Cameroun, et l'Académie de Solférino de la FICR La Croix-Rouge et le...
Collective Crisis Intelligence: Insights and key lessons from Cameroon and Nepal
Co-written by Nepal Red Cross, Cameroon Red Cross, and IFRC Solferino Academy The Red Cross Red Crescent works in communities around...
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Innovation Stories
“And the numbers continued to rise! Today, over 100 youths are now freelancers and earning a decent livelihood.”
A Limitless impact story from Kenya After I joined the Limitless Youth Innovation Academy, I was confident enough that my initiative...
“We came up with a handmade, reusable solution that reduces the cost of menstrual pads by 75% to 90% annually.”
A Limitless impact story from Uganda Hello! my name is Esther, and I am a youth volunteer from the Uganda Red Cross. I'm excited to...
“We couldn’t believe it, we saw depression and anxiety levels reduced by 80% among children and teenagers!”
A Limitless impact story from Ecuador Hola! My name is Darwin Carvallo, and I am an Ecuadorian Red Cross youth volunteer and one of...
Insights and Inspirations
Pilot with us – Data is a team sport (updated)
Data is a team sport. Across the IFRC and National Societies, we use data and data literacy in our delivery of humanitarian services....
Evolving and Iterating the Data Playbook V1 during our second co-creation sprint
Introduction We are hosting iterative sprints to design and get input to the development of the Data Playbook V1. We launched...
Design your next community-driven event: lessons from Data and Digital Week
April 2021 saw the Red Cross Red Crescent’s first-ever week-long, participant-driven and fully virtual event organised around one...
The Strategic Foresight Book
Embrace uncertainty as an opportunity to shape tomorrow
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Call for Papers
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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)