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Digitalisation in Humanitarian Action: the path forward
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Welcome to the
IFRC Solferino Academy
Think and Do Tank
World
Disasters
Report
2026
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...
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
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...
Adapting to and experimenting with new technologies and dynamics
Emerging technology The technological revolution is dramatically changing how we live and work. How do we support communities to take...
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Innovation Stories
“Volunteer “Mental Health Activators” are already being trained to organize local mental health activities and distribute CareBoxes in their communities.”
A Limitless Impact Story from Thailand In 2019, 800 Thai youths took their own lives, and over 10,000 calls from youth were received...
“The power of digital media allows youth to work with no limits. Our digital campaigns have reached more than 65,000 users.”
A Limitless impact story from Indonesia During the COVID-19 pandemic, as a youth volunteer from the Indonesian Red Cross, I was seeing...
“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...
Insights and Inspirations
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...
Sprint to join a shared learning journey on data literacy
What is the data playbook? The IFRC Data Playbook is a collection of social learning materials for developing data skills for...
Data is a team sport: Co-Creating V1 of the Data Playbook
“Telling a National Society that you want to support them with data literacy can be confusing and unclear. Data literacy is a broad...
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)