story on creative solution to a challenging situation in 650 words.
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At UNICEF, Innovation is not just another buzz word used casually, but a serious practice being followed by a team of experts around the world who are working hard to find sustainable solutions to the problems faced by women and children everywhere. This fact was highlighted by the launch of the UNICEF Global Innovation Centre (GIC) and Innovation Fund (IF) on the 7thof May 2015 in New York Headquarters, during which over 200 UNICEF staff and special guests gained special access to view some of the amazing innovations the Innovation team has been hard at work on in the field over the last seven years, including six notable innovations that are going to scale in 2015.
The GIC and the IF were created in order to accelerate the way in which UNICEF innovates, providing leadership and valuable resources to help scale-up proven innovative solutions from the local and country levels to the global level, supportive of south-south collaboration. As Chris Fabian, Co-Lead of the Innovation Unit in New York puts it, “the GIC and the IF are two vehicles internally that help our Country Office colleagues do their work better, faster and connect across thematic areas, across borders, regions, and time zones.”
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the GIC, along with the IF and 12 other Innovation Labs around the world, is guided by nine key Innovation Principles, which emphasize the “importance of designing with the end-user, understanding the ecosystem, designing for scale, using open source data available to the public, and being collaborative by engaging with diverse expertise across multiple disciplines and sharing best practices widely.” These principles have enabled the team to help find cost-effective solutions that reduce inequities and accelerate results for children, changing the way UNICEF works in the field and in emergency situations.
(Mark as a brainalist)