Thedevelopmentlandscapeischangingdrama3callyandtheseshi5s can be an opportunity to re-think the way theinterna3onal community addresses global poverty, inequalityanddiscrimina3onworldwide.Overthepastthreeyears,UNDPhas tested promising approaches to improve its effec3venessand innovate with partners. For UNDP, innova3on fordevelopment means using the most up-to-date concepts andmeans available to achieve change. It is about finding beHerwaystocreateimpactforpeopleandtheplanet,tostrengthenresilienceandbuildmoreinclusivesocie3es.

UNDP’sInnova3onFacilityprovidestwoservicelines:

Supports Governments in crea3ng the nextgenera3on of public services and enhancing theinnova3oncapaci3esofthepublicsector;and

SupportsUNDPCountryOfficestoexplorepromisingpathwaysforgreater impactandprovidesthespaceforco-designandexperimenta3on.

In2014,UNDP launched the Innova3onFacilityasadedicatedfunding mechanism that nurtures promising developmentinterven3ons on the ground. A diverse global team based inAddisAbaba,Amman,Bangkok,Istanbul,NewYorkandPanamaCity scans the horizon to iden3fy promising approaches andtechnologies used by the private and public sector. TheInnova3on Facility takes a porYolio approach to compare theeffec3veness of promising concepts, promotes calculated risk-taking and ‘working out loud’ to learn and iden3fy effec3vewaysofdesigningsolu3onsaroundtheneedsofthepeopleandcommuni3esaffectedbydevelopmentchallenges.

Todate the Innova3onFacilityhas funded102 ini3a3ves in73countries, and coun3ng – almost 70% of which are least-developed, landlocked, small island developing countries orcrisis-affectedcontexts.Theseini3a3vesrangedfromtherovinginnova3on lab in a bus for entrepreneurs in Hai3, the Ebolahealth emergency in West Africa, and foresight planning inRwanda, Sudan and Tonga, to co-designing ci3zen feedbackloops for more responsive Governments in Bangladesh, Côted’Ivoire, El Salvador, the Maldives and Papua New Guinea. Itincludesre-designingpublicservicesthroughco-designwiththeend-users in Moldova, Macedonia and Egypt to seeng-upInnova3on Labs to foster entrepreneurship and ci3zen-drivensolu3ons in Armenia, Georgia and Zimbabwe as well asexploringthepoten3alofbigdatawithprivatesectorpartnersin China and real-3me monitoring of the SustainableDevelopmentGoalsinTunisia.

GrantsfromtheInnova3onFacilityareaformofcataly3cseedcapitalandsofarhavebeendeliberatelysmallandcombinedamix of ini3a3ves linked to ongoing projects as well as newendeavours. Ini3a3ves are asked to incorporate clear scalingpathways from the incep3on.Apreliminaryassessmentof the2014ini3a3vesshowsanuptaketogreaterscaleinalmost65%ofthecases.LearnmoreintheFacility’s‘2014-YearinReview’report,availableonundp.org/innova3on.

As for all innova3ons, successful ini3a3ves must offer scalepoten3al. In2016,theInnova3onFacility isgearinguptoscalepromising ini3a3ves from 2014 and 2015, as well as take onnewchallengesespeciallyinthesefourareas:

Transparent&AccountableGovernmentsSuppor3ng ci3zen engagement through thedevelopment of responsive feedback mechanismsandpathways.

AdaptablePlanning

Providingstrategicforesightservicestogovernmentsto strengthen the flexibility and preparedness ofna3onalplanninginstruments,togetherwithUNDP’sGlobalCentreforPublicServiceExcellence.

StrengtheningCommunityResilienceEstablishing spaces to co-design solu3ons to socialproblems through innova3on labs and camps forci3zens,par3cularly youth.This includesdevelopingprototype ini3a3ves in the run-up of the WorldHumanitarian Summit with partners to beHerrespond to protracted humanitar ian anddevelopmentcrises.

EmbracingBigDataU3lising digital data sources to inform projects andprogrammes, especially to lay the founda3on forsolid and real-3me monitoring of the SustainableDevelopmentGoals.

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Here are three sample pipeline ini3a3ves which holdsignificant scale poten3al and for which we are ac3velyseekingaddi3onalpartnersandfunds.

SocialImpactInvestment

What are the hidden social costs of notadequately inves3ng in educa3on and publichealth for women? Together with UNICEF andGovernmentpartnersweseektocalculatethese,set-up Social Impact Investments and measurewhether the investments reduce the long-termsocialcosts.

Re-designingpublicservicedeliveryThe Innova3onFacilitysupportsgovernments intes3ng and refining ideas to create provenmodels that speak to their policy goals whiledeveloping a shared, government-wideinfrastructure for innova3on. This opens upavenues to explore poten3al solu3ons forforthcomingpriori3essuchasthemonitoringofSDGs and examining the role of non-tradi3onaldata in informing pol icy. UNDP offersgovernments a compelling service line that candiagnoseproblems,assessopportuni3es,inspireearly champions and address persistentchallengesatna3onalandsub-na3onallevels.

DatadrivendevelopmentinvestmentsThroughthisinterven3on,theInnova3onFacilityseekstotestoutthepayment-by-resultbusinessmodel in the UNDP context, by employingbehavioural insights as a methodology andrandomised control trials as an approach ofevalua3on. This ini3a3ve, in collabora3on withthe Behavioural Insights Unit, explores thepoten3alofthisinnova3vefinancingmechanismand rigorous evalua3on approach across avariety of development challenges in Asia-Pacific,EasternEuropeandCentralAsia.

The Innova3on Facility is made possible with generouscontribu3ons from the Government of Denmark and co-investmentfromUNDP.

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connect with the UNDP INNOVATION FACILITY

VISIT undp.org/innovationEmail innovator.support@undp.orgJoin unteamworks.org/innovationFollow @undp_innovation & #inno4dev on Twitter

Business Incubation

UNDP Mongolia

PROTOTYPING

UNDP CYPRUS

Foresight

UNDP Tonga

Innovation Camp

UNDP Egypt

roving innovation lab

UNDP HAITI

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