Call for Innovation
JULY 2015
Over the next 30 years, the global community has an extraordinary opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty. That will not be easy, given a global context where two billion more people will be added to today's 7.3 billion; 90% of humanity will live in low and middle-income countries; and crucial new disruptive influences and demands on natural resources and human capital will need to be confronted. Finding innovative solutions to complex development challenges will be essential, driving progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and enabling billions of people to overcome hardship and reach their full potential.
In 2015, the IDIA members issued a joint 'Call for Innovation in International Development' to mark the importance of adopting new approaches to continuing development challenges. This document includes a shared IDIA definition of innovation from a development perspective, and also outlines six key Principles to facilitate innovation that were agreed by the IDIA members:
Invest in locally-driven solutions
Take intelligent risks
Use evidence to drive decision-making
Fail fast and iterate
Facilitate collaboration and co-creation across sectors
Identify scalable solutions
The IDIA 'Call for Innovation' is also available in French.
