The UNIPOD: Harnessing youth creative thinking and innovation skills, to create a transformationa…

Innovation methods

Data sources

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Please be aware that the content herein has not been peer reviewed. It consists of personal reflections, insights, and learnings of the contributor(s). It may not be exhaustive, nor does it aim to be authoritative knowledge.

Learnings on your challenge

What are the top key insights you generated about your learning challenge during this Action Learning Plan? (Please list a maximum of 5 key insights)

The Learning cycle is still ongoing.

Considering the outcomes of this learning challenge, which of the following best describe the handover process? (Please select all that apply)

Our work has not yet scaled

Can you provide more detail on your handover process?

The UniPod is based at Copperbelt University, therefore the Copperbelt University will be taking over once handover is completed.

Please paste any link(s) to blog(s) or publication(s) that articulate the learnings on your frontier challenge.

Data and Methods

Relating to your types of data, why did you chose these? What gaps in available data were these addressing?

These methods were used to validate the proposed designs with the end users and contextulaise the objectives of the UniPod in Zambia

Why was it necessary to apply the above innovation method on your frontier challenge? How did these help you to unpack the system?

Partners

Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.

Please state the name of the partner:

Copperbelt University

What sector does your partner belong to?

Academia

Please provide a brief description of the partnership.

Main Implementing Partner: CBU will be hosting of the Unipod and direct Implementing Partner of the Hub. The Copperbelt University will lead sustainability efforts targeting partnership building coordination, scaling and networking with relevant Hubs, Universities, and the Private Secto

Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?

End

Bonus question: How did the interplay of innovation methods, new forms of data and unusual partners enable you to learn & generate insights, that otherwise you would have not been able to achieve?

The Project is still ongoing

Please upload any further supporting evidence / documents / data you have produced on your frontier challenge that showcase your learnings.

The UniPod Comes to Zambia: Creating Spaces for Youth Innovation | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)

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Innovation methods

Data sources

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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