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News September 24, 2019

Innovation Challenge Winners Announced

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is delighted to announce the 16 winners of the latest GRP Innovation Challenge. The winning initiatives aim to build resilience at the intersection of Peace & Stability, Food & Water Security, and Disaster Resilience in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The challenge winners […]

September 19, 2019

Resilience Insights

The Resilience Insights Report distils and illuminates the latest evidence from across the breadth of the Global Resilience Partnership to inform future resilience programming at a time when it is more important than ever.

September 4, 2019

Synthesis of Global Resilience Challenge Results

Ten projects focused on transforming risks around shocks and stresses experienced across the target geographies into opportunities, with the overarching objective of reaching millions of people. Funded by USAID, each grantee received up to US$1.45 million to implement and scale up their resilience solutions. This synthesis stock-takes and synthesizes the progress made by the Global Resilience Challenge projects.

May 1, 2017

Inventory of Digital Technologies for Resilience in Asia- Pacific

This inventory was developed by FHI 360 through a grant provided by the Rockefeller Foundation in order to support the Global Resilience Partnership. It was primarily populated through a crowdsourced call for submissions that took place in March 2017. Given the crowdsourced nature of this inventory, responsibility for the accuracy of the content rests solely with the individuals who made submissions. Inclusion in this inventory is by no means an endorsement by the Rockefeller Foundation, FHI 360 or the Global Resilience Partnership.

News October 15, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Team Describes Winning Solution

The East Africa Field Director for the Trans African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO), Zachary Dunn, recently shared the news of his team’s selection as a winning team in the Global Resilience Challenge and discussed their resilience solution. Dunn gave a summary of what the team and their partners are planning to do with their Challenge funding: […]

News September 27, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Unveils Winning Solutions to Toughest Development Challenges

The Global Resilience Partnership announced today funding for eight teams to implement transformative resilience solutions to problems that threaten the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in countries including Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Philippines and Uganda. Teams participated in the Global Resilience Challenge, a multi-stage design competition that received nearly 500 […]

News February 17, 2015

16 Teams Selected to Develop Innovative Solutions to Global Resilience Challenges

The Global Resilience Partnership today announced 16 teams selected to move forward in the Global Resilience Challenge. Teams were chosen from among nearly 500 applicants across six continents. In applying for the Global Resilience Challenge, teams were asked to submit their vision and plan for taking a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach to solving the greatest […]

News February 6, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Teams Undergoing Final Consideration

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Global Resilience Challenge. A list of selected teams for Stage One of the Global Resilience Challenge have been recommended for advancement to Stage Two. These teams are currently undergoing final consideration and approval processes and a public announcement will be made as soon as this process is […]

News January 30, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Teams to be Informed February 6

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Global Resilience Challenge. The first round of the Challenge closed on November 30, and nearly 500 applications were submitted – a testament to the great interest in and need for building resilience in the Resilience Partnership’s focus regions of the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South […]