Background
For those in the international development community – governments, the private sector, civil society, academia and/or development agencies – innovation and scaling require a commitment to doing things differently, and to find new ways of working together that transcend traditional boundaries to deliver greater impact at pace.
This is particularly important given that many actors working in development are already challenged by the need to achieve more with limited or reduced resources.
In response to this challenge, in 2015 The Rockefeller Foundation provided leadership and resources to convene some of the world’s leading development innovation funders to form The International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA).
The International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA) is a collaborative platform with the shared goal of “actively promoting and advancing innovation as a means to help achieve sustainable development”, including through the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Our Mission
To actively promote and advance innovation as a means to help achieve sustainable development.
In Practice
IDIA activities are collaborative initiatives supported by subsets of IDIA Member agencies (and sometimes external partners too). They align with IDIA Learning Themes and may be focused on:
Raising the profile of innovation. Leveraging the collective voice and networks of IDIA Members to raise awareness of, and support for, innovation as a tool for enhancing development impact.
Synthesising knowledge and learning. Co-creating tools, frameworks and approaches to enable quality, localized innovation policies and processes.
Catalyzing collaboration and experimentation. Convening local and global actors around innovation programming in order to accelerate development impact.