Rewiring education for youth on-the-move by rewiring how we collaborate

By Leila Toplic (NetHope), Emma Bonar (Mercy Corps), Judith Flick (War Child Holland) Earlier this week, RewirEd Summit convened over 2,000 education stakeholders from 60+ countries to engage in discussions on three key pressing areas in education globally: Youth, Skills and the Future of Work; Innovation in Education; and Education Financing. EdTech Collective* was invited … Continued

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Four practical actions for innovating responsibly in the nonprofit sector

Local mappers are using OpenStreetMap to contribute data and create community powered maps.  By Leila Toplic, Head of Emerging Technologies Initiative, NetHope and Bo Percival, Director Technology and Innovation, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Our world is facing an ever more intense and protracted humanitarian crises and as a result, the pressure to bring the best, … Continued

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NetHope announces Strategic Alignment Initiative for the 2030 SDGs, publishes meta-analysis of 50+ nonprofit’s strategies

Informing an Uncertain Future In the last 5 years, the world has experienced an unprecedented series of layered crises that have vastly complicated the path to accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world, and particularly nation states, multilateral agencies, and global nonprofits are being forced to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, disasters amplified in … Continued

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Discovering benchmarks and enabling funding for the journey to NGO cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for all Whether it’s stolen credit card numbers or the security of election systems, digital protection online is increasingly center stage in our collective lives. The same is increasingly true for the NGO/nonprofit sector. Once thought to be ignored by most hackers and other malicious actors, an increasing amount of … Continued

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Digital ID in humanitarian contexts: Lessons learned and what’s next

By Leila Toplic, Head of Emerging Technologies Initiative, NetHope Digital identity is inevitable. How we design it and use it is up to us. The time is now to get it right for the individuals and our society.  Digital identity is quickly becoming the foundation of our increasingly digital and data-driven society. At the end … Continued

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NetHope 20th Anniversary Summit: Lessons Learned & Looking Forward

By Dianna Langley, Senior Director of Engagement and Robyn Baroh, Membership Manager So many strides have been made in the past twenty years just from one simple idea - we believe that through collaboration, technology can be used to change the world! And through this simple idea, we have indeed made a collective impact in … Continued

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