USAID invites applications for new contest

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has invited applications for a new challenge competition to strengthen the innovation ecosystem for humanitarian challenges and community resilience in Bangladesh.

The challenge will create stronger support structures for innovators and humanitarian actors to develop, test and scale innovations that complement traditional humanitarian response and build long-term community resilience, according to a statement issued on Wednesday.

This is urgent at a time when both the frequency and scale of humanitarian crises are increasing and compounded by climate change - the humanitarian community's ability to respond is stretched thin, it said.

The challenge is part of the Accelerating Innovation for Resilience (AI4Resilience) initiative in Bangladesh, implemented by the US-based nonprofit Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) in partnership with Spring Activator, a global incubator, accelerator, and advisory firm.

The AI4Resilience Challenge supports the co-creation of solutions to catalyse the supply and scale of innovations for community-led humanitarian response and long-term resilience.

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