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Innovating against poverty and inequality
The Fund for Innovation in Development aims to support promising ideas with high potential for impact against poverty and inequality, rigorously evaluate their effectiveness and accelerate their deployment on a larger scale.
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Introduction
Evaluating innovative initiatives in synergy with the academic world
FID finances innovative initiatives led by all types of organisations including research institutions, NGOs, governments, companies, etc. Its unique funding methodology by incremental stages is adapted to the different phases of implementation and evaluation of innovations. This facilitates the deployment of solutions with rigorously tested and validated impacts.
Our Missions
Supporting the innovation cycle of projects
FID provides support through a grant process structured in five stages, which correspond to the different phases of conceiving, validating, and deploying an innovation.
Acting as leverage for scale
FID supports the expansion of emerging or growing innovations by supporting the scaling up of proven solutions.
Encouraging innovation wherever it comes from
FID accepts applications from all types of organisations. Only projects led by individuals or multilateral organisations are not eligible to apply.
Key figures
A tangible impact
2500
applications received since the opening of the call for proposals
49
innovative projects funded since 2021
22,5M €
committed by FID since 2021
60%
of projects funded in FID’s priority sectors: climate, gender, education, health
The projects
49supported innovations
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Localize small-scale cotton ginning processes to improve the income of rural cotton growers in Kenya
Kenya
Agriculture
Improve the decision-making process of the Ministry of Grassroots Development, Youth and Youth Employment to reduce poverty in Togo
Togo
Employment
Contributing to the socio-professional rehabilitation of detainees using effective multimedia educational services
Cambodia
Education
Process unsold avocados into valuable new products to support smallholder farmers in Kenya
Kenya
Economic Development
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