Who We Are

Our mission is to support BRAC’s work of empowering people and communities in situations of poverty, low literacy, disease and social injustice. We test, prototype and adapt and collaborate with programmes to achieve large scale, positive changes in the communities that we work in. In line with BRAC’s economic and social programmes that work to create opportunities for everyone to realise their potential, we incubate, adapt and mainstream innovation within and outside BRAC by generating quick insights and redesigning service delivery models. Putting people at the core of what we do is our principle.

A world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. We align ourselves with the broader organisational vision of BRAC of reaching 20 million people globally by the end of next decade. We are constantly collaborating with programmes and social enterprises to improve programme design, service delivery modalities, product development and client experience to serve the people we work for.

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What We Do

Crowdsourcing Innovation

Incubating, adapting and mainstreaming innovations.

The Frugal Innovation Forum is the biggest international conference of BRAC where we explore what has worked and what hasn’t, what to improve and what needs to be done, and where to go from here (and who to partner with). This helps the broader development sector audience to address critical discussions and work toward closing the remaining gaps in a sustainable way.

Programme Collaboration

Creating space for knowledge and partnerships.

In the context of Bangladesh, the rapid adoption of mobile money has created exciting opportunities to accelerate financial inclusion for people living in poverty, and particularly women.

Design and Behavioural Insights

Generating quick insights to foster impact driven innovation.

In May 2020, BRAC was awarded a $4 million grant from the DFID-Unilever Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC), to implement activities on the ground aimed at systematically change the hygiene practices of community members in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. For this year-long project, we are partnering alongside BRAC

Moonshots

Redesigning models and services putting people first.

An inclusive youth platform to develop active, enlightened, skillful and empathetic citizens for tomorrow, through a comprehensive package of 21st century skills training and community service projects. The platform also includes access to a larger network of partners and like-minded youth groups for future opportunities.

Incubation

Redesigning models and services putting people first.

Launched in October 2021, the STITCH for RMG: Global Innovation Challenge has finally come to an end after three-month-long rigorous competition to crowdsource innovations that can safeguard the livelihood of Bangladeshi women garment workers of the RMG industry. BRAC, H&M Foundation, and The Asia Foundation announced the six winners last Tuesday, 7 February 2022

Frontier Technology

Future of career and humanitarian response.

Integration of cutting-edge local manufacturing technologies and supply chain models for a groundbreaking approach to aid. Leveraging makerspaces to foster youth employability and entrepreneurship.

How We Do It

Our Approach to Innovation

Our guiding anchor is largely based on BRAC’s innovation ideals. ‘Innovation’ at BRAC means the development of a differentiated offering (or process) that empowers BRAC’s clients, partners and employees in a changing external context. All that we do is anchored by our mantras of innovation. Our approach to innovation can be easily understood by design, enterprise thinking, co-creation and frugal innovation components: