Author: sameena
UNESCO launches a call for projects driven by young people
Thanks to BRAC USA for sharing this! Interesting opportunity for young people. © UNESCO / Rajneesh Bhandari UNESCO launches a call for projects in order to identify and support 15 action projects (... Read More
Mediating the ICT4D landscape: Exploring Unique Identifiers and Frontline Data Collection Technologies
Guest post by Gayatri Sahgal (Student of Masters in Public Policy, Taubman Center, Brown University). The proliferation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has redefined the way in which i... Read More
Universal Access to Modern Energy: Engaging BRAC to ‘EnDev’ Activities
According to a UNDP publication, 1.4 billion people across the globe lack access to electricity (85% of whom live in rural areas). Looking at the global context, the energy access challenge is particu... Read More
Engaging Youth: Going Beyond Skills
In Bangladesh, close to two million young people join the workforce annually. Many of the opportunities are not that of employment in the formal sector, but rather entrepreneurship in the growing info... Read More
STAR: Building Workforce and Entrepreneurs
Few days back Social Innovation Lab team along with Pushpita Apa, who is currently in charge of setting up low cost secondary schools project, went for a field visit, in Savar, Dhaka. The project we w... Read More
Business Incubation: A Step Towards Sustainable Development
The blog post I am writing today is to share the idea of business incubation and involvement of development sector in this, apparently, profit driven concept. The reason I tried to bring in this topic... Read More
A global glimpse of innovation at BRAC
Last month, the Social Innovation Lab had the opportunity and honor to arrange Innovation Day, where colleagues from all countries where BRAC has its interventions gathered to learn about innov... Read More
COOL Tech for development
“Development Sector.” As soon as we hear this phrase, the first thing that comes in our mind is poor areas where people are suffering to meet even their basic needs. By most definitions, basic “... Read More