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Humanitarian Tech Lab
Rapid prototyping of technology-driven humanitarian and development responses.
The Humanitarian Tech Lab offers a practical way to explore technology-enabled responses to humanitarian and development challenges. It helps organisations define a problem, understand user needs, examine possible solutions and test early concepts before committing to a wider investment. The focus is on learning what is useful and feasible in the real operating context.
What Empathia can support
• Challenge scoping and problem definition.
• User research, stakeholder consultations and co-design workshops.
• Exploration of relevant tools, including geospatial applications, data visualisation and digital feedback approaches.
• Development of prototype concepts or proof-of-concept plans, with technical partners where appropriate.
• Testing concepts and gathering user feedback in an agreed setting.
• Assessment of feasibility, accessibility, privacy, security and operational suitability.
• Documentation of lessons and recommendations for further development.
What Empathia can support
• Challenge scoping and problem definition.
• User research, stakeholder consultations and co-design workshops.
• Exploration of relevant tools, including geospatial applications, data visualisation and digital feedback approaches.
• Development of prototype concepts or proof-of-concept plans, with technical partners where appropriate.
• Testing concepts and gathering user feedback in an agreed setting.
• Assessment of feasibility, accessibility, privacy, security and operational suitability.
• Documentation of lessons and recommendations for further development.