Innovative: The projects shall aim for transformational impact bettering the lives of people affected by humanitarian crises, develop more sustainable solutions and/or contribute to more cost-efficient utilization of humanitarian funds. Projects with a high degree of innovation will be prioritised.
Humanitarian-private partnerships: The projects shall define how private sector is contributing (or will contribute) to the innovation project.
Direct impact for beneficiaries: The projects shall impact people affected by crises/disasters. The applicant must describe expected involvement of affected people in the innovation process and how they may be impacted by the outcome.
Scalable solutions: The projects shall aim for scaling, which refers to the process of replicating and/or adapting an innovation across large populations and geographies for transformational impact.
Leadership commitment: The projects must ensure leadership commitment and sufficient resource allocation.
Sustainability: The projects will be considered across the three dimensions of sustainability; social, environmental and economic effect, as well as handling of risks related to cross cutting issues; including human rights, gender equality, anti-corruption, climate and environment.
Humanitarian principles: The projects shall be conducted in accordance with the humanitarian principles; humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independency.
Knowledge transfer: The projects must include activities for the sharing of knowledge with other organisations that engage in humanitarian response to ensure broader learning outcomes for the sector.
Sourcing of products and solutions: The projects must ensure an open innovation process and a transparent and competitive procurement.
Project length: Maximum project length is two years from the grant letter has been signed.
Reporting: All grant recipients are required to present to Innovation Norway a brief report on how the funds have been spent and the results of the project within two months after the project is completed. The report should also present a brief executive summary of the project.
The grant recipient is responsible for monitoring and review of the project, including an evaluation of the solutions and the results, in line with the organisation’s results framework methodology.
Project steering groups: In order to lessen the burden of reporting, provide support and ensure progress in the projects, Innovation Norway will take part in project steering group meetings on a regular basis.
Surveys: Surveys are conducted on a regular basis to evaluate Innovation Norway. The grant recipient is expected to answer any such survey initiated by Innovation Norway or by any Norwegian Ministry.