Benjamin Kumpf
benjaminkumpf.bsky.social
Benjamin Kumpf
@benjaminkumpf.bsky.social
Head of the OECD Innovation and Digital for Development Facility. Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and IE Madrid. Part-time social activist, chiefly impatient when it comes to changing the status quo.
[Love this] UNICEF Innovation Venture Fund is calling for applications from startups in emerging economies working on fem tech solutions, to improve the health, wellness & socio-economic participation of girls & women.

More info here: unicef.link/FemTechCall
Application deadline: 8 May 2025
Equity-Free Funding Opportunity for Fem Tech Solutions
Improving the health, wellbeing and socio-economic participation of women and girls.
unicef.link
March 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Curious about mission-oriented innovation, and when a mission might be an appropriate policy response? In our OECD Mission Action Lab, we developed and tested a 4-step “Mission Litmus Test”: oecd-opsi.org/blog/when-to...
When to choose a ‘mission’ approach? - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
This post was co-authored by the experts from the OECD Mission Action Lab, a joint initiative of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, the OECD Directorate of Public Governance,...
oecd-opsi.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our latest publication: Policy Guidance on Scaling, from the OECD Development Assistance Committee.

This guidance seeks to help funders to design and implement initiatives on a scale that effectively addresses systemic constraints and sustains positive impact over time. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
DAC Guidance on Scaling Development Outcomes
This Guidance will help providers of development co-operation design and implement initiatives on a scale that effectively addresses systemic constraints in low- and middle-income partner countries, a...
www.oecd.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM