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Pillar

Creating Conditions for Innovation

Innovation in Kiribati isn’t only about new technology — it’s about creating the conditions where communities, local organizations, and young people can test ideas, learn quickly, and improve what already works. Across dispersed islands, solutions must be practical, low-cost, and adaptable to different atoll realities. We help turn local insights into workable pilots that can grow into sustainable programs.

We focus on the systems that make innovation possible: access to information, basic tools and infrastructure, skills training, and spaces where people can collaborate. That includes supporting community-led problem solving, strengthening local institutions to plan and deliver projects, and using evidence to guide decisions — not assumptions.

By building pathways from small experiments to wider adoption, we help communities move from “trying something once” to developing resilient, repeatable approaches. Over time, this creates a culture of learning and improvement that strengthens climate resilience, livelihoods, and services — even when resources are limited.

Programs

Programs under this pillar