MSF Innovation Round-Up 2020

This 2020 MSF Innovation Round-Up Report is a continuation of a small MSF Innovation workshop held at the end of 2020 with several leads from across the movement. This workshop served as a space for sharing learning of innovation successes and failures and a platform to discuss what may be next for the MSF Innovation ecosystem. 

During this session it became clear that the participants shared a desire to more systematically communicate their value and activities to the wider movement, to more effectively root innovation efforts in field needs, and to identify a reporting mechanism to support progress and monitor key indicators over time. Two tangible action ideas in particular emerged to help to address these points - first, to generate an annual MSF innovation report and second, to establish a shared web page showcasing MSF Innovation and direct to relevant resources. 

This highlevel 2020 round-up document aims to start the conversation and collaboration leading to the first full report in 2021 and is by no means a definitive standard for how we may track developments year-on-year, but rather a baseline to better understand where we are now  and how we may want to proceed. 

As we consider what the upcoming first iteration of the MSF innovation annual report may look like at the end of 2021 it is clear we still have a number of questions to discuss as a group including what metrics should be used to measure collective progress, how do we define ‘innovation’ at MSF (anything that is new to MSF?) and how should the website and annual report fit with existing efforts such as MSF Makes and Who What?