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SyRIL

Syria Response Innovation Lab

Overview

After over 13 years of conflict, Syria faces one of the world’s most complex and enduring humanitarian crises. Today, more than 16.7 million people across the country require assistance, amid collapsing infrastructure, economic hardship, displacement, and limited access to basic services

In this challenging context, traditional humanitarian approaches alone are no longer sufficient. There is a growing need for locally driven, adaptive, and scalable solutions that can respond to Syria’s evolving needs.

The Syria Response Innovation Lab (SyRIL) is a collaborative platform that brings together humanitarian actors, civil society, academia, and the private sector to co-design and test innovative responses to humanitarian challenges. SyRIL creates space for practical experimentation, knowledge-sharing, and community-led problem solving, with a focus on relevance, impact, and inclusivity.

By enabling new partnerships and elevating local ideas, SyRIL supports a more agile, effective, and sustainable response for crisis-affected Syrians across the country.

  • Convene & Map

    We create ecosystem mapping and convene stakeholders to identify innovation challenges and set agenda in the local context.

  • MatchMaker & Broker

    We match innovation challenge holders and solution providers for collaborations; and we seek collaborations to bring more resources for innovation support.

  • Support & Co-create

    We support innovators and implementers in the humanitarian innovation system to enhance their ability to deliver on the ground.

  • Learn & Share

    We value evidence and learning. We constantly generate and share data, knowledge and tools for the wider community.

News & Updates

Updates
Learning Session: Understanding Ecosystems in Humanitarian Innovations
Learning Session: Understanding Ecosystems in Humanitarian Innovations

What can you learn? A breakdown of ecosystem components and their relevance to innovation in humanitarian settings; Case studies from Syria and Uganda offering real-world examples of ecosystem mapping and engagement; Tools and frameworks from the RIL to help practitioners identify and strengthen key relationships, flows, and enabling conditions in their contexts….and more!

Deep Dive into RIL’s Workshop | Report from NW Syria Challenge Mapping Workshops
Deep Dive into RIL’s Workshop | Report from NW Syria Challenge Mapping Workshops

Recognising the challenge brought by food insecurity, the Syria Response Innovation Lab (RIL), in collaboration with Field Ready Middle East, World Vision Syria Response (WVSR), and the Food Security Cluster (FS Cluster), organized two back-to-back workshops—one in Gaziantep, Türkiye, and another in Northwest Syria at the RIL. These workshops provided a platform for frontline responders to voice challenges, exchange insights, and collaboratively design solutions, fostering local ownership.

Share the Challenges on Food Security in Northwest Syria
Share the Challenges on Food Security in Northwest Syria

Your voice matters! This is your chance to contribute to shaping impactful solutions to address food insecurity in Northwest Syria. Let’s collaborate to tackle the region’s most pressing issues and create meaningful change.

Convener Report: WASH Challenge Mapping in NW Syria
Convener Report: WASH Challenge Mapping in NW Syria

How did we conduct the convener for challenge mapping in NW Syria? Read our full Convener Report to know more about how RIL works on the ground.

Convene & Map

Innovation Ecosystem Map

The objective of this Eco-system map is to assist partners and stakeholders working in and for Syria in navigating the humanitarian innovation ecosystem and finding potential collaborators. While it focuses specifically on humanitarian and social-impact innovation stakeholders and supporters, it does not encompass the entire innovation ecosystem in the region. Most of the organizations included have a physical presence in Northwest Syria, though some are based externally but maintain established connections within this ecosystem. All information provided is sourced from public domains, primarily the organizations; own websites or Facebook pages. Tags were applied according to the global RIL methodology and publicly available information from the organizations.

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MatchMaker & Broker

  • Submit a Challenge

    Are you looking for a solution for your innovation chalenge?

    Submit

  • Submit a Solution

    Do you have an innovation ready to share?

    Submit

Innovation Library

Learn & Share

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(For Demonstration)
(For Demonstration)

An illustration of the idea. For demonstration only.

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Partners Remarks

  • "The lab is launched at the right time given the shortage of funds and resources. Response actors should start developing their interventions by adopting innovative approaches."

  • "Innovations do not have to be sophisticated; simplicity is the solution. All you need to be an innovator is to be human. "

  • "Bringing the concept of innovation to our humanitarian response allows actors to think outside the box and build on lessons learned from different contexts. "

  • "The relationship between challenges, solutions, and pilots is not linear; it is continuous."

  • "There is a misconception between “invention,” which aims at creating something from scratch, and “innovation,” which is about adopting new ways of doing things to enhance the humanitarian response."

Contact us

Yaman Sarraj

SyRIL Innovation Lab Manager

yaman@responseinnovationlab.com