Resources Sharing | From the Webinar on Learning, Innovation & Evidence Uptake

On April 1, U-Learn, together with Rwanga Foundation, ALNAP, the Humanitarian Library and Shelter Center, co-hosted a webinar on learning, innovation, and evidence uptake in humanitarian contexts. The webinar aimed to share practical approaches to strengthening learning and evidence uptake in humanitarian and refugee responses. The webinar attracted participants from 14 countries around the globe, including Uganda, South Sudan, UK, Rwanda, Kenya, Solomon Islands, USA, Jordan, Iraq, Philippines, Italy, Tunisia, Switzerland, and UAE. The webinar explored practical approaches, innovative frameworks, and real-world experiences shaping how learning and evidence are used in policy and programming.

Check out the webinar recording here.

Throughout the years, U-RIL through U-Learn has accumulated rich experience developing learning and innovation agendas for institutions and ecosystems. Check out our latest resources on developing learning and innovation agendas!

Read the full Guide here!

This guidance summarises and preserves the institutional memory & tacit know-how of the U-RIL team on the topic of Learning Agenda Development.

The information was compiled through a review of past practices (Spotlight report: documenting the LH model) and a team-wide After-Action-Review (AAR) meeting held in December 2024 . The review mainly focused on Learning Agendas (LA) instead of Learning and Innovation Agendas (LIA), which are yet to be implemented by U-RIL.

This topic is critical in 2025, as the Uganda refugee response looks to increase synergies between its Learning and Innovation services and as it prepares for the development of a LIA for the URRI consortium. Additional insights on LIA specifically may emerge through this
process, and this guidance note may need to be reviewed in that light in late 2025.