iDE Innovation Lab

Our Creative Pills session with Stepan is starting soon! See you all there in the link below!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!
🚀 Topic: Accelerating Cambodia’s Circular Transition in the Textile Sector

🎙️ Speaker: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺.

💬 Speaker Bio/Role: In this role, he is responsible for developing and delivering capacity development programmes for diverse stakeholders, managing international projects, and advancing circularity in the global textile sector.

💬 Topic Brief: Accelerating the transition towards a just and circular textile industry is a key action for the global garment manufacturing industry. The presentation will touch upon the current state of the circularity in the industry and how the current European policy climate affects the manufacturing regions—and Cambodia specifically.

📅 Date: October 21st, 2025⏰ Time: 9PM - 10PM (GMT+7)📍 Platform: Google Meet meet.google.com/xhf-xoqi-hyu

Open to all passionate about circular economy, sustainable textiles, and global manufacturing. Join us for a critical discussion on advancing circularity in the global textile sector! A great to topic to be shared? Please extend this invitation to your network!

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!
🚀 Topic: Accelerating Cambodia’s Circular Transition in the Textile Sector

🎙️ Speaker: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺.

💬 Speaker Bio/Role: In this role, he is responsible for developing and delivering capacity development programmes for diverse stakeholders, managing international projects, and advancing circularity in the global textile sector.

💬 Topic Brief: Accelerating the transition towards a just and circular textile industry is a key action for the global garment manufacturing industry. The presentation will touch upon the current state of the circularity in the industry and how the current European policy climate affects the manufacturing regions—and Cambodia specifically.

📅 Date: October 21st, 2025⏰ Time: 9PM - 10PM (GMT+7)📍 Platform: Google Meet meet.google.com/xhf-xoqi-hyu

Open to all passionate about circular economy, sustainable textiles, and global manufacturing. Join us for a critical discussion on advancing circularity in the global textile sector! A great to topic to be shared? Please extend this invitation to your network!

𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 (𝗛𝗖𝗗) 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲!

Together with our partners CARE Zambia and IDinsight Zambia, we’re excited to have launched the 𝗛𝗖𝗗 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 of our Market-Based Sanitation project, a key step toward co-creating sanitation solutions that are both contextual and sustainable.

This Human-Centered Design phase will help identify what people value most in sanitation products and services, providing insights that will contribute to the design of a scalable and lean market-based sanitation model under the CARE, iDE, and IDinsight partnership.

Over the past week, our teams conducted 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗼 and 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲, bringing together district officials, community development officers, WASH committee members, and local leaders to better understand the sanitation landscape.

These conversations are helping us unpack community realities, from financing mechanisms and behavioral insights to the opportunities that lie in local entrepreneurship. By listening first, we aim to design products and systems that fit the daily lives of the people who will use them.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗶, where we have started, and we’ll continue engaging households, artisans, business owners, and local institutions to 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

This marks an important milestone in building a sanitation market that works for everyone, with everyone.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻?

It goes beyond simply including them; it means actively engaging women as co-designers in a process that addresses their unique needs, priorities, and challenges.
We're excited to share a major project in the works: a new women-centered design toolkit. This resource will feature a collection of research and design tools specifically created and tailored to help us better understand the experiences of women and design transformative solutions.

We've recently tested and adapted some of these tools in Ethiopia and Nepal, gathering crucial feedback to ensure they are easy to facilitate, culturally appropriate, and, most importantly, effective.

Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting journey, including the official rollout of the WCD toolkit!

Visit our website to find out more about what we are doing. https://www.ideglobal.org/

Designing for Impact: A Human-Centered Approach to Maternal Nutrition.

At the 𝗶𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 lab, we are often supporting iDE’s country offices to explore and understand how we can empower entrepreneurs to create impact in novel sectors and market ecosystems. When this occurs, w𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 (𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 (𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀). Once that is done, we can begin to ideate possible products and services, and the business models which may be 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲.
This is exactly the research process that the iDE Innovation lab team has been conducting, in collaboration with the SHE by iDE team for the 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. Working in the Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MICYN) sector, the team has been trying to understand what they key issues are that impact nutrition, especially for mothers and babies in the first 1000 days of life, a crucial window which establishes the foundations for a child’s future.
This information will help us to work with entrepreneurs, healthcare workers and other key actors to deliver sustained behavior change, in relation to exclusive breastfeeding and high quality complementary feeding for working mothers, mainly women garment factory workers.
To help us understand the sector, we’ve been hard at work conducting feminist action research, with a focus on mapping out women’s health and nutrition journeys in the first 1000 days of their child’s life. As such, we’ve spoken with women to understand their care work responsibilities and how this impacts their other priorities in life. We also spoke with their mothers, husbands, health care providers and maternity product and service providers to holistically map out the journeys of these women, and identify needs which the market currently does not address.
Once we’ve addressed these unmet needs, we ideate potential products and services and use a participatory and visual approach to test the potential of these service models with potential end-users and with the suppliers who may play a role in providing these services.
This is a small puzzle piece in the process we undertake when we are attempting to create impact by empowering entrepreneurs at the last mile! How do you apply Human Centered Design? How do you embed women-centered approaches to your work to create inclusive services?

How do socioeconomic factors and the wildlife trade drive disease emergence? Join us for Day 2 of the BCOMING Online Conference to find out.

iDE will present findings from our qualitative study on these critical risk factors. In partnership with MERFI and the University of Liège, we'll explore the complex human-wildlife interfaces and the strategies needed to mitigate these risks. Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from experts working on the ground in Cambodia, Guadeloupe, Guinea, and Thailand.

📅 Date: September 24 | ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM CET
👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/4nICqX0

BCOMING Online Conference – Day 2

On 24 September, join our partners from MERFI, iDE and University of Liege, to explore strategies to mitigate zoonotic risks, insights into wildlife-human interfaces, and the socio-economic factors shaping disease emergence. Engage with experts and discover cutting-edge research from Guadeloupe, Guinea, and Thailand.

📅 24 Sept | ⏰ 09:00 – 10:40 CET
Join here! 👉 https://bit.ly/4nICqX0

iDE Innovation Lab

The iDE Innovation Lab is proud to be part of the BCOMING Online Conference! We're glad to present our learning and preliminary results in this meeting on September 24th (Day 3).

𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵-𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨?

This was the core of our discussion at the Foundation event in Zambia back in June.

invited to share the story of our clean water program in Cambodia, which took 10 years to successfully become a profitable social enterprise . The two biggest factors behind its success were a human-centered market-based approach and a revenue model that included carbon credits.

It’s a powerful lesson in long-term vision and innovative financing.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁?

Last week, our partner Pauline Van Leeuwen shared BCOMING–Kasetsart Uni microbiome research at the 8th International Rodent Biology Conference in Australia.
🌏 Proud to see our work on biodiversity & disease risk go global!

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡!📏
Since 2010, iDE’s Innovation Lab has worked on a wide range of assignments and initiatives across multiple sectors. In the early days, our focus was primarily on Agriculture and WASH. However, over the past decade, we’ve expanded our work to include Agriculture 🌱, WASH 💧, Health & Nutrition 🍎, Conservation 🌍, Clean Cooking 🔥, Solid Waste Management 🗑️, and Apparel 🧵.Through our human-centered design approach, we've been able to deliver impactful solutions that continue to drive meaningful change across these diverse areas.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀?

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸📐
Last year, we stepped into Burundi with a clear vision: t𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗠𝗕𝗦) 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. What we didn’t have was an iDE office on the ground. What we did have was a committed team in World Vision Burundi. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞-𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝘿𝙀 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, where each country brings unique stories, challenges, and opportunities to the table. Burundi is no exception.

From day one, this partnership has been about more than strategy, it’s been about learning, experimentation, collaboration and capacity building. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘝 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦.

Now we’re preparing for the sales demo, a moment where all the prototypes, stories, and insights come together to test everything we’ve learned, and 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶.