Open Access Knowledge for All
Solvoz is committed to fostering knowledge-sharing and collaborative learning in our sector. Our work aims to ensure that all organisations have access to the knowledge they need to procure as effectively and responsibly as possible.
That’s why our solutions catalogue has been designed as an open-access directory, providing the necessary infrastructure to share vital technical information with everyone, everywhere.
The Current Knowledge Landscape
Humanitarian assistance requires technical and contextual knowledge, which even when available, can often be unnecessarily difficult to access
Organisations continuously accumulate local and contextual expertise through their experiences in specific settings
However, this knowledge is often not adequately shared with other potentially interested parties, such as other agencies working in similar contexts
Consequently, vital expertise that could facilitate more effective humanitarian responses is often fragmented and unavailable to those responding to other crises
Similarly, critical technical information, such as product specifications, is often difficult to locate or lacks essential details, including relevant sustainability criteria
This undermines efforts to deliver humanitarian solutions that meet operational and donor requirements and can result in duplicated work among different NGOs. Both contributing to the waste of finite resources.
How Solvoz Promotes Knowledge Sharing
Solvoz has been developed as an essential tool and empowering professional network that actively facilities and promotes a culture of knowledge-sharing throughout our sector.
Supported by The Solvoz Foundation, we have embedded an open access knowledge base within our solutions catalogue, ensuring its universal accessibility to all organisations worldwide.
This enables our platform to serve as a comprehensive knowledge management framework, collating and disseminating essential technical information to anyone that needs it.
This includes technical specifications, sustainability criteria, guidance documents, and distribution and storage requirements for goods, kits and services.
Through our collaborative partnerships, we also regularly produce new resources aimed at supporting more effective humanitarian responses. For example, criteria that promote the integration of sustainability into procurement processes.
We also have a network of sector experts and active working groups, who continuously enrich our open-access knowledge base.
Benefits to Our Sector
Democratizes knowledge essential to the work and progress of our sector
Empowers organisations to procure technically and contextually appropriate solutions
Helps smaller NGOs and industry professionals access hard-to-find information
Supports the localisation and greening of humanitarian responses
Reduces the duplication of efforts and maximises the impact of available funding
Boosts donor confidence that funds are being used efficiently and responsibly.
Let’s Promote Open Access Knowledge Together!
If you would like further information on how your organisation can contribute to knowledge sharing within our sector then contact us today.