This document provides an introduction to a workshop on using digital technologies to support resilience. It defines resilience as the ability of individuals, communities, and systems to withstand shocks and stresses and adapt. It outlines several shocks and stresses facing Asia, such as natural disasters, urbanization, climate change, and lack of healthcare access. The document then discusses scaling digital solutions through replication or diversification. It provides examples of digital technologies deployed in Asia to support resilience and addresses questions to consider when planning such deployments, such as how users will be engaged and how solutions can be sustained.

2. Why are we here today?

3. This workshop aims to
• Provide a glance at a tool that can help you with designing and
planning to effectively, appropriately, and sustainably deploy
digital technologies to support resilience

4. Clarifying some key
terms

5. Resilienceis the capacity of individuals, communities and systems to
survive, adapt, and grow in the face of stress and shocks, and even transform
when conditions require it.
Building resilience is about making people, communities and systems better
prepared to withstand catastrophic events—both natural and manmade—and
able to bounce back more quickly and emerge stronger from these shocks and
stresses.
Source: The Rockefeller Foundation

6. Growing income inequality | 25-35% of income inequality in Asia is due to skills gap
(source)
Natural disasters | in 2017, 44% of all disasters, 58% of all related deaths, and 70% of
people affected were in Asia (CRED)
Urbanization and pollution | welfare losses from air pollution in 2013 were equivalent
to 7.5% of GDP in East and South Asia (World Bank)
Climate change | by 2050, yields for wheat, rice and maize are estimated to decrease
compared to 2000 levels, increasing total number of malnourished children by 11
million (IFPRI)
Increased migration | more than 40% of international migrants were
born in Asia (UN)
Insufficient healthcare | at least 40% of people in Asia-Pacific lack access to health
insurance (UNESCAP)
Key shocks, stresses, and gaps in Asia

7. Basically, we’re referring to two different pathways:
• Scaling through replication, where the experience of a digital
solution is replicated for more users, often in more geographies or
through expansion into another vertical
• Scaling through diversification, where an organization diversifies its
products and services to offer new solutions to achieve scale
Source: Beyond Scale Guide
What do we mean by scale?

8. In short, we’re talking about continued existence based on a
business model that is not dependent upon short-term donor
funding.
Unsustainable solutions, are at their core, not resilient and
therefore lack the ability to enable enhanced resilience over
time.
And sustainability?

12. f
Some examples*
*Inclusion here is not an endorsement

13. Implementer
Next Billion
Technology name
Mobile Movies
Countries deployed (in Asia)
Myanmar, Bangladesh, India,
Indonesia, Vietnam, and
Mozambique
Description
Community cinema promoting
brand awareness and behavior
change
Resilience impact
Positive behavior change increased
by 18%, livelihoods of local
entrepreneurs 2-3x local average
Plus, FMCG sales increased more
than 250%
Learn more at:
https://www.nextbillion.asia/mobile-movies

14. Implementer
Pulse Lab Jakarta
Technology name
Haze Gazer
Countries deployed (in Asia)
Indonesia, potentially expanding to
Malaysia and Singapore
Description
Data visualization tool to support
management of haze and fires,
using sensors and social media
mining
Resilience impact
Still early, but has been installed in
President of Indonesia’s situation
room
Learn more at:
http://hazegazer.org

15. Implementer
Telenor Pakistan
Technology name
Khush’haal Zamindar (Prosperous
Famer)
Countries deployed (in Asia)
Pakistan
Description
Mobile service providing
customized advisory related
information to farmers
Resilience impact
Reaching 4 million farmers. Among
power users (65% of total), 77%
reported at least one change in
farming practices and 53% reported
increased income
Learn more at:
https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes/magri/creating-scalable-mobile-solutions

17. Introduction to Tech for Resilience
Planning and Due Diligence Tool

18. Briefly discuss a challenge that each of you is
facing in your work – 10 minutes
Quickly decide upon a technology solution that
might help to address one of those challenges – 10
minutes

19. • Who are the users and how does it align with them and
their resilience needs?
• What is and what do you need to achieve your desired
scale (i.e. partnerships, capacity building, etc.)?
• How will you sustain the deployment of this technology?
Discuss the following

20. Questions?
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