Humanitarian Procurement Was Built to Buy Trucks, Not AI Software · Wayan Vota
Source published: 2026-09-03
Read the original at ICTworksTurn a new idea into a useful first question
There is a difference between an interesting AI development and a useful next step for your organisation. Connect the idea to a specific problem, a team and an outcome.
This reading from ICTworks is a starting point for discussion. Our perspective below explores the practical questions for charities and humanitarian teams; it does not reproduce the source article or claim to summarise its conclusions.
What this could mean for your team
Define a small first workflow with a named owner. Set a baseline, agree a human review point and decide what evidence would justify continuing.
Include people who understand the service and the people it affects. A useful AI initiative should make work more reliable while keeping responsibility visible.
A small action with a clear purpose
Use a short team discussion to agree the problem, the information involved and the evidence you would need before trying a change. Write down the assumptions you still need to check.
Read the original source in full, then decide which lessons fit your context. The right next step may be improving a process, clarifying a policy or testing one bounded use case.
Take one useful step.
- Name the problem and who experiences it.
- Agree the evidence and human review needed.
- Choose one small, measurable next step.
Original AIHI commentary. Source authorship remains with the credited publication.
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