Solution Exchange is a new initiative of the United Nations Country Team in India that offers communities of development practitioners a UN-sponsored space where they can provide and benefit from each other’s solutions to the day-to-day challenges they face. The Exchange connects people who share similar concerns and interests, bringing them together virtually and face-to-face towards the common objective of problem-solving. Communities are organized around selected development targets of both India’s Tenth Five-Year Plan as well as the globally mandated Millennium Development Goals, contributing to their successful achievement. Members are welcome from all organizations – government, NGOs, development partners, private sector, academia - interacting on an ongoing basis, building trust and strengthening their identity as a group.
The Exchange already covers: Maternal and Child Health; Environment – Water and Environmental Sanitation; Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment; Food and Security. Close to being launched and actively seeking members are Exchanges for HIV/AIDS; Education; Poverty – Work and Employment.