We innovate to find new approaches to funding that are proactive and that reach people at risk quickly.
Our reach
Crisis alerts we respond to around the world.
START NETWORK’S NEW STRATEGY: SHIFTING THE CONDITIONS THAT HOLD THE SYSTEM IN PLACE
Change means action: Start Network's new 3-year strategy for 2024-2026 has just launched. It crystallises our value offer as a systems change organisation and sets out how we will address the challenges in the humanitarian sector.
Read moreUKRAINE LOCAL POOLED FUND
Our new fund aims to increase the amount of humanitarian funding to local and national actors in Ukraine, resulting in locally led humanitarian action reaching people in need.
Read moreAreas of work
Start Network’s vision is for a more balanced international aid system that is accountable to people affected by or at risk of crises.
Start Network is based on innovation: looking for new ways to create the system change that will shape a more effective humanitarian system.
Where we work
Americas
Americas
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Guatemala
Guatemala Hub
The hub has 11 local and national member organisations that are all community-based.
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Venezuela
Flooding in South America
Intense rains caused ravines to overflow and water systems to collapse in Venezuela.
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Central and South America
Start Fund Response
Start Fund provides rapid response funding to under-the-radar, small to medium-scale crises, filling a critical gap in the humanitarian aid system.
Europe
Europe
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Ukraine
The need for a more equitable humanitarian response
Start Network's approach to the Ukraine crisis is based on learning from other larger-scale crises that the Start Fund has responded to in the past.
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Serbia, Bulgaria
Migration Emergency Response Fund
The objective of the MERF was to rapidly respond to acute and emerging gaps and changes in needs along migration route.
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Greece, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia
European Refugee Response
Start Network co-ordinated a two phase response to the European Refugee Crisis through ERR1 and ERR2.
Africa
Africa
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DRC
DRC Hub
The hub brings together nearly 60 local, national, and international organisations in DRC.
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DRC, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Start Ready
Start Ready is a unique financing mechanism that uses advanced planning so that funding can be rapidly released when needed most.
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Zimbabwe, Senegal
ARC Replica
ARC Replica is a partnership with African Risk Capacity and African Union member states that helps African countries proactively manage climate-related risks through disaster risk insurance.
Asia
Asia
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Bangladesh, Nepal
National Start Funds
National Start Funds are there to finance locally led humanitarian action, with members managing their own funds for the benefit of their own communities.
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India
INDIA HUMANITARIAN HUB
The India Humanitarian Hub (IHH) prioritises locally led action and leadership by bringing together local, national, and international humanitarian agencies that are operational in India.
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The Philippines, Bangladesh
FOREWARN
The Forecast-based, Warning, Analysis, and Response Network aims to quickly bring together the right people to predict disasters and support humanitarians closest to an anticipated crisis.
Oceania
Oceania
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
Pacific Region Hub
The Pacific Humanitarian FALE is working to engage locally led humanitarian actors so that they can provide services that ensure the lives of people are safeguarded in any crisis.
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
THE LOCALISATION OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN THE PACIFIC
Josie Flint from HAG speaks about the work they have been doing and the influence that the Start Network has had on this.
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
Assembly held in Fiji, FALE-PASIFIKA
The word "fale" refers to a house that is meaningful and has a purpose when people occupy it.
Our members
Age International
GOAL
Rural Community Development Society (RCDS)
Help Foundation
Qatar Charity
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
Plan International
Nari Development Organization (NDO)
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)
Participatory Rural Development Society (PRDS)
Caritas India
Community Development Foundation (CDF)
Mercy Corps
BRAC International
Relief International
Solidarités International
Cadena
Veer Development Organization
Appui aux Femmes Démunies et Enfants Marginalisés (AFEDEM)
Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP)
Humanity & Inclusion UK (Handicap International)
Sami Foundation
Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE)
LASOONA
Rural Development Orginzation Buner
Action Against Hunger UK
WORLD VISION
Tearfund
Welfare Association Jared
ActionAid
Environmental Protection Society (EPS)
Save the Children UK
Dorcas Aid International
HelpAge International UK
Doctors of the World
Mechanism for Rational Change (MRC)
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
ACTED
Muzaffarabad Poverty Alleviation Programme
Cordaid
MIDEFEHOPS ASBL
World Jewish Relief
Health & Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
War Child
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Bishops
Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development (REPID)
National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan)
Caritas Sri Lanka
Initiative for Development and Empowerment Axis (IDEA)
Community World Service Asia
Asociación de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud (ASECSA)
North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)
Islamic Relief
Yuganter
Agricultural Development Association (PARC)
EHD
Muslim Aid
Pacific Islands Association of Non Governmental Organisations (PIANGO)
Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization (SWRDO)
Doaba Foundation
Caritas Goma
Care International UK
Farmers Development Organization
Manzil Organization Balochistan
EHSAR Foundation
Medair
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
Azat Foundation
Concern Worldwide (UK)
People in Need (PIN)
PRO-VIDA
Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)
Cesvi
Trócaire
Bright Star Development Society Balochistan (BSDSB)
Caritas Bangladesh
AFPDE asbl (Association des Femmes pour la Promotion et le Développement Endogène)
Updates
All updatesAnticipatory Action for Cyclones in Madagascar: Evaluation of the Impact and Suitability of the DRF Model
Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting and most powerful cyclone ever recorded, hit Madagascar on 21-22nd of February 2023, and reemerged on the 5th of March, becoming the third deadliest in the Southern Hemisphere.
START FUND RISK BRIEF: March 2024
The Start Fund Risk Brief reports on new, emerging or deteriorating humanitarian situations across the globe. March's Risk Brief includes entries on the risk of severe flooding across East Africa, dengue outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean, extreme heat in Sri Lanka and India, and food insecurity in Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.
Start Network’s new strategy: Shifting the conditions that hold the system in place
Change means action: Start Network's new 3-year strategy for 2024-2026 has just launched. It crystallises our value offer as a systems change organisation and sets out how we will address the challenges in the humanitarian sector.
COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP: INNOVATION CATALOGUE
Launched in 2020, the Community-Led Innovation Partnership (CLIP) is a collaborative programme that brings together a group of like-minded humanitarian innovation actors to explore how communities can be placed at the heart of humanitarian response.
External Evaluation: Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) in Start Fund Processes and Start Fund Projects
In June 2023 the Start Fund commissioned an annual external evaluation to examine accountability to affected populations (AAP) in Start Fund projects and processes. The evaluation aimed to assess the extent to which accountability principles and good practices can be incorporated into all stages of the Start Fund alert cycle, specifically considering challenges of the short timeframes of 72 hours between alert raising and project selection and 45 to 60 days for project implementation.
Strategy 2024-2026
We are excited to launch our organisational strategy for 2024-2026. This focus for the next three years reaffirms our commitment to humanitarian system change, modelled through practical action. We will focus on our key strengths and value offer as a networker, funder, innovator and influencer to help transform the sector into a more equitable, ethical and pro-active in protecting communities.