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.
FOREWARN DISASTER HACKATHON 2.0 IN BANGLADESH
FOREWARN Bangladesh introduces the country’s 2nd Hackathon on Disaster, striving to inspire young minds to build solutions, expand their knowledge horizons, and innovate on humanitarian challenges using open-source data and technologies.
Join us!UKRAINE 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
Doctors of the World
Azat Foundation
Participatory Rural Development Society (PRDS)
Muzaffarabad Poverty Alleviation Programme
Mercy Corps
Bright Star Development Society Balochistan (BSDSB)
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
Manzil Organization Balochistan
Action Against Hunger UK
Caritas Goma
Save the Children UK
Qatar Charity
LASOONA
Plan International
MIDEFEHOPS ASBL
Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development (REPID)
Health & Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)
CADENA
Initiative for Development and Empowerment Axis (IDEA)
Yuganter
Doaba Foundation
Sami Foundation
Appui aux Femmes Démunies et Enfants Marginalisés (AFEDEM)
Welfare Association Jared
Medair
Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization (SWRDO)
Caritas India
World Vision
Veer Development Organization
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Bishops
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)
Islamic Relief
North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)
GOAL
EHD
Mechanism for Rational Change (MRC)
Community Development Foundation (CDF)
People in Need (PIN)
Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)
Cesvi
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
Humanity & Inclusion UK (Handicap International)
War Child
Cordaid
ActionAid
Agricultural Development Association (PARC)
Rural Community Development Society (RCDS)
World Jewish Relief
Help Foundation
EHSAR Foundation
Caritas Bangladesh
Dorcas Aid International
Environmental Protection Society (EPS)
National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan)
Oxfam GB
Age International
Caritas Sri Lanka
Relief International
Rural Development Orginzation Buner
HelpAge International UK
Muslim Aid
Solidarités International
AFPDE asbl (Association des Femmes pour la Promotion et le Développement Endogène)
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
Asociación de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud (ASECSA)
Trócaire
Tearfund
Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE)
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
Care International UK
Nari Development Organization (NDO)
Community World Service Asia
Farmers Development Organization
PRO-VIDA
Concern Worldwide (UK)
ACTED
Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP)
Updates
All updatesDutch government and Start Network renew their partnership for 2024-2027
Start Network is delighted to announce that the successful partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands is due to continue, with just over £12million GBP allocated for the next three and a half years.
HNPW 2024 | Accelerating Localised Humanitarian Action: The Role of National Pooled Funds
The localisation of humanitarian action has been the subject of humanitarian policy and practice discussions for more than a decade. In recent years, many governments and donors have reaffirmed their commitments to localisation, including FCDO, USAID and ECHO who have either published or are currently developing guidelines and strategies to realise these commitments.
2024 Start Fund Impact Report
As a fund exclusively led and managed by civil society, the Start Fund has changed the ways in which aid has been allocated and disbursed, ensuring that humanitarian action is better accountable to those affected and at risk.
Insights on the G7 Communique
This year’s Group of Seven (G7) Presidency is under the Italian leadership. In its 2024 agenda, the year-long Italian tenure - which involves technical, ministerial, and high-level discussions - has focused on emerging economies, the climate-energy nexus, food security, and artificial intelligence, among other key worldwide challenges.
Accountability to Affected Populations: Integrating to Start Funds' processes and programming
For a humanitarian system to be effective and accountable, decision-making power must be in the hands of the people affected by crises.
HNPW 2024 | Anticipatory Action and Disaster Risk Management: Impact, Opportunities, and Way Forward
This Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2024 session, ‘Anticipatory Action and Disaster Risk Management: Impact, Opportunities, and Way Forward’ unpacked the role of anticipatory action in disaster risk management, and how different stages of the crisis management cycle interact and can positively reinforce one another to have more timely, adequate and dignified responses.