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Crisis Response and Resilience Lab
Complexity University, in partnership with Start Network & The Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF) is introducing a unique, radical, action-focused innovation programme for community-led impact in the aid sector. The Crisis Response & Resilience Lab is a 2-week intensive action-learning programme. Teams and individuals are invited to join a collective re-envisioning, based on group wisdom, experimentation and action-learning. Read more...
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06 October 2021
Global FOREWARN Meeting Q3 2021 - Flooding
Start Network Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing team is pleased to invite you to the October FOREWARN Community meeting - with a focus on flooding. We will focus on the Start Fund experience of anticipating flooding, as well as Disaster Risk Finance work in Pakistan and FOREWARN community members' flooding work, tools and experiences. Read more...
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12 October 2021
The humanitarian sector is being heavily impacted by more frequent and more severe crises as a result of climate change. It is estimated that by 2050 1.6 billion people will be exposed to heatwaves and by 2030 147 million people will be affected by floods. For Latin America and specifically for the Mesoamerican region, droughts have increased and other disasters as a consequence of climate change have resulted in increased displacement, migration, food insecurity, and deaths. Unfortunately, the humanitarian sector remains reactive, slow, and centralised, hindering effective and efficient responses to crises. Read more...
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20 October 2021
Building Blocks Resource Bank Launch - members only
Start Network has grouped together the processes that NGOs have established for humanitarian anticipatory action and disaster risk financing under a framework called Building Blocks. Read more...
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20 October 2021
Crisis Anticipation Refresher - with Spanish interpretation
Don't wait; anticipate! Crisis Anticipation refresher. New recruits in your organisation who you want to learn about Crisis Anticipation? Does your team need a reminder about how to raise an anticipation alert through the Start Fund to mitigate and prevent a crisis occurring? We will be running a 1 hour refresher session covering all the basics of anticipation. Read more...
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16 November 2021
Start Network Virtual Assembly 2021
The Virtual Assembly is the annual gathering of the Start Network members and stakeholders. This year the event will be held from 16 to 18 November 2021. Read more...
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06 January 2022
Crisis Anticipation Refresher - with French interpretation
Don't wait; anticipate! Crisis Anticipation refresher. New recruits in your organisation who you want to learn about Crisis Anticipation? Does your team need a reminder about how to raise an anticipation alert through the Start Fund to mitigate and prevent a crisis occurring? We will be running a 1 hour refresher session covering all the basics of anticipation. Read more...
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09 September 2021
High-level Humanitarian Event on Anticipatory Action: A Commitment to Act Ahead of Crises
The United Nations and the Governments of Germany and the United Kingdom are convening a high-level event to advance anticipatory action and galvanise a collective push to act ahead of crises. This event comes at a key moment, building on recent G7 commitments on anticipatory action and ahead of UNFCCC COP26, recognizing the growing impact of climate change on the severity and frequency of disasters. Read more...
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