Start Network’s vision is for a more balanced international aid system that is accountable to people affected by or at risk…
Focus areas
Our strategy is focused on three areas that are key to the changes in the humanitarian system that we want to see.
We're tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the humanitarian sector faces. These include slow and reactive funding, centralised decision making, and an aversion to change. These problems mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough – resulting in needless suffering.
Start Network has always thought differently. We are unique because we were set up specifically to do something about these problems. Over the years we have developed new approaches to humanitarian action, leading to the three principles that are now our main areas of focus:
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locally led action
our answer to the humanitarian sector’s centralised decision-making
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systems innovation
our answer to the sector’s aversion to change
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early and rapid financing
our answer to the problem of slow and reactive funding
We innovate to find new approaches to funding that are proactive and that reach people at risk quickly.
Start Network is based on innovation: looking for new ways to create the system change that will shape a more effective…
Our vision is for a new era of humanitarian action, we want to see a new humanitarian system that can save more lives. And…