‘Humanitarians often don’t stop for Christmas in the Philippines'. Start Network Members and the Philippines Red Cross convened in Manila in December to discuss how cyclones can be better anticipated moving forward alongside some of the challenges.
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The following is a status update on the ARC Replica policy, dated 19th December 2018:
NGOs will need to be decisive, radical and bold in 2019. Sean Lowrie says this is not only necessary, but by working together it is also possible.
Originally published by Penny Lawrence, chair of Refugee Action on Bong.org.uk - Penny looks at what is the future of large, billion-dollar, multi-mandate international development NGOs.
Our video looks at the key milestones of the network between November 2017 and November 2018.
On 30th November the Start Network Board of Trustees was informed of Sean Lowrie’s intention to leave the Start Network in mid-2019.
The month of October saw the highest alerting and activated month in the history of the Start Fund, where 13 alerts out of 15 were activated.
WNow that we have fostered innovations in our four Innovation labs, what are the next steps to take these inventions up into global scales?
Lets Start Evolve! Learn about the emergence of our first set of Start Network Hubs.
Funding opportunities nowadays are often competitive. How can the Start Network collaborate with its members (and their “family members”) to take advantage of such opportunities, rather than find themselves in competition with them?
Imagine, a global tiered due dilligence database that allows global transparency in the way aid works.
Disaster risk financing and drought financing - all tools that we want to incorporate into the way humanitarian aid is managed. These will help us literally insure against damages to human life if a disaster was to strike.