Martin Dawes from the CDAC Network, a partner on the Disasters and Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP) discusses localisation and what it means to different people in the sector.
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Diana Hiscock, Disability Adviser at HelpAge International, considers the impact of "attitude" on our perception of events, and how this can shape our behaviour.
Save the Children's Carol Hatchett shares messages from people involved in Talent Development, a project which brings organisations together to build local capacities.
Start Network's Luke Caley looks at how the Start Fund has learned to anticipate - and what's coming next
Sean Lowrie asks why do agencies from five different continents want to know and join Start Network? What advantages do they receive by doing so - both now and in the future - and what else do they gain?
Jan Egeland and Courtenay Cabot have co-authored an article discussing the cost of late action and the benefits of acting earlier in humanitarian crises.
Start Network member Action Against Hunger (ACF) tell us more about its response to the monsoons in Bangladesh
In 2015-2016, the Start Network implemented three Collaborative Responses as part of its Start Response workstream. As part of the external monitoring, evaluation and learning services, independent external evaluations of all three Collaborative…
Impressions from the latest Start Fund decision making group workshop by Lauren Tarrier, Humanitarian Funding Officer (AMELAC) at CAFOD.
Helen Asnake shares her thoughts on aid localisation and the discussions that emerged during a recent research project launch in Ethiopia
Start Network's Emily Whitehead on the latest edition of the Humanitarian Exchange, focused on the response to the influx of refugees and vulnerable migrants into Europe.
This year World Humanitarian Day is focusing on how the world came together in Istanbul in May to commit to helping 130 million people currently in need of humanitarian assistance. So today, we take a look at how the Start Fund is helping to enable…