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.
News and blogs
Typhoon Haima is expected to intensify into a super typhoon as strong as Typhoon Haiyan before hitting northern Philippines tomorrow morning.
Start Network member Action Against Hunger (ACF) tell us more about its response to the monsoons in Bangladesh
This week the first collaborative regional roster for humanitarian response was launched in Bangkok.
Shahida Arif, Regional Learning Advisor for Pakistan and Bangladesh, Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP), on the recent DEPP conference in Islamabad.
The Start Network and the CHS Alliance are pleased to launch a new interactive human resources (HR) platform to help HR and humanitarian staff share good practice and learn from each other when undertaking surge responses.
Last week, the Start Network set up the third and fourth Start Fund decision making groups in Myanmar and Pakistan.
New research says sustainable, adaptable and flexible models to surge are needed to meet the increasing demands of humanitarian needs.
A delegation of Start Network members is attending DIHAD 2016
World Vision partnered with Frontier Economics to provide insight into what life might have looked like for these children if there had been no conflict and what future impacts are likely to be.
The eighth Start Fund response is now under way after NGO staff in Kathmandhu awarded £99,807 to two agencies.
The second Start Fund activation took place this week in response to renewed displacement in Kachin, Myanmar