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…
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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
The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme is delighted to announce its 2016 Learning Conference is now open for registrations.
As part of the Start Network’s Transforming Surge Capacity project, research into agencies' staff wellbeing and duty of care practices is being conducted.
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.
The Start Network and Plan UK have launched a new project in Guinea-Bissau to work with and support local communities in preparing for potential outbreaks of the Zika virus.
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…
This week the first collaborative regional roster for humanitarian response was launched in Bangkok.
The current clamour for more international humanitarian aid to be channelled through local organisations is nothing new, says Steve Williams, head of programmes for the Start Network.
Shahida Arif, Regional Learning Advisor for Pakistan and Bangladesh, Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP), on the recent DEPP conference in Islamabad.
A Call for Learning has been announced in order to increase the sharing of knowledge across projects within the Disasters and Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP).