Start Network Strategy 2021 to 2023

The events of the past 18 months have thrown down an important gauntlet for Start Network to deepen our commitment to local humanitarian action and the power shifts that this requires, to demonstrate that acting collectively, earl... Read more...

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Annual Report 2020

2020 was a difficult year for communities around the world. The year reinforced the need for local, highly contextual solutions to humanitarian problems, and heightened the need for proactivity, flexibility and speed when managing... Read more...

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Start Network's vision for the future of humanitarian action

To prepare for the change needed in the future, the Start Network’s 42 members came together over the last six months, to co-create a vision for the network, based on experience gained over our first eight years. This proposal was... Read more...

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Start Fund: Frequently Asked Questions

The Start Fund provides rapid financing to underfunded small to medium-scale crises, spikes in chronic humanitarian crises, and to act in anticipation of impending crises, filling a critical gap in humanitarian financing. Read more...

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Start Fund Anticipatory Alert Note

This note should concisely provide an overview of the crisis, highlight the needs of the affected people, and explain the appropriateness of the Start Fund to respond. The alert note is a means of providing information to the Star... Read more...

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Manual del Start Fund

Durante los seis años en que Start Fund ha estado desembolsando fondos en contextos subfinanciados, ha seguido siendo la piedra angular de la visión y la labor general de StartNetwork. A medida que la financiación de la acción hum... Read more...

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Manuel de Start Fund

Tout au long des six années au cours desquelles le Start Fund a déboursé des fonds dans des contextes sous-financés, il est resté au cœur de la vision et de l’ensemble de l’action du Start Network. Alors que le financement humanit... Read more...

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Start Fund Bangladesh Response Summary - Flash Flood

The northeastern part of Bangladesh has been devastated by a torrential flash flooding due to heavy rainfall in the upper streams of Surma, Kushiyara and other rivers of the Brahmanputra basin that linked to the northeastern part ... Read more...

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Methodology: Temporal and Spatial Mapping of Community Lives and Livelihoods in Senegal: Replicating the Methodology

This article outlines the method that was used to collect, code and visualise sentinel site data from the ARC Replica drought pay-out in Senegal. It is intended for practitioners and decision makers who are looking to: 1) bring... Read more...

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Overview: Leveraging Community Level Data for Early Action Programmes: Temporal and Spatial Mapping of Community Livelihoods in Senegal

Start Network implements a range of early action programmes to enable communities to act ahead of potential hazards. One of the challenges involved in delivering impactful early action interventions is ensuring that assistance rea... Read more...

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