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Now moving into its fifth year of operation, the Start Fund is the fastest collectively-owned funding mechanism in the world. It is a leading enabler of rapid, needs-driven humanitarian response for overlooked crises. Filling a cr... Read more...
23 May 2018
Geoff Mulgan wants us to rethink how to use AI technology
Start Network has been looking into digital capacity, and blockchain solutions as part of its potential to solve structural problems within the humanitarian sector. Currently the system is overly centralised, funding is often slo... Read more...
10 August 2018
Start Fund Crisis Anticipation Window Annual Report 2017
The Start Fund opened its Crisis Anticipation Window in November 2016. In this report we set out the changes we have made so far, identify what we’ve learned during its first year and explain the plan to normalise and embed antici... Read more...
07 December 2017
Start Fund: Learning from Cash Programming
This review is one in a series of learning products developed by the Start Fund Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning team with the intention of providing actionable recommendations to improve decision making at the ... Read more...
06 December 2017
Start Fund: Learning from Accountability to Crisis-Affected Communities
The study uses the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) as a lens to review the extent to which Start funded projects are accountable to disaster-affected populations, and the influence this may have on t... Read more...
04 December 2017
This handbook details the procedures which govern the use and allocation of the Start Fund Read more...
10 November 2017
Pre-alert guidance note - cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons
This document is designed to make it easier for agencies to raise Start Fund anticipatory alerts for cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons, or to submit Start Fund project proposals when an alert has been activated. Read more...
29 September 2017
Pre-alert guidance note - disease outbreaks
This document is designed to make it easier for agencies to raise Start Fund anticipatory alerts for disease outbreaks, or to submit Start Fund project proposals when an alert has been activated. Read more...
29 September 2017
The Start Fund, Start Network and Localisation
Localisation is a foundational and non-negotiable principle within the Start Network. This report presents a ‘baseline assessment’ of where the Start Fund and three DEPP projects currently sits with the‘localisation agen... Read more...
03 August 2017
Start Evolves Video: Emily Montier on the Family of Financing Facilities
The Start Network’s vision is a humanitarian system in which funding will be dependable and predictable, responses are based on humanitarian need and context-appropriate. For this to become reality, the Start Network needs to evol... Read more...
20 July 2017