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Informe Anual de Start Network de 2017
Start Network's first annual report showcases its collective efforts to revolutionise the humanitarian aid system. Access the Spanish report here, the report is also available in Arabic, English and French. Read more...
24 October 2018
Navigating uncertainty: An approach for Start Fund decision-makers
Start Fund decision-makers face varying levels of uncertainty when making allocation and project selection decisions, particularly when making decisions around anticipation alerts or in the early stages of a crisis. How we navigat... Read more...
18 October 2018
Monthly Risk Briefing: September
The monthly risk briefing provides information on global weather, volcanic, human and health events where members may consider using the Start Fund’s Crisis Anticipation Window. It reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situati... Read more...
03 September 2018
Localisation in practice: Emerging indicators and practical recommendations
This report was commissioned by the DEPP (Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programmes) Learning Project to contribute to learning on best practice for localisation, and to move forward the discussions. The research was in... Read more...
15 August 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
Migration Emergency Response Fund alert fact sheet - 2018
This useful guide has everything Start Network members need to know when raising an alert for the new phase of the Migration Emergency Response Fund (MERF). The new phase of the MERF is focused entirely on Africa and members of th... Read more...
06 August 2018
The monthly risk briefing provides information on global weather, volcanic, human and health events where members may consider using the Start Fund’s Crisis Anticipation Window. It reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situati... Read more...
01 August 2018
The monthly risk briefing provides information on global weather, volcanic, human and health events where members may consider using the Start Fund’s Crisis Anticipation Window. It reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situati... Read more...
10 July 2018
Increasing resilience to natural disasters with cash-based interventions
This report from Catholic Relief Services funded through the Start Fund learning grant, identifies best practices and highlights the lessons learnt following the completion of projects within Alert 195 Vietnam (Typhoon D... Read more...
09 July 2018
The DEPP has been producing high impact results since its inception, in the spirit of the Grand Bargain’s commitment to: 25% of humanitarian funding going as directly as possible to local and national responders; the participation... Read more...
04 July 2018