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Using Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) for Humanitarian Responses During a Pandemic
Start Fund Bangladesh developed standing operating procedures (SOP) after taking stock of current happenings and in-depth discussion with donors and humanitarian leaders. The SOP targeted safety measures at multiple levels to ensu... Read more...
27 May 2020
Monthly Risk Briefing: May 2020
The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund are als... Read more...
12 May 2020
Basis risk in disaster risk financing for humanitarian action
This paper offers a number of potential technical solutions to assessing, managing and reducing basis risk. It acknowledges that, in order to be effective, these need to be accompanied by political and coordination efforts, and a ... Read more...
21 April 2020
COVID19 Learning from four disease outbreak responses
At Start Network we always aim to learn from experience. So, we have endeavoured to analyse the data and information from past Start Fund responses in order to present a set of lessons for COVID-19 projects. Read more...
16 April 2020
Start Fund: Evaluation of Crisis Anticipation
In 2019, we commissioned our first evaluation of crisis anticipation at the Start Network. We were keen to reflect on our risk-taking, look at which hazards we needed to invest in to improve our skill, and learn how to better meas... Read more...
10 April 2020
This document summarises approaches used to evaluate the impact of forecast-based action to date from across the humanitarian sector. It is a useful reference for anyone setting up impact assessments of forecast-based action. Read more...
31 March 2020
This learning paper documents the process and learning from an impact assessment of a forecast-based project in Bangladesh. It is useful for anyone looking at impact measurement of forecast-based action. Read more...
31 March 2020
A management response to: An External Evaluation of the Start Fund Preparedness to Scale-Up 2018/9
The Start Fund has an established practice of providing management response to its external, independent evaluations. Developed through a participatory process, the management response helps to ensure that the evaluations&nbs... Read more...
25 March 2020
EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE START FUND PREPAREDNESS TO SCALE-UP
This external evaluation was commissioned to ‘assess the preparedness of Start Fund to scale-up its operations and suggest future growth rate scenarios’. The overarching purpose of the evaluation is stated as two-fold: As... Read more...
25 March 2020
Mongolia: anticipation of harsh winter
Mongolia is unique. 30% of the population earn their livelihoods from herding livestock, leading a traditional nomadic life to enable their animals to access pasture throughout the year. Weather conditions can be extremely harsh, ... Read more...
11 February 2020