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 Start Network to enable decision-making. It is important to understand the predicted impact and the kind of anticipation actions that can be taken to mitigate this impact.
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 humanitaire continue de se diversifier, le Start Fund demeure un outil pertinent, non seulement en fournissant des fonds lorsque d’autresoptions sontépuisées, mais aussi en réunissant les différents volets de la programmation au sens large du Start Network. Pour de nombreuses organisations, le Start Fund offre la première opportunitéd’accéder auréseau dans son ensemble.
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 humanitaria continúa diversificándose, Start Fund sigue siendo una herramienta relevante,ya que no solo provee financiamiento cuando se han agotado las demás opciones, sino que además conecta las distintas áreas de los programas de StartNetwork. Para muchas organizaciones, StartFund es laprimera oportunidad de interactuar de manera más amplia con la red.
Start Network has been working with various key stakeholders and partners to influence greater change in the humanitarian system. Support our G7 calls to action as we forward working closely with local actors for more sustainable humanitarian and anticipatory action.
Start Ready–a new financing mechanism of the Start Network which launched in November 2021 – provides funding at scale for predictable crises worldwide.
This document outlines the governance structure of Start Ready. This group, accountable to the Board of Trustees, holds delegated oversight and decision-making authority about issues pertaining to Start Ready. The Terms of Reference outline the purposes and responsibilities of the committee, composition & tenure, voting responsibilities, and reporting & management structures.
This document is to be used by the Start Ready Committee to aid decision-making. It outlines principles and practices for the committee to abide by and follow to ensure robust decision-making.
Since 2017, Start Network members in Pakistan, have been developing Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) Systems that allows civil society actors in-country to pro-actively manage disaster risks (such as droughts, heatwaves, and floods). Reducing the impacts of weather extremes and disasters is a fundamental part of building longer-term climate resilience. By quantifying risks in advance of disasters, pre-positioning funds, and releasing them according to pre-agreed plans, enable earlier action and reduce the costs of disasters considerably ensuring that the right assistance reaches the right people at the right time. This is all done through the scientific modelling of hazards, collaborative development of contingency plans and the establishment of pre-positioned financing to enable earlier, more predictable, and better-coordinated assistance to communities affected by predictable disasters.
Since 2017, Start Network members in Pakistan, have been developing Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) Systems that allows civil society actors in-country to pro-actively manage disaster risks (such as droughts, heatwaves, and floods). Reducing the impacts of weather extremes and disasters is a fundamental part of building longer-term climate resilience. By quantifying risks in advance of disasters, pre-positioning funds, and releasing them according to pre-agreed plans, enable earlier action and reduce the costs of disasters considerably ensuring that the right assistance reaches the right people at the right time. This is all done through the scientific modelling of hazards, collaborative development of contingency plans and the establishment of pre-positioned financing to enable earlier, more predictable, and better-coordinated assistance to communities affected by predictable disasters.
This handbook details the procedures which govern the use and allocation of the Start Fund.
