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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 localisation framework is set out as a series of intensions and questions across 11 elements where we feel change is needed. The intention outlines the vision of where we want to be or get to as a humanitarian network. The issues outline questions that Start Network needs to answer at all levels leadership, management, staff, membership, Hubs, etc. 

This handbook details the procedures which govern the use and allocation of the Start Fund.

Start Network has launched Information is Power: Connecting Local Responders to the Risk Information that they Need, a paper which calls for organisations to connect people at risk of crises with forecast information, which can help to save lives, cut the costs of emergency response, and build more resilient communities.

Start Network is working to provide more effective and efficient financing models for humanitarian aid. Specifically, to enable a predictable continuum of funding for when risks of different scale and severity start to materialise. This report, commissioned from the UK Government Actuary Department, provides technical advice around the funding of the Start Financing Facility (SFF). In particular, by providing a theoretical illustration of the financial implications of pooling a number of risks into a central risk pool. The paper investigates how the number, frequency and size of the risks will affect the demands on the central risk pool, and highlights options for the financial management of the pool.

Ce guide, élaboré par la consultante humanitaire Clea Kahn, vise à donner aux acteurs humanitaires une orientation pour développer leurs mécanismes de redevabilité dans le contexte de la migration mixte, en mettant l'accent sur les mécanismes de plaintes et de retour d'information. Il existe déjà d'excellents conseils sur la manière de mettre en œuvre des mécanismes de plaintes et de retour d'information dans les contextes humanitaires, et ce guide n’est pas destiné à les remplacer ou à les reproduire. Il doit être lu comme un supplément, afin de fournir une réflexion supplémentaire aux acteurs humanitaires travaillant dans des contextes de migration.

Esta orientación, elaborada por la consultora humanitaria Clea Kahn, tiene por objeto orientar a los agentes humanitarios para que elaboren sus mecanismos de rendición de cuentas en el contexto de la migración mixta, centrándose en los mecanismos de quejas y retroinformación. Ya existen excelentes orientaciones sobre la forma de aplicar los mecanismos de retroinformación y denuncia en los contextos humanitarios, y no se pretende sustituirlos ni duplicarlos. Debe leerse como un suplemento, para proporcionar una reflexión adicional a los agentes humanitarios que trabajan en contextos de migración.

This guidance, developed by humanitarian consultant Clea Kahn, aims to give humanitarian actors a guidance for developing their accountability mechanisms in the context of mixed migration, with a focus on complaints and feedback mechanisms. Excellent guidance already exists on how to implement feedback and complaint mechanisms in humanitarian contexts, and this is not intended to replace or duplicate those. It should be read as a supplement, to provide additional reflection for humanitarian actors working in migration contexts.

This handbook is for MERF members, from headquarters to in-country staff. The handbook is a guide to the most up-to-date processes, systems, and governance mechanisms which enable the MERF to operate. It is a live document and will be continuously updated based on experience and feedback.

So, you have developed an innovation that addresses a humanitarian challenge. Congratulations! Now read this guide.