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Examining the information and communication needs of refugess in Greece and Germany

In Nairobi in February 2016, the Humanitarian Leadership Academy co-hosted a global conference, with Kenya Red Cross Society and Start Network, for civil society.

This paper has been written to inform discussion between donors, the United Nations and NGOs about an emerging tension between two important goals: building local capacity and managing programmatic risk.

Humanitarian Futures Programme Discussion Paper for the Start Network

Extreme weather events were almost twice as common over the past ten years as they were during the 1980s. The people on the frontlines of the climate crisis are those who are least responsible for causing it: the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.

The benefits of early action are mostly uncontested among humanitarian actors. Nevertheless, humanitarian actors still find it challenging to act early for a variety of reasons.

The State of Surge Capacity in the Humanitarian Sector is the largest snapshot on surge for a number of years, and reveals how surge in the humanitarian sector has evolved in the past decade.

The Start Network has published its 2016 Business Plan which will enable the governance, membership and external stakeholders of the Start Network to understand, endorse, support and participate in the activities of the Network.