This review aims to assess the extent to which gender considerations have been successfully integrated throughout Start Network members’ and their partner agencies’ activities implemented as part of the Start Fund alert cycle.
As a fund exclusively led and managed by civil society, the Start Fund has changed the ways in which aid has been allocated and disbursed, ensuring that humanitarian action is better accountable to those affected and at risk.
In June 2023 the Start Fund commissioned an annual external evaluation to examine accountability to affected populations (AAP) in Start Fund projects and processes. The evaluation aimed to assess the extent to which accountability principles and good practices can be incorporated into all stages of the Start Fund alert cycle, specifically considering challenges of the short timeframes of 72 hours between alert raising and project selection and 45 to 60 days for project implementation.
This report summarises research for the Global Start Fund on climate change impacts on small and medium-scale crises.
