The September 2024 Start Fund Risk Bulletin highlights new and emerging crises, including severe flooding and disease outbreaks in West and Central Africa, a public emergency over rising Mpox cases in Africa, increasing conflict risk in Colombia, drought-induced isolation in Amazonas, a state of emergency in Namibia threatening food security, and upcoming elections in Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Mozambique amid economic and political tensions.
The Start Fund 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 also not featured. It is collated by the Start Network Anticipation and Risk Financing team using information from academia and research institutes, government departments, ACAPS, global risk indexes, risk information provided by Start Members and their partners, and the media. Key risks are shared and collated each month with FOREWARN input.
A reflection from Gareth Owen, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children UK, on the state of humanitarian action moving forward.
Start Network is delighted to announce that the successful partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands is due to continue, with just over £12million GBP allocated for the next three and a half years.
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 humanitarian and disaster response efforts, LGBTQIA+ individuals are among the most vulnerable yet least visible
The Start Fund monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations. It is collated by the Start Network Anticipation and Risk Financing team using information from academia and research institutes, government departments, ACAPS, global risk indexes, risk information provided by Start Members and their partners, and the media. April's Risk Brief includes entries on conflict in Mozambique, extreme heat in Southeast Asia, electoral tensions in Chad and Venezuela, and flooding in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A protocol was developed following the discussion in the DRC Hub and members workshops in June 2022, and written in collaboration with DRC Hub leaders and member representatives.
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.
Guidance on the Ukraine Local Pooled Fund's structure, eligibility and mechanism.
