Start Fund awarded responses: September
October saw the Start Fund respond on a global level to seven alerts, awarding just under £1.5million to rapid responses to fires, flooding, earthquakes, and displacement alerts Read more.
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A gender based conversation
World Humanitarian Day 2019 honours the role of women working within aid. In this piece we hear from Start Fund MEAL Manager, Chaitali, and her thoughts around women in crises and the upcoming Start Fund gender review.
Go Team Asia facilitates collaboration between Christian Aid and Muslim Aid in Nigeria
Atif Sohail has more than 9 years of experience in programme management and monitoring and evaluation in emergencies (in Pakistan). Previously he was working with Muslim Aid Pakistan and is now working with Christian Aid to manage their response in Nigeria, through the Go Team Asia shared humanitarian roster.
Unlocking localisation
… and headway made with regards to affected population accountability, to what degree are there clear, transparent …
Juba context analysis
… coordination. This may be a MEAL (monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning) bias speaking, but how do you …
World Humanitarian Summit: one year on, Start Network puts words into action
One year after the World Humanitarian Summit, the pace of change needs to be faster says Sean Lowrie, director of Start Network
Forecasting a crisis: how Start Fund is learning to get ahead
Start Network's Luke Caley looks at how the Start Fund has learned to anticipate - and what's coming next
What does the Grand Bargain need to do to succeed at the World Humanitarian Summit?
Julian Srodecki, World Vision International suggests four things to improve the Grand Bargain for those impacted by disaster and the organisations that seek to directly assist them.
Why just advocating for localisation is no longer enough
Reflecting on humanitarian trends over the past decade, one thing is clear: localisation and/or locally led action are ways of working that are here to stay.
Start Network’s new strategy: Shifting the conditions that hold the system in place
Change means action: Start Network's new 3-year strategy for 2024-2026 has just launched. It crystallises our value offer as a systems change organisation and sets out how we will address the challenges in the humanitarian sector.