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The new Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Martin Griffiths, has officially started his role as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, the most senior humanitarian role at the United Nations. He will be leading the policies and strategic decisions of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which will have an impact across the humanitarian sector and the way the sector responds to crises.

This paper explores the new opportunities and challenges for ensuring accountability to affected populations related to disaster risk financing. It draws on Start Network experience in Pakistan, Senegal, Madagascar and Kenya to discuss possible issues and challenges that DRF programming can present for accountability, and steps which can be taken to address these.

As part of our move toward becoming a locally led network of networks, we've incubated and supported five Start Network hubs. Bhavya Srinivasan, Interim Head of Network Development, shares what she's learned in the two years she's worked to support them.

The 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.

The quarterly FOREWARN meeting in May 2021 focussed on epidemics in a deliberate effort to share recently-acquired learning on anticipating disease outbreaks and to apply them beyond the current pandemic. When considering which disease outbreak or epidemic the Start Fund could represent, cholera was the obvious choice for a few reasons.

Este informe resume algunos de los principales aprendizajes de la red Start Network en el segundo trimestre de 2021. En él se exponen las principales conclusiones del aprendizaje y se ofrecen enlaces a informes más detallados. Se centra en Nuestros métodos de trabajo - ¿cómo podemos mejorar nuestra evidencia y aprendizaje? Programas: qué hay que tener en cuenta a la hora de implementar los programas Sobre lo que queremos aprender más Acción humanitaria: ¿Qué nos están diciendo nuestros accionistas? ¿Sobre qué queremos aprender más? El informe está disponible en español, inglés y francés.

Cette note résume certains des principaux enseignements tirés par le Start Network au cours du deuxieme trimestre 2021. Le résumé présente les principaux enseignements et fournit des liens vers des rapports plus détaillés. Il se concentre sur Nos méthodes de travail - comment pouvons-nous améliorer nos preuves et notre apprentissage? Programmes : ce qu'il faut prendre en compte lors de la mise en œuvre des programmes et Ce quoi nous voulons en savoir Action humanitaire : que nous disent nos parties prenantes ? Sur quoi voulons-nous en savoir plus ? Le dossier est disponible en français, anglais et espagnol.

Cette note résume certains des principaux enseignements tirés par le Start Network au cours du premier trimestre 2021. Le résumé présente les principaux enseignements et fournit des liens vers des rapports plus détaillés. Il se concentre sur Nos méthodes de travail : comment pouvons-nous améliorer nos preuves et notre apprentissage? Programmes : ce qu'il faut prendre en compte lors de la mise en œuvre des programmes et Ce quoi nous voulons en savoir Action humanitaire : que nous disent nos parties prenantes ? Le dossier est disponible en français, anglais et espagnol.

This quarterly one-page brief summarises some of Start Network’s key learning from April to June 2021. The brief talks through the key learning takeaways and provides links to more detailed reports. It focuses on Ways of working: how can we improve our evidence and learning? Programmes: what to consider when implementing programmes Humanitarian action: what are our stakeholders telling us? What we want to learn more about. The brief is provided in English, Spanish and French.

Start Network is pleased to welcome Sanjayan Srikanthan, CEO of Shelterbox, as the new chair of the board of trustees. Sanj previously worked for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) during which time he served as Senior Vice President IRC Europe and Executive Director of IRC UK. As part of his role at IRC, Sanj served as an assembly representative and as the chair of the Start Fund Committee.