Exploring the three Cs: Complementarity, Collaboration and Consortia in Start Fund interventions
In 2022, an evaluation of the Start Fund explored ways the flagship programme could become more locally led.
In 2022, an evaluation of the Start Fund explored ways the flagship programme could become more locally led.
In 2022, an evaluation of the Start Fund explored ways the flagship programme could become more locally led. Two recommendations were made to Start Network, which required a deeper understanding of the role that members have as intermediaries and in complementary consortiums.
The Sharing Knowledge and Ideas under Local Leadership (SKILL) Grant was developed in 2021 so that Start Network’s local members could lead collaborative research projects and learn through partnerships. From January 2022, with grants of up to £15,000 GBP, eight local or national NGO organisations worked with a variety of partners to research humanitarian issues that they chose. Through this report, we document their experiences, impact and learning.
A podcast series making the case for locally led humanitarian action.
Listening and acting on community feedback is one way to enable the agency of communities and provide assistance that is both effective and dignified.
As Western donors and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), we most often have disproportionate power in relation to local and national organisations.
The Community Led Approaches to MEAL Grant enables people affected by or at-risk of crises to have more of a say in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.