10 Lessons From The First Three Years 10 Of Crisis Anticipation

IN 2016, THE START NETWORK LAUNCHED ‘CRISIS ANTICIPATION’ FOR THE START FUND. THE START FUND IS A POOLED FUND WHICH PROVIDES RAPID AND EARLY FUNDING TO NGOS ON THE FRONTLINE OF CRISES GLOBALLY. Anticipatory action enables funds to be disbursed using forecasts, to mitigate anticipated humanitarian impacts. To help their members shift to more anticipatory programming, the Start Network have provided a mixture of technical support, access to forecasts and risk analysis and ‘no regrets’ early funding to their members. In doing so, they hoped to catalyse a shift across the Start Network from reactive to proactive humanitarian interventions. In 2019, the first independent evaluation of the impact of this work took place.