Background
Start Network is a global membership of more than 90 aid organisations working across six continents tackling what it sees as the biggest systemic problems the sector faces. Start Network’s vision is for a locally led humanitarian system that is accountable to people affected by and at-risk of crises. We aim to achieve this vision by making systemic-level shifts through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localisation.
The Forecast-based, Warning, Analysis, and Response Network (FOREWARN) is Start Networks’ community of experts that provides this support to humanitarians on the ground, and advocates for early action to become the norm. FOREWARN was established in 2016 and is multi-disciplinary, multistakeholder network of aid professionals, academics, scientists, and risk experts who work together to monitor risks and provide technical advice and practical recommendations to Start Network member organizations.
Forewarn Bangladesh started its journey in November 2019 as a national platform of the Global FOREWARN initiative under Start Network. In the process of localizing the technical capacity for Start Bangladesh in-country members,…
