STAR-TIDES
STAR-TIDES is a global knowledge-sharing network that focuses on building sustainable resilience, promoting human security (freedom from want and freedom from fear), and improving emergency response.
About STAR-TIDES
Mission Statement
STAR-TIDES is a global knowledge-sharing network that focuses on building sustainable resilience, promoting human security (freedom from want and freedom from fear), and improving emergency response.
Goals
STAR-TIDES approaches work best when community-led, bottom-up projects are facilitated by high-level support and coordination. National level, public-private coordination can link local execution efforts to international knowledge and best practices. STAR-TIDES supports community-level efforts with knowledge from the several thousand members of the network. Specific projects are coordinated through George Mason University’s Center for Resilient, Adaptable, and Safe Communities (C-RASC). A recurring problem is that outside organizations often offer solutions without understanding what a community needs, don’t learn much from interactions with the community, and don’t build local capacity so the community can continue to grow after grants end or students graduate. By contrast, STAR-TIDES’s critical elements are LISTENING, LEARNING, and LASTING.