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• New features make Interactive Handbook quicker and more intuitive to use
  28 May 2019 | Sphere
    Sphere has recently updated its Interactive Handbook, making it quicker and easier to browse and access its content. New features allow users to browse the Handbook in multiple languages, access additional sets of standards, filter and...
• Sphere annual report 2018 now available
  07 May 2019 | Sphere
    Download the annual report 2018 (in English) Read the Consolidated financial statements 2018 (in English)   Dear Friends of Sphere, What a remarkable year! Not only did we launch the new edition of the Sphere...
• New training pack makes learning about the Sphere standards easier for all
  29 April 2019 | Sphere
    Sphere has just released an updated version of its comprehensive training pack to support humanitarian professionals wishing to learn more about Sphere and humanitarian standards or deliver training themselves. The training pack is...
• Sphere extends a warm ‘thank you’ to all Handbook contributors
  26 April 2019 | Sphere
    Sphere is truly grateful to all the humanitarian practitioners and experts who participated in the Handbook drafting process throughout 2017 and 2018, putting their time and expertise at the service of the humanitarian...
• Handbook launch events across the globe discuss diverse operations and how standards can help improve humanitarian action in complex situations
  27 March 2019 | Sphere
    Throughout March 2019, Sphere and its partners continued the roll-out of the new Sphere Handbook, with events scheduled across four continents. These events demonstrated a renewed commitment to providing better humanitarian assistance,...
• Introducing the fourth edition of the Sphere Handbook to the Sphere community
  27 February 2019 | Sphere
    In the four months which followed the global launch of the fourth edition of the Sphere Handbook, this flagship publication has been introduced to the humanitarian community through multiple local events. By the end of March 2019,...
• What is new in the 2018 Handbook? Discover Sphere’s guide and training module
  30 January 2019 | Sphere
  Sphere Handbook users curious to know more about the content of the 2018 edition now have access to a wide range of in-depth information. Sphere’s “What is New” materials provide an insight into what has changed – and what has not – in the...
• New e-learning course helps humanitarian actors become Sphere Champions
  28 January 2019 | Sphere
    A new Sphere e-learning course will help users gain the skills needed to promote Sphere within their own network and to leverage improved quality and accountability for people affected by crisis and disaster. The one-hour...
• Handbook translations increase global access to the Sphere standards
  28 January 2019 | Sphere
    Following the launch of the Sphere Handbook in November, Sphere’s partners are already at work translating the Handbook into their own languages. These efforts will bring the Handbook to more humanitarian professionals and communities...
• Addressing the power imbalance in the humanitarian sector
  28 January 2019 | Sphere
    How can humanitarian standards support the empowerment of local actors, including affected people? With the localisation agenda receiving much attention and the 2018 Sphere Handbook focusing even more on using standards in context at...