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• 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...
• 2018: A year with Sphere
  07 January 2019 | Sphere
  Dear Sphere friends, As a very busy and successful 2018 draws to an end, we would like to thank you for your support and engagement over the past many months. The Sphere network has been growing stronger each year and 2018 was no exception. You...
• 2018 Handbook launch: past and future of humanitarian standards
  28 November 2018 | Sphere
      “When we started it, we had a real hard time publishing the Handbook”, said Peter Walker, co-founder of the Sphere movement. “It now exists in more than 30 languages. The humanitarian community has taken it, run with it, and...
• Sphere General Assembly elects new President, Executive Committee
  27 November 2018 | Sphere
    The Sphere General Assembly met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 5 November. The meeting was aimed at welcoming the new members who joined Sphere during 2018, as well as providing new governance for the organisation. The Assembly,...
• Sphere Handbook 2018: New edition out on 6 November 2018
  24 October 2018 | Sphere
    The Sphere Handbook is the oldest initiative in the field of humanitarian standards. It has been field-tested over twenty years and  regularly updated to ensure it remains fit for purpose in a changing world. What does not change is...