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- Download the Sphere Handbook as a PDF in over 40 languages.
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Using Sphere standards in urban contexts - training packageEnglish 54.62 MB zip 2023This training package is designed for trainers to guide them through delivery of a 3-day workshop. The training package may also be used for private study.
By the end of the workshop, participants should have increased their understanding of how to: plan humanitarian action in urban contexts; apply Sphere standards to urban contexts; identify differences and similarities between humanitarian response in urban and other contexts; apply a people-centred, rights-based approach to needs and capacities analyses; and apply systems thinking to context analyses.
This package is currently available in English only. -
Sphere Short Workshop Pack 2023English 51.92 MB zip 2023
By Sphere
The Short Workshop Pack contains facilitation guides for various Sphere workshops: 2-hours, half-day, 1-day and 3-day in-person workshops; and 1x3-hour and 2x2-hours guides for online workshops to accompany the How to Use the Sphere Handbook self-paced online course. This pack includes Shelter scenario-based activities developed in response to the conflict in Ukraine, which can be easily adapted to other contexts. We recommend that users of this pack also download the full Sphere Training Pack, which contains facilitation materials for at least 5 days of Sphere training. These guides are available in English only. -
Sphere NDMA training guideSpanish 896.11 KB pdf 2022This training guide is designed for Sphere trainers and focal points to support them when facilitating Sphere training for managerial and operational personnel of National Disaster Management Authorities (NDMAs). This guide is available in English, French and Arabic.
A complete NDMA training pack is available in Spanish only, which includes a detailed guide for trainers and supporting materials including PowerPoint slides, whiteboard templates, polls, and handouts for practical exercises. Three alternative sessions plans are suggested. -
Sphere online training package (English)Spanish 56.41 MB zip 2022
By Sphere , Alice Ncube , Andrew Nzimbi , Anne Lloyd , Axel Schmidt , Aydee Marin Pallares , Dr Oliver Hoffmann , Gabriel Paredes Chávez , Hamza Hamwie , Hassan Jenedie , Ibrahim Hatibu , Jane Davies , Jim Good , Dr. Markus Moke , Miguel Morales , Patrick J. Melancon, PhD , Tristan Hale , Uma Narayanan
The Sphere online training package includes materials and guidance for facilitating over 25 interactive online learning activities. It also contains guidance on how to run effective online Sphere workshops and courses, including pre-training preparations and post-training actions.
This training package is designed for Sphere trainers by Sphere trainers.
It is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. -
Standards vs. Targets ActivityEnglish 42.04 MB zip 2021
By Sphere
This resource supports an interactive activity for workshops or courses. It can easily be adapted for in-person or online learning. The learning objective is that learners fully understand the difference between standards and targets. This is critically important for all users of Humanitarian Standards Partnership (HSP) handbooks but is often not well understood. This resource is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia and Arabic, but the activity can be run in any language because the main content is a set of 12 cartoons which contain no writing. -
Sphere Handbook Activity Cards (Version 2, 2021)English 185.80 MB zip 2021
By Sphere
The Sphere Handbook Activity Cards support learning activities for Sphere workshops and courses. Each card represents an element from, or related to, the Sphere Handbook such as a standard, commitment, program cycle activity, partner or theme.
The ZIP folder (200Mb) contains a short guide to the cards, and all the files (PNG and PSD) you need to print - professionally or using an office/home printer - this deck of 92 double-sided cards (and even a tuckbox to keep them in).
The cards may also be used to support online training using platforms such as Miro, Jamboard or deckhive.
This resource is currently available in English only. If you would like to create a translated/localised version, please contact the Sphere office. -
Sphere microlearning assetsVarious languages 37.54 MB zip 2021
By Sphere
Microtraining delivers short bursts of content for learners to study at their convenience. Sphere posts microlearning opportunities on social media feeds.
This training resource contains links to Sphere's recent microlearning opportunities on LinkedIn, and PowerPoint files so trainers can translate, reformulate or repurpose the content.
The materials are available in various languages (currently English, French and Turkish) in a single download. If you appreciate this content, please download this resource every couple of months to get the latest materials. -
The Sphere Challenge (training activity guide)English 1.66 MB pdf 2021The main objective of this activity is for participants to reinforce their familiarity with the structure and content of the Sphere handbook. The activity is a quiz where the course participants work in teams to devise questions for each other.
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Training Outline - How to Implement Sphere Standards in the FieldFrench 53.42 KB pdf 2021
By Daniel Pugh , Daniel Pugh
The aim of this session is to ensure participants are able to implement projects using the Sphere Standards hand-book in the field
