Humanitarian standards help governments, communities and the humanitarian system at large put people affected by crisis or conflict at the centre of humanitarian response, but not without challenges. After...

By Cassie Dummett (*) Many areas, one integrated approach - that's the potential and promise the Global Humanitarian Standards Partnership brings to humanitarian standards. Humanitarian standards are exactly what...

By Vincent Trousseau (*) Humanitarian response is undergoing a profound re-think as we see an increased use of cash-based programming. What are the implications for a rights-based approach, direct...

Sphere and Partners call for commitments to quality assistance, protection, and accountability at the World Humanitarian Summit. In just a few hours, the World Humanitarian Summit will convene in...

A new free-of-charge course on the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is now available online in English, Arabic and French, with a Spanish version expected in...

By Irina Kulenovic (*) In order to promote good international practice and support the development of a culture of emergency preparedness and response in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sphere...

By Christine Knudsen (*) The first year of implementing the new Sphere 2020 strategic plan revealed a dynamic and growing community of practitioners galvanised around a core commitment to...

Sphere for Urban Response, a new publication in the ‘Sphere unpacked' series that fills a gap in current guidance on how to implement humanitarian standards across different contexts, is...

The Sphere Handbook 2011 edition has just been published in Thai. With this new version, the Handbook is now available in 27 languages. The translation of the Handbook was...

By Chris Wong (*) Several local and international NGOs, foundations and universities are working together to more strategically promote the Sphere Project in China. Ten organisations involved in humanitarian...