The People First Impact Method (PFIM) is a tool to assess the impact of humanitarian and development interventions from a community perspective. Its recently released facilitator's toolkit has been...

A new edition of the State of the Humanitarian System report is in the making. And your experience as an aid professional can be part of it. The well-known...

The Core Humanitarian Standard is being tested by 60 organisations around the world. Meanwhile, individual humanitarian workers have the possibility of sharing their feedback on the standard until 12...

Communicate humanitarian messages with cartoons? Well yes, we're about to try to do just that. The Sphere Project office is about to publish a series of six posters and...

When almost a billion people go to bed hungry every night, being a humanitarian is not a choice, says Dr Unni Krishnan, head of disaster preparedness and response for...

[This story was updated on 2 September 2014. See why below.] A bit more than a year after its launch and with over 13,200 humanitarians enrolled, the Sphere Handbook...

By Markus Forsberg (*) Because of the nature of humanitarian work in crisis situations, consultation is especially important for discussion and development of new initiatives. But how can we...

What are the main trends in the humanitarian sector today? The principal challenges and opportunities? How will the sector look in 10 years' time? Watch the experts sharing their...

The Sphere Board has appointed Linda Poteat as Sphere Project Director (interim). Poteat will take over the position at the end of June for a period of three months....

Building a Better Response is a recently launched e-learning course aimed at strengthening the knowledge and ability of humanitarian actors to engage effectively in the international humanitarian coordination system...