At its meeting in New York City in May the Sphere Project Board decided to renew its involvement in the development of the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS). In the...

Meeting in New York City in May, the Sphere Board began to develop a new strategy to transform the Sphere Project into a global standards network by 2020. Over...

The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP), People In Aid and the Sphere Project, with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Technical Steering Group, are pleased to present the revised version of...

Sphere minimum standards have been incorporated into the recently adopted Indonesian National Standards on Humanitarian Response. The Indonesian National Standards on Humanitarian Response were adopted by the country's National...

The first stages of a humanitarian response may have crucial consequences for the longer-term recovery that should begin once the crisis has subsided. If not properly done, economic development...

The World Humanitarian Summit is starting to take shape. Recent weeks have seen people, organizations and governments coming on board to join in the task of shaping the future...

A version with subtitles in Japanese of the film Humanitarian standards in context; Bringing the Sphere Handbook to life is now available. The Japanese-subtitled version of the 20-minute film...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will integrate the Sphere Handbook in Action e-learning course into its new learning platform. As of next month, UNICEF staff across the world...

Livestock are key livelihood assets for many people in rural areas. No wonder that a specific set of standards has been developed to help practitioners deal with a much-neglected...

Every year, the dedicated community of Sphere practitioners offers training workshops on Sphere principles and standards around the world. Many of these trainings take place in an emergency setting...