While the rate of attacks against aid workers continues to grow, kidnapping is the top threat they face, a new report says. This is one of the findings of...

When it meets later this month, the Sphere Project Board will engage in strategic discussion about the future direction and priorities for the Project, prompted by new trends and...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sphere Project have agreed to include the Sphere Handbook in Action e-learning course in the ICRC online learning platform....

The Sphere Project has published the Arabic-language version of its website at SphereProject.org/ar. A work-in-progress, the new language version of the website is already online and new content will...

The Groupe URD (Urgence, Réhabilitation, Développement), one of the most influential quality and accountability initiatives in the French-speaking world, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, using the occasion as an...

To mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2013, a group of humanitarian organisations and UN agencies released a new Guidance note on disability and emergency risk management for...

You still have four weeks to order the Sphere Handbook in bulk from Practical Action Publishing at its current price of GBP 5.00 per copy (plus shipping cost). Bulk...

From Bolivia to the Philippines and from Vietnam to Nepal, humanitarian practitioners and organisations are developing new activities and strategies to further disseminate Sphere principles and standards. Bolivia In...

With the addition of Arabic, French and Spanish versions, the Sphere Handbook in Action e-learning course is now accessible to a wider spectrum of the Sphere community. The Sphere...

The staff of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as well as Red Cross / Red Crescent volunteers all over the world now have...