Coordination between the government, the UN and national and international organizations working in the field of disaster preparedness and response in Kyrgyzstan was considerably strengthened in 2011 by a...

The Joint Standards' Initiative deployment to the Horn of Africa that began at the end of October 2011 concluded on 31 January 2012. The Joint Standards' Initiative is an...

A group of key humanitarian actors have created the Sphere Bangladesh Community, a platform to promote the Sphere Project in the South Asian country. They plan to give Sphere...

The Sphere Project and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) are pleased to announce that the Companionship Agreement between the two entities has been renewed. The agreement...

The design and implementation of aid programmes in the Horn of Africa should allow for more participation by crisis-affected communities says a quality and accountability team. The team also...

Three of the best-known standards-setting initiatives to improve the quality and accountability of humanitarian response have charted the next steps towards achieving greater coherence. "The goal of this process...

The Sphere Project Board affirmed its commitment to achieving greater coherence amongst initiatives working to improve the quality and accountability of humanitarian work and welcomed RedR International as a...

The commitment of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to humanitarian law and standards and to the Sphere Project in particular was highlighted at...

Together with a significant group of humanitarian actors, Ecuador's National Secretariat for Risk Management has created a Sphere coordination group in Ecuador in an effort to strengthen the application of Sphere...

Sphere Focal Points met 15-16 September 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand at a forum organized by Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) in collaboration with the Sphere Project secretariat. The forum's goal...