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...

The Sphere Project, People In Aid and HAP International have invited humanitarian agencies to financially support a joint deployment aimed at bringing increased quality and accountability to the humanitarian...

On Sunday 18 September, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the Northern Indian State of Sikkim, killing nearly 100 people. Coordination efforts by relief agencies started right away. The next...

An inter-agency Sphere Training of Trainers course will take place in Nyanga, Zimbabwe from 20-28 November. It targets local participants who, thus prepared, will then constitute a national inter-agency...

Four of the best-known initiatives to improve quality and accountability in the humanitarian sector are working together to help bring about a more coherent humanitarian response in the Horn...

Four of the best-known initiatives to improve quality and accountability in the humanitarian sector have agreed to strengthen their collaboration. Meeting in Geneva on 20 July, top representatives of...

Nearly 11 million people are reported to be in need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa. Aid agencies in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya have reported alarming rates of...

With 13 language versions released at more than 50 events in 35 countries and seven additional versions in the making, the worldwide roll-out of the Sphere Handbook 2011 edition...

Winding up her deployment in Haiti, Sphere Project capacity-building coordinator Rosario Iraola has handed over responsibility for promoting Sphere's minimum standards to a newly created local working group. The...

Interview with Ton van Zutphen, former Sphere Board Chair Over the past three years, Ton van Zutphen has served as Chair of the Sphere Project's Board. In the following...