By Martín Villarroel García and Magdalena Medrano, Sphere trainers, focal point representatives (Red Esfera Bolivia) and individual members. Download the Sphere NDMA training pack here (in Spanish...
By: Flor Piñango, Sphere trainer Venezuela’s Vice Ministry of Risk Management, the National Civil Protection authority and Caritas Venezuela are organizing a series of Risk Management and the...
By Cesar Alvarez Sanchez, Independent Risk Management Consultant and Sphere trainer On August 7, 2021, Law No. 21,364 was enacted by the government of Chile, establishing the National System for...
By Anne Radday and Nola Jenkins In 2021, the SEADS Project team will draft the first ever standards to support agricultural livelihoods in emergencies. Before we began, we wanted to better understand...
How to use Sphere standards throughout the humanitarian programme cycle The Sphere Handbook’s blend of ethical, rights-based approach and technical standards makes it one of the best-known and...
Dear Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, The lack of predictable and accountable coordination arrangements for humanitarian cash continues to hamper the scale, quality and...
Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities, humanitarian actors, local and national authorities best respond to uphold the rights of all affected people? Sphere and its...
The Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities and humanitarian actors best respond to the COVID-19 outbreak? How can the Sphere Handbook guide our response? Structure This...
1. Background Sphere was established in 1997 as an inter-agency project in response to concerns about the performance, accountability and lack of co-ordination among humanitarian actors during the...
Prólogo Con la publicación de esta cuarta edición, el Manual Esfera celebra su vigésimo aniversario. Es resultado de varios años de una intensa movilización de actores humanitarios de todo el mundo y...