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Sphere General News
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Monday, 30 January 2006 |
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In August 2005 the Humanitarian Response Review (HRR), commissioned by the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Jan Egeland, was published. One of the recommendations was that a ‘benchmarking’ system be established to enable better monitoring and measurement of the effectiveness of disaster response. The United Kingdom aid department, Department for International Development (DFID), led some work to explore further what such a benchmarking system might look like. The clear link with the Sphere standards meant that the Sphere Project Manager was invited to participate in a ‘virtual’ advisory group formed to inform DFID’s work.  Comment this article | Views: 12056
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Materials and Translations News
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Monday, 30 January 2006 |
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Japanese Sphere version is now available and can be obtained from: Shin Ohara (Mr.)
Planning & Coordination Division
Refugee Assistance Headquarters (RHQ)
Foundation for the Welfare and Education of the Asian People 5-1-27 Minami-Azabu Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0047, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3449-7012 E-mail:
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Fax: 81-3-3449-7016 Web: http://www.rhq.gr.jp
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Training News
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
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Update about the Sphere Progress in Indonesia:
By: H. Iskandar Leman a) Sphere Orientation Seminar for Habitat for Humanity - facilitated by me and Wanti in Banda Aceh covered 40 Habitat's personnel, mid October 2005
b) Sphere Training for GoI in Banda Aceh organized by UN ORC (UNOCHA in Aceh) jointly with Oxfam-CARE-SATKORLAK NAD, facilitated by Faisal (Jakarta), Saiful (Banda Aceh), Nurjanah (Bandung) and me, attended by 21 participants (75% GoI from provincial and affected districts, 20% female, 25% NGO), 23-26 November 2005
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Materials and Translations News
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
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It gives the Sphere India Secretariat immense pleasure in presenting to you, after the hard work and support of a lot of people, the Malayalam version of the Sphere Handbook 2004 Edition, internationally accepted as a by-word in Minimum Standards in Disaster Response. Comment this article | Views: 9034 |
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Training News
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
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A Sphere training has been conducted in Brazil during November 16-18, 2005 hosted by Catholic Relief Services. * Location: Recife, Brazil
* Number of participants: 50
* Profile of participants: Field staff, Interagency, Technical/project/program Staff
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