| Sphere Board Organisations activities update for Nov.07-Apr.08 | |||||
| # | Country | Organisation | Training | Translations | Other activities |
| 1 | Angola | CARE | Sphere review workshops in Angola (Nicole Tobin tobin@careinternational.org) | -- | -- |
| 2 | Australia | ACT/NCCA | NCCA CWS Sydney: Patricia Garcia proposed a Sphere Project introduction workshop for NCCA staff to be conducted in 2008. There has been exchange of meetings between NCCA CWS and CWS Pakistan/Afghanistan concerning Sphere Training and lessons learned from the Pakistan Earthquake. More exchange visits are planned within the Asia region. | -- | -- |
| 3 | Bangladesh | ACT/Koinonia | Training delivered on the 20 Feb. 2008, Contact person: Kate Bowen, Tearfund-UK, email: kate.bowen@tearfund.org. Planned: Training, contact person: Mark Rajib Halder, Deputy Director, email: Koinonia@bdonline.com | -- | -- |
| 4 | Bolivia | Oxfam | Planned: Training, Contact person: Candice Ramos, HDO, Oxfam GB | -- | -- |
| 5 | Bolivia | ACT/PDA/A ministry of Presbyterian Church USA | Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PDA a Ministry of Presbyterian Church USA had delivered jointly with ACT Central America for one workshop in Ly Paz Bolivia with 30 participants. | -- | -- |
| 6 | Burma (Myanmar) | ACT/Christian Aid | Planned:
A five day training on emergency response management is planned for the
partners in the country in early 08. In this training, two days are allocated
specifically for Sphere Standards Contact: Michael Paratharayil Sphere Training is part of Christian Aid’s corporate training calendar. Hence, every new staff, joining in the international department is oriented/trained on Sphere depending on their needs. |
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| 7 | Dominican Republic | ACT/Christian Aid | A
Sphere training is planned for Christian Aid partners in Santo Domingo in preparation for the
hurricane season (preferably in June/July 08) Contact Person: Harold Paul |
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| 8 | DRC | ACT/Christian Aid | Training
delivered at Cyangugu/Rwanda (March 08) Sphere norms and standards on Shelter Contact person: Andrew BUTARE, CM Rwanda. Planned: Bukavu/DRC Sphere training in general Contact person: Chirha MURHAMBO |
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| 9 | El Salvador | ACT/LWR | Planned: Training, contact person: Jean Waagbo, 14 LWR staff and 8 partner organisations staff. | -- | -- |
| 10 | Germany | ADH | Training
delivered and planned: Contact person: Bärbel Mosebach Trainer: Dr. Peter Schmitz Course: Introduction to EC - Project Cycle Management I Contact person: Bärbel Mosebach Trainer: Thomas Magura Course: EC-Project Cycle Management II: Operational Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring Contact person: Bärbel Mosebach Trainer: Thomas Magura Course: EC-Project Cycle Management III: Concepts and Tools of Evaluation Contact person: Bärbel Mosebach Trainer: Thomas Magura |
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person: Bärbel Mosebach Project Working Group, consisting of representatives of all ten member organisations, will be discussing and preparing Sphere related activities for the planned conference in October 2008 in Germany, organised by Aktion Deutschland Hilft. |
| 11 | Ghana | ACT/Christian Aid | -- | -- | Upper
Easter/Ghana Food ration calculation and Shelter norms Contact person: Franciska Issaka, CENSUDI |
| 12 | Ghana | CARE | Sphere training in Ghana, hosted by CARE Ghana (Amadou Sayo sayo@caregog.org) | -- | Planned: Sphere review workshop in Ghana, hosted by CARE Ghana (Amadou Sayo sayo@caregog.org) |
| 13 | Haiti | ACT/Christian Aid | Planned: A Sphere training is planned in Haiti by the ACT Forum in preparation for the hurricane season (preferably in June/July 08) | -- | -- |
| 14 | Haiti | CARE | Participation in Haiti Sphere deployment training activities | -- | -- |
| 15 | India | LWF | -
Nov 2007, Sphere Training for Inter Agency Group, Uttar Pradesh, India. - Sphere Training for NGO staff in Guwahati, Assam, in which LWSI staff was a co-trainer. - Nov2007, SKIPA JharKhand, Mr. Dileep Kumar - Assistant Professor Disaster Management, SKIPA Ranchi. - Nov 2007, RedR India, Pune, Mr. Praveen Kumar, Training Coordinator. - Dec 2007, Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Mr. Sasanka Kr. Padhi, Save the Children. Planned: Note: A. "Sphere in humanitarian practice" will be mainstreamed in all the trainings B. These trainings are planned pre-monsoons i.e. during April, May and June 2008 in Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh Contact person: Vikrant Mahajan Dates: Will be announced after consultation with IAGs |
Where: Assam, UP, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Languages: Assamese, Hindi, Orriya, Bengali, Marathi, Contact person: Vikrant Mahajan | - Sphere and DRR workshop for Sphere India
members by Prof Ben Wisner: 17 Dec 2007, New Delhi. - Sphere India 5th Foundation Day celebration: 21st Feb 2008, New Delhi. - IAG meetings in West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Bihar, Jan - March 2008. - IAG consultation for developing Guidelines for Inter Agency initiatives in India, March 2008, Kolkota. - Training of Trainers for Inter Agency Group Participants, March 2008, Kolkota. Contact person: In Kolkata : K.G. Mathaikutt Planned: Sphere-URS meetings will be periodically conducted in six states (Bihar, Assam, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir) Contact person: Arjun Khajuria. |
| 16 | India | ACT/CASA | CASA is a member of Sphere India, which is the country intiative for the implementation of Sphere Standards in India. CASA has been using Sphere Standards as reference point in all areas of its operations in an effort to maintain the desired standards of humanitarian intervention. CASA has also been promoting the use of Sphere Standards through capacity building & training programmes focused on Sphere Standards for its staff and also other stakeholders. CASA is also playing an important role towards translating Sphere into Indian languages to facilitate a broader understanding and awareness on a wider geographical landmass on these standards. Sphere-India organised during this period 5 Sphere trainings and one ToT in Lucknow, Pune, Ranchi, Diglipur, Andamans and New Delhi. The ToT was organised in Kolkata during 27-31 March 2008. Contact Person: Vikrant Mahajan, Chief Operating Officer - Sphere India. Planned: 5 Sphere trainings are planned to be carried out during 2008-2009. Training programmes on Needs Assessment, Project Cycle Management and Logistic/Movement of Relief Materials are also planned. Trainings are planned to take place in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam. | The Sphere handbook is being translated to 5 Regional Languages in India (Hindi, Oriya, Bengali & Assamese). Planned: Sphere-India is also planning to upgrade the existing translated versions of the Sphere handbook in Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil. | - Sphere India celebrated its 5th Raising Day on the 21st of February 2008 in New Delhi. - Launch of the low cost handbook edition in Bangalore in October 2007. Planned: Sphere India-URS initiative are planned to be extended to 3 more states in India (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir).- It is planned to launch the Sphere India Training & Capacity building programmes in 5 states of India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam) |
| 17 | Indonesia | ACT/YTBI | Planned: Training in the 4th week of November 2008 | -- | -- |
| 18 | Jordan | CARE | -- | -- | Planned: Jordan– Accountability review/training (incorporating Sphere/protection): strengthening refugee accountability West Bank Gaza – Accountability review/training Both in June (Clare Smith) |
| 19 | Kenya | Oxfam | Training in Kenya (Eldoret, Nakuru, Kisumu and Nairobi), Contact person: Daniel Leveson, HDO, Oxfam GB, Co-organised by Oxfam GB and Red Cross for 100 humanitarian workers and decision makers. | -- | -- |
| 20 | Kenya | LWF | In Kakuma, food and nutrition follows Sphere, and is monitored this way, as well as water supply. In Dadaab we actively involve our staff in Sphere training regarding Camp Layout and Shelter (Shelter and Site), which is the work we also actively carry out. Even when we do Community Security, we really mean Site management, security for women and girls. | -- | It is fair to say that Sphere is always mentioned by all agencies, even though at times when the standards cannot be met. We were told that Government did circulate the Sphere standards, surely with the help of an agency. They compromise Sphere a bit, but certainly, Sphere was used to begin with. |
| 21 | Lebanon | ACT/Christian Aid | -- | -- | Sphere handbooks in Arabic and English were given to all partners in Lebanon |
| 22 | Mexico | ACT/PDA/A ministry of Presbyterian Church USA | Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PDA a Ministry of Presbyterian Church USA had delivered jointly with ACT Central America for 3 workshops in Mexico with 75 participants. | -- | -- |
| 23 | Mozambique | ACT/Christian Aid | Planned:
A Sphere training is planned in Dec 08 or
Jan 09 Contact person: Yohannes Antonyo |
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Standards will be integrated into the disaster risk reduction (DRR)
training Contact person: Yohannes Antonyo |
| 24 | Mozambique | CARE | Sphere review workshops in Mozambique (Nicole Tobin tobin@careinternational.org) | -- | -- |
| 25 | Nepal | LWF | Planned:
East and Mid west region Nepal Contact person: Gopal Dahal ERDRM Manager LWF
Nepal (Training is planned for LWF Nepal Emergency response teams) |
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person: Gopal Dahal ERDRM Manager LWF Nepal or Badri Khanal, Chair Person
DPNet Nepal (Sphere Standards "Field Practitioner Hand-Book" is developed and published in Nepali. This activity was collaborative initiative of DPNet Nepal and its partners. (LWF Nepal is founder/active member of DPNet Nepal)<br> Planned: Developing of Sphere handy guide for AZEECON (Network of LWF program in Asia) is under discussion. |
| 26 | Nepal | ACT/LWR | Planned: Training in Katmandu, contact person: Joanne Fairley (23 LWR staff) | -- | -- |
| 27 | Niger | CARE | Participants from CARE (Regional Emergency Coordinator, 2 CARE staff) on Sphere TOT in French in Niger. Training on Sphere and GEG for CARE Niger staff, GoN technical services and local authorities (Alio Namata, CARE Niger) | -- | -- |
| 28 | Palestine | ACT/Christian Aid | A
five day training on emergency response management is planned for partners in
the country at the end of 08. In this training, two days are allocated
specifically for Sphere Standards Contact: Michael Paratharayil |
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| 29 | Pakistan | ACT/CWS | - Bangkok, Thailand and Evaluation using the
Sphere Standards. - Kabul, Afghanistan (Humanitarian Quality & Accountability in Afghanistan, Lessons Learned &Challenges ahead) - Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan (using Sphere in Disaster Response & Preparedness) Contact Person: Marvin Parvez Planned: - Bangkok, Thailand (uitlization of Sphere Standards for Early Recovery in Disaster Response) - Murree, Pakistan (Sphere ToT) - Murree, Pakistan (Monitoring & Evaluation on Sphere Minimum Standards) - Pakistan/Afghanistan (1 to 3 days Sphere Minimum Standards Workshops in 2008 & 2009) - Kabul, Afghanistan (Follow up Workshop with Sphere graduatesto share field experiences & lessons learned) - Islamabad, Pakistan (Follow up Workshop with Sphere graduates to share field experiences & lessons learnt) - Pakistan (Sphere Learning Activity) Contact Person: Marvin Parvez Trainings were partially funded by Christian Aid. |
Translation to Urdu, partially funded by Christian Aid | - Geneva (Regular coordination and
Information sharing meetings) - Islamabad, Pakistan (Seminar in Collaboration with HAP-I & UN on Q&A "From Earthquake to Floods, Have Humanitarian interventions become more accountable and of better standard?". Planned: - Geneva (Regular coordination and Information sharing meetings) - Pakistan (Self-Evaluation of the Sphere Project) - Pakistan and Afghanistan (Coordination with other Q&A initiatives such as HAP-I, INEE, URD Group and with the government bodies involved in disaster preparedness and response) - Pakistan/Afghanistan exposure trip. |
| 30 | Peru | CARE | -- | -- | Accountability in practice, including meeting Sphere – CARE Peru response to August earthquake (Sonia Jauregui sjauregui@care.org.pe) |
| 31 | Peru | Oxfam | -- | -- | Contact person: Candice Ramos, HDO, Oxfam GB), 3120 Spanish language Sphere manuals printed in coordination with other agencies. The regional center is covering and distributing 1410 books among humanitarian agencies in South America. |
| 32 | Rwanda | ACT/Christian Aid | Training
delivered at Cyangugu/Rwanda (March 08) Sphere norms and standards on Shelter Contact person: Andrew BUTARE, CM Rwanda |
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| 33 | Somalia | CARE | -- | CARE Somalia, Language: Somali,(Robi Maina maina@ci.or.ke) | -- |
| 34 | Switzerland | IFRC | Upcoming TOT in Venezuela to be hosted by the RC. Also an Emergency Response Unit training in Geneva in April will run a session on Sphere. | -- | PMR deaprtment is looking to whether and how to take forward the Sphere evaluation proposed last year for which a TOR was circulated internally. |
| 35 | Switzerland | ICVA | -- | -- | ICVA has taken responsibility is to follow and participate, as relevant, in the development of protection standards for humanitarian agencies. This initiative, led by four Australia-based NGOs, may have potential implications for Sphere. As part of its workprogramme, the ICVA Secretariat has been involved in the debate on the responsibility of NGOs with regards to protection since the late nineties. There has been significant debate in the past, including in the context of the Sphere Project, whether sector-wide protection standards should be developed. A workshop recently held in Canberra and attended by an ICVA representative, revealed that this Australian initiative is more focussed on developing guidance for staff on how to incorporate protection aspects in assistance activities than on protection standards. However, part of the outcome of this Australian process might feed into the revision of the Sphere Handbook, when it comes to further strengthening the protection lense of the Sphere chapters. |
| 36 | Switzerland | LWF | -- | -- | The
Lutheran World Federation -World Service (LWF/DWS) is committed to the Sphere
Project at different levels. The 2007-2012 DWS global strategy states that
World Service will continue to participate globally in the Sphere project and
to uphold the Sphere standards. Most
of LWF/DWS country programs have mainstreamed Sphere Standards in their
country strategies and plans. Training
is provided to staff on a regular basis, according to the types of programs
and projects. Due to the introduction of new and revised PME and
accountability systems/procedures in 2007, Sphere standards have been dealt
as one of the elements within the PME and accountability training framework,
rather than promoted as specific Sphere training workshops. The exceptions are the LWF staff
participation in the Sphere ToTs workshops, and some few in-country
trainings, where some of our staff still are facing difficulties to ensure
that Sphere standards are adequately applied. LWF/DWS is responsible, on
behalf of the Global Cluster on Camp Management and Camp Coordination (CCCM),
to develop standards and indicators to be implemented in field operations in
Camp Management and Camp Co-ordination in IDPs situations, as well as to
establish a monitoring and evaluation framework. Sphere standards are being
incorporated throughout the framework |
| 37 | Tanzania | ACT/TCRS | Planned: Training in Dar Es Salaam, Contact person: Everready Nkya | Planned: Translation to Kiswahili, Contact person: Everready Nkya | Reorientation to operational satff in refugee services, especially during preparations for voluntary repatriation for Burundi refugees from Tanzania. Contact person: Terry Raphael for Kibondo and Joseph Assao for Katuma, Mpanda |
| 38 | Turkey | Oxfam | -- | Istanbul, Marmara Earthquake regions, Language: Turkish, Contact person: Emma Beacham, HDO, Oxfam GB, | -- |
| 39 | Uganda | ACT/Christian Aid | Planned:
Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia partners Contact person: Maurice Ouma Onyango |
-- | Uganda with partners who were responding to floods
emergency- October 2007 Contact person: Maurice Ouma Onyango Briefed partners on sphere standards, and guidelines on assessments, participation and minimum standards. This was done to have an effective response to the floods. |
| 40 | UK | CARE | Planned: Recruitment and training for CARE Standing Team of Quality and Accountability specialists. All standing team members to be Sphere trained. | -- | - Development of CARE Humanitarian
Accountability Framework, incorporating Sphere. - Integration of Sphere into CARE Emergency Toolkit (Jock Baker baker@careinternational.org Clare Smith csmith@careinternational.org). - Sphere included as part of CARE's new Emergency Curriculum, developed to support CARE's emergency preparedness and staff capacity building strategy. Holly Solberg solberg@careinternational.org (Currently Sphere Project is looked to primarily for Sphere training opportunities) - Participation in first round of SCHR peer review on accountability to beneficiaries (with Save and ICRC). - HAP base lines in Bangladesh and Indonesia. - DEC accountability framework audit, CARE UK. Planned: Build awareness through use of CARE HAF as a normative framework. Dissemination of “how to” guidance. HAP baselines in CARE International, CARE USA, CARE Canada. |
| 41 | USA | InterAction | Planned: May 6-9, 2008, Crystal City, Virginia, Contact person: Linda Poteat (lpoteat@interaction.org) | -- | -- |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | ACT/DCA | 3 days training will be held with ACT partners. Shorter trainings will be held internally for DCA staff and partners in various offices. Contact person: Erik Johnson (ejo@dca.dk) | -- | -- |