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Welcome to Sphere Project |
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. Sphere is based on two core beliefs: first, that all possible steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising out of calamity and conflict, and second, that those affected by disaster have a right to life with dignity and therefore a right to assistance. Sphere is three things: a handbook, a broad process of collaboration and an expression of commitment to quality and accountability. The project has developed several tools, the key one being the handbook. Read Sphere in brief.
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Update about the Sphere Board members activities from November 2007 till April 2008 |
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02-06-2008 |
 The Sphere Board members continue their commitment to Sphere and their support to building capacities and implementation at the ground. Here is a sample of some of the Sphere Board members activities during the period from November 2007 till April 2008. The activities were collected and categorised around trainings, translations and other activities. Commenter cet article | Pages vues: 624 |
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Sphere-like Standards for Economic Recovery after Crisis |
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
 The SEEP Network, a global association of NGOs active in microenterprise development, is coordinating an initiative to develop Standards for Economic Recovery after Crisis. The Standards focus on strategies and interventions designed to promote enterprises, employment, and cash flow and asset management among affected businesses and households. These Standards follow the process and format of the Sphere handbook (The Sphere Project Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response), and have been developed with guidance and input from the Sphere Project. Comment this article | Views: 592 |
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Three day Disaster Management training focusing on Sphere, Kuwait, 1-3 April 2008 |
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28.04.2008 |
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A three day Disaster Management training took place in Kuwait from the 1st to the 3rd of April 2008. The training had 16 participants from Kuwait and Qatar representing a wide spectrum of NGOs based in the Middle East and working overseas. The training was particularly focused on the International Humanitarian Standards in delivering relief aid and included an introduction to the Sphere Minimum Standards. The lead trainer was Moustafa Osman. Comentar el artículo | Views: 1212 |
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A 42% increase in Sphere materials sales between 2005-06 and 2006-07 |
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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The overall sales figures provided by Oxfam Publishing and Al Shorouk Publishing for the period of May 2005 – April 2007 show that promotion of Sphere materials, particularly the Handbook in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, has been successful, with a 42% increase in the value of sales between 2005-6 and 2006-7.
Sales of all Sphere available materials (handbook, DVD, training pack) in 6 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian) in GBP were: from May 2005 – April 2006
| 39,011 £
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| 55,404 £
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In general, there have been a total of 17,173 handbooks sold during this period, of which just over 11,000 were in English. According to these figures, just over 1,600 copies were sold in each of Spanish and French. However it should be noted that lowcost reprints of the Handbook in Spanish in Latin America account for a further several thousand. Arabic sales for the period were 2,150, and this is before the ToT in Arabic in June 2007. Comment this article | Views: 2527 |
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Sphere launched a “low cost” edition of the handbook |
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
| Jane Cocking, Linda Poteat Sphere Board members and John Damerell, Sphere Project Manager during the launch of the low cost edition of the handbook. |
The Sphere Project signed a Memorandum of Agreement with 'Books for Change' in India to print a low cost, English language edition of "The Sphere handbook, 2004 edition. The handbook will be produced in India and will be available for 210 Indian Rupees* in the following countries only: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives (Sales Territories).
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
You can watch here our Sphere Video, an introduction to humanitarian challenges. This film outlines some of the key issues of humanitarianism that confront and challenge those who are committed to alleviating the suffering of populations affected by disaster. It is primarily intended for the new aid worker and can help begin their orientation to disaster response work. It may be useful to staff of international and national NGOs, UN agencies, national disaster response teams and Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, and in training and academic settings. Comment this article | Views: 22482 |
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Sphere Participatory Audit/Review Process |
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Tuesday, 08 August 2006 |
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The Sphere Office would like to share with Sphere users a process that is being used by CARE as an efficient tool for auditing/reviewing project compliance to the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.
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Become a Sphere Focal Point |
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Friday, 31 March 2006 |
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As the community of Sphere users is growing all over the world, with increased accumulated knowledge about its implementation in practice, the Sphere office is realising the need to further support the dissemination of this experience and knowledge about Sphere. Comment this article | Views: 38194 |
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Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
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Newsflash
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The Sphere Project is celebrating this year its 10th anniversary. In this occasion, a special report was published: "10 years of Sphere in Action, enhancing the quality and accountability of humanitarian action". Comment this article | Views: 11347 |
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