The Sphere Project

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The Sphere Project

• Symposium on Best Practice in Humanitarian
  Information Exchange
• Geneva
• 8 February 2001

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Using Sphere to enhance information-sharing

• A collection of programming standards to improve
  inter-agency coordination
• Humanitarian Charter Minimum Standards
  effective in promoting advocacy issues in
  emergencies

• NGO/Red Cross agreement on core principles and
  actions
• Consensus on technical indicators qualitative
  and quantitative indicators essential for
  assessments

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Standards help mitigate Mandate or Speciality Bias
To a person with a hammer in their hand, every
problem looks like a nail.
Wider community context
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What Sphere represents

• A public commitment toward a defined and
  measurable level of competence and delivery
• A distillation of current global knowledge and
  experience in five sectors
• Declaration that populations affected by conflict
  and calamity have a right to assistance and life
  with dignity.

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www.sphereproject.org

• Handbook in English, French, Spanish, Russian,
  Arabic, Swahili Portuguese
• Training modules and facilitator guide
• Sphere in Practice field reports
• Pilot agency information
• Annual reports
• Newsletters
• Video order form

• Future Activities
• Handbook Revision
• Continued interagency workshops
• 60 min video
• Independent Evaluation
• Incorporation into academic courses