Sphere Standards

150 million people are projected to need humanitarian assistance annually by 2030 due to climate-related disasters (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC & WWF). This crisis is escalating, but the good news? There are solutions—Nature-based Solutions (NbS) offer a sustainable way to protect communities and ecosystems while building resilience.   The #NbS e-learning course is your starting point to help create impactful, sustainable change. 💡 Start today and be part of the change! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dbNAHmJ   This 90-minute course will help you: ➡️ Understand the critical link between #climate change and humanitarian crises ➡️ Learn how to implement NbS to improve outcomes ➡️ Use the #Sphere Unpacked Guide: Nature-based Solutions to drive action 📚 https://lnkd.in/eC2yWRra   #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateAction #SphereStandards

🌍 Meet Sphere's Trainers of 2024! 🌟 We’re excited to introduce our 22 new trainers—a group of passionate and experienced professionals leading and supporting humanitarian efforts across the #globe. 🌟   From #Asia, #MENA, #Europe, #Africa, and #LAC, these trainers bring expertise, dedication, and insights to strengthen humanitarian standards and practices in their regions. 🌏💡   Explore the complete details of over 150 #Sphere trainers by consulting our trainer database: https://lnkd.in/eSU9ix-Z Syahri Ramadhan Rodex Jordan S. Ahmad Faisal Siregar Anton R Purnama AL RAZI IZZATUL YAZID Tooba Siddiqi Cenen Milan Talha Keskin Hatice Kübra Koçak Hassane Koubere Ayenew Bekele Moges Diana Antir Jose Luis Loarca galya terzieva Abdel Monem Daymi - PhD, PMP

ADRA URUGUAY hosted a Sphere Workshop in Montevideo, strengthening participants' knowledge of Sphere Standards to enhance humanitarian quality and accountability. 🔹 Key Outcomes: ✅ Integration of #Sphere Standards into local policies. ✅ Strengthened leadership in humanitarian #coordination and #advocacy. ✅ Promotion of intersectoral approaches to ensure #dignified assistance for affected populations. Facilitated by Martin Villarroel Garcia and Magdalena Medrano, focal points of the Sphere Network in Bolivia, this training equipped 17 participants to lead more effective, dignified humanitarian actions in Uruguay. 🌍 #HumanitarianQuality #AccountabilityMatters #DignifiedResponse

🌏 Dear Sphere Community, As we reflect on the past year, Sphere wants to extend its heartfelt thanks for your incredible commitment to promoting the #Sphere standards and advancing #quality, #accountability, and #safeguarding in humanitarian action. Your dedication has made a real difference, bringing our shared vision closer to reality. 💡 Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to deepen our collaboration and continue this important journey together. Your efforts inspire us to aim higher and achieve more as we work to uphold dignity and resilience for crisis-affected communities. Thank you for being such an integral part of the Sphere community. Together, we’ll make the year ahead even more impactful! Looking forward to continued growth and collaboration in 2025! 💫 #DignifiedAid #StrongerTogether

🌿 Sphere's new Nature-based Solutions E-Learning is live now! This course is perfect for humanitarians who want to make a real difference—helping people in need while protecting and restoring the environment. It’s practical, interactive, and filled with ideas to create lasting solutions for communities affected by natural hazards.   📚 What’s in it for you? ➡️ Discover how to work with nature to respond to crises effectively. ➡️ Learn simple yet powerful methods to protect ecosystems while meeting urgent needs. ➡️ Build lasting solutions that benefit both communities and the environment.   💚 A huge thank you to the incredible authors and experts, Jennifer Hoffman, Sarah Henly-Shepard, MPH, Ph.D., Ninni Ikkala Nyman, Nathalie DOSWALD, Verónica Ruiz Tristan R Hale, Felicity Fallon, Dalia Qasem, @Ary Ananta Prasetya, William Anderson, Romain Benicchio, Emily Fereday, RedR UK, who made this course possible!    🖱️ Ready to start learning? Dive in here: https://lnkd.in/gWxwyMwy Let’s protect people and the planet—together. Social Development Hodeida Girls Foundation(SDHGF) IUCN Türk Kızılay International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC #NatureBasedSolutions #Sphere

This week, Sphere held its 11th Training of Trainers (ToT) this year, hosted by Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund in Germany. With participants from all over the world and an amazing international facilitation team, this event is truly special——our highest number of ToTs in a single year! This year’s ToTs took place in: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: CARE Bangladesh, Sphere Community Bangladesh 🇧🇴 Bolivia: Asociación de Profesionales en Gestión del Riesgo en Desastres – Bolivia (APGRB) & Martin Villaroel 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: CAFOD, SCIAF, and Trócaire (CST) Ethiopia 🇮🇩 Indonesia: Masyarakat Penanggulangan Bencana Indonesia, Rumah Zakat, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta & Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC) 🇪🇸 Spain: GEA Volunteer Group 🇹🇷 Türkiye: İHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation & Türk Kızılay (3 ToTs) 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Caritas Ukraine 🇩🇪 Germany: Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V. & Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) 👏 A huge thank you to all the organisations and facilitators who made this possible. #SphereStandards #SphereToT #DignityInAction #CadenaMexico

Our wonderful network shared information with us about 200 Sphere workshops over the last year. Amazing! We ❤️ every Sphere training event, and we ❤️ to see facilitation experience being passed on through cofacilitation opportunities. 🙏 Thank you, Pak Adong Syahri Ramadhan for the facilitation and mentoring. 👏 Genadi Aryawan, bravo! We look forward to working with you more in the future.

During the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week 2024, Sphere, Plan International, and Rumah Zakat hosted a session on **Taking Care of Nature: Scaling up Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Asia**. William Anderson emphasised on how NbS can address pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges while enhancing resilience and biodiversity. 💡 "Nature-based Solutions are about protecting, conserving, and restoring ecosystems to tackle challenges effectively while benefiting people and the planet,” shared William, “Simply put, NbS reflects the deep interaction between people and nature.” 🔑 Key Insights: ➡️ Sphere’s Handbook will integrate NbS guidance in its revision. ➡️ Locally-led adaptation is essential for solutions that align with the unique knowledge and priorities of communities. ➡️ Women's inclusion is essential to address social and gender dimensions effectively. Let’s work together to integrate NbS into humanitarian action, ensuring that people and nature thrive together. #RHPW2024 #NatureBasedSolutions #Resilience #Sphere #ClimateAdaptation

🌏 Sphere at the EOI session on “From Universal Standards to Contextualised Application: Quality + Accountability + Safeguarding in Action” during RHPW 2024 During the session, William Anderson highlighted the importance of contextualising humanitarian standards to empower communities and ensure effective implementation. He shared insights about Sphere’s upcoming Contextualisation Guide, which will provide practical tools to adapt global standards, like the Sphere Standards, to local realities. The session also called for a critical reassessment of values like impartiality, urging a shift toward fair and equitable aid distribution. By addressing internal challenges, the sector can move closer to a truly people-centred approach. #SphereStandards #Contextualisation #EquityInAid #Localisation #RHPW2024 Community World Service Asia

#Sphere is at the #RHPW2024 in Bangkok, and Day 1 has set the tone for powerful, transformative conversations around humanitarian action. Equity took centre stage, with calls for community-led approaches, data segregation to better serve marginalised groups, and empowering local actors to lead. Persistent challenges like stigma and inflexible funding were acknowledged, underscoring the need for trust-based, equal partnerships. These discussions reaffirm the power of local solutions to drive global change. Community World Service Asia ICVA Network #Locallyled #Localsolutions