Launch of the Sphere Handbook 2018 - Geneva, 06.11.2018
Channel: Sphere
Date: 2018-11-12

Sphere launched the fourth edition of its Handbook during a special event which took place on 6 November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event also marked the 20th anniversary of the Sphere movement.
Learn more about the Sphere Handbook at spherestandards.org/handbook.

EVENT AGENDA

SESSION 1
20 years of humanitarian standards: Sphere then and now

Peter Walker, Co-initiator of the Sphere Project and Dean and Professor, Falk School of Sustainability (by video conference)
Christine Knudsen, Executive Director, Sphere
Moderator: Heba Aly, Director, IRIN

SESSION 2
Past, present and future of Humanitarian standards

Nasra Ismail, Deputy Director, Somalia NGO Consortium
Jagan Chapagain, Under Secretary General for Programmes and Operations, IFRC
James Darcy, Independent humanitarian consultant
Moderator: Heba Aly, Director, IRIN