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Sphere Handbook Public review of the first drafts of the 2010 edition
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Description
Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Overview The draft texts for the following chapters are available for public review for a period of four weeks (13 January – 10 February 2010):
- Humanitarian Charter
- Minimum Standards - Common to All Sectors
- Minimum Standards - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion
- Minimum Standards - Food Security, Nutrition and Food Aid
- Minimum Standards - Shelter, Settlement and Non-Food Items
- Minimum Standards - Health Services
The issues of Vulnerability, Context and Capacity Analysis as well as Protection are to be strengthened and enhanced in the upcoming edition of the Handbook. The first drafts of possible standards on Vulnerability and Protection are provided during this public review phase, however, the future structure and content will be decided following feedback during this public and peer review phase.
A number of changes are being considered in this revision process including the re-structuring of the Standards in the following manner: 1) Standard 2) Key Actions 3) Core Indicators 4) Guidance Notes. This re-arrangement has the advantage of allowing a range of activities to be specified for each Standard, echoing the "action" theme of the Handbook.
The draft text/chapters reflect feedback which has been received through local, regional and global consultations since June 2009. This round of consultation/public review will constitute the second phase of the revision process. The intention of this public review is to ensure that the draft texts of the 2010 edition are as widely disseminated as possible and that all views, feedback and input are taken into account in the developing the finalized version of the 2010 Handbook. All focal points leading on the revision process will be required to read and consider all comments and input submitted in the accompanying form.
The content and structure of the draft texts are subject to change pending feedback during this public and peer review phase.
How to Provide Feedback
In order to download the draft chapters, please click on the links provided on the right of this webpage. To provide feedback, please click on the feedback link on the right of this page.
Contact Information
In addition to the feedback provided online should you have any specific queries on the technical or cross-cutting sectors please contact the following focal points:
Humanitarian Charter: Avishan Chanani ( avishan.chanani@ifrc.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Standards common to all sectors: Sara Davidson ( saradavidson7711@aol.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion: Nega Bazezew Legesse ( nbazezew@oxfam.org.ukThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Food security: Devrig Velly ( dvelly@actionagainsthunger.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Nutrition: Susan Thurstans ( s.thurstans@savethechildren.org.ukThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Food aid: Walter Middleton ( walter_middleton@wvi.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) and Paul Turnbull ( paul.turnbull@wfp.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Shelter, settlement and non-food items: Graham Saunders ( graham.saunders@ifrc.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Health services: Mesfin Teklu ( mesfin_teklu@wvi.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
Psycho-social aspects cross-cutting issue: Mark van Ommeren ( vanommerenm@who.intThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) and Mike Wessells ( mwessell@rmc.eduThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Children cross-cutting issues: Monica Blomstrom( Monica.Blomstrom@rb.seThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Older people cross-cutting issue: Jo Wells ( jwells@helpage.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Persons with disabilities cross-cutting issue: Maria Kett ( m.kett@ucl.ac.ukThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Gender cross-cutting issue: Siobhan Foran ( sforan@iom.intThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Protection cross-cutting issue: Ed Schenkenberg ( ed.schenkenberg@icva.chThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) HIV and AIDS cross-cutting issue: Paul Spiegel ( spiegel@unhcr.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) Environment, climate change, DRR cross-cutting issue: Anita van Breda ( anita.vanbreda@wwfus.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ) and Nigel Timmins ( NTimmins@christian-aid.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
All questions and information related to the revision can be sent to the Sphere Handbook Revision Coordinator at the following address: avishan.chanani@ifrc.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
