Sphere Project Training Package [Hardcover]

In a remarkable international initiative aimed at improving the effectiveness and accountability of disaster response, the Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response sets out for the first time what people affected by disasters have a right to expect from humanitarian assistance. The cornerstone of this unique book is the Humanitarian Charter, which is based on the principles and provisions of international humanitarian, human rights, and refugee law, and on the principles of the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct. It describes the core principles that govern humanitarian action and asserts the right of populations to protection and assistance. The Charter is followed by minimum standards in five core sectors - water supply and sanitation, nutrition, food aid, shelter and site planning, and health services. ; a unique collaboration of front line NGOs, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, interested donors, and UN agencies ; reflects the determination of agencies to improve both the effectiveness of their assistance and accountability to their stakeholders ; offers a definition of a principled and practical framework for humanitarian action and minimum standards in disaster response ; written primarily for humanitarian agency staff but invaluable to all those involved in resource allocation; in the implementation and management of humanitarian assistance programmes; in recruitment, training and staff support; and in monitoring and evaluation. Also useful to stakeholders, including co-ordinating bodies, local authorities, institutional donors, individual donors, scholars, and journalists