MERS Guidance in Response to COVID-19

Applying Humanitarian Standards to Fight COVID-19

The Sphere Handbook and the other Humanitarian Standards Partnership (HSP) initiatives offer guidance on the minimum response all crisis-affected people have the right to expect. They establis…

FAQs for Markets in Crises Community of Practice

The Markets in Crises (MiC) Community of Practice includes almost 2,000 people with varying experience of market analysis and market-based programming. Members are welcome to post on the DGrou…

MERS Case Study: Using the MERS for Participatory Market System Analysis in a Protracted Refugee Situation

This case study lays out the plan for a participatory market system analysis in the Sahrawi refugee camps in southwest Algeria. The analysis is informed by the guidance articulated in the Mini…

MERS Personal Case Story: Can Livelihoods and Protection Get Along?

The case study explores, from a personal perspective, the relationship between Protection and Livelihoods interventions in a refugee context in Chad. The study uses three standards from the Mi…

Market Based Programming - What's It All About?

Before, during and after a crisis hits, communities around the world are buying and selling. Markets are places where these buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services. It…

Savings Groups for Refugees: 10 Tips for Development and Humanitarian Actors

These 10 tips are a product of the SEEP Network’s peer learning group on Savings Groups for Refugees – composed of representatives from the Danish Refugee Council, the Fletcher Sch…

Facing Up To The Challenges: Blending Market and Humanitarian Support for Refugees in Uganda

“Facing Up to the Challenges: Blending Market and Humanitarian Support for Refugees in Uganda” reflects on the reality that as aid agencies look to help crisis-affected people by…

Reducing Environmental Impact in Humanitarian Response

Thematic sheets provide more detailed guidance and reflections on themes relevant to the Sphere Handbook. They are based on inputs received throughout the 2017-18 Handbook revision and further…

Facing Up to the Challenges: Blending Market and Humanitarian Support for Refugees in Uganda

Record numbers of displaced people and growing humanitarian needs require our sector to change the way aid is funded and delivered. This challenge was globally recognised at the 2016 World Hum…