Following the world-wide success of the first edition of The Sphere Handbook, this new second edition is the result of feedback from current users and from training workshops, with revisions from a focal group of representatives from major organisations. Key changes include:
· addition of an entirely new section on Food security
· revisions from a cross-cutting review on Gender, Children, Elderly, Disabled, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Protection
· updated and refined qualitative and quantitative indicators
· expanded introduction and development of common standards
· clearer cross-referencing and more concise, user-friendly text
The new edition will be in the same handy A5 format and structure, with a new CD-ROM featuring the full text.
French- and Spanish-language versions of the Handbook will be available in 2004.