Sphere Training

Program Date
19. Nov 2025 until 21. Nov 2025
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Duration
21 Hours
Graduation
Part of our Certificate of Advanced Studies
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Suitable for
People starting their careers in humanitarian aid + People with further professional experience in humanitarian aid and little or no knowledge of Sphere
Language
German
Online/ In-person
In-Person
Credit Points
1 ECTS
Catering
Catering included

450,00 

Overview

The Sphere Handbook presents a principled approach to quality and accountability in humanitarian response. This basic training course provides an introduction to the Sphere Handbook with the basic principles of humanitarian aid – the Humanitarian Charter together with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and the Protection Principles – and the technical standards in the four sectors WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and settlement, and health. The training focuses on the practical application of the manual in concrete humanitarian situations. To this end, numerous small group exercises are conducted.

 

You will learn

  • the Humanitarian Charter as the cornerstone of the Sphere Handbook
  • the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and the Protection Principles
  • the four technical chapters of the Handbook
  • how to use the Sphere Handbook correctly

Lecturers

Dr. Markus Moke
Dr. Markus Moke

After studying political science, communication studies, and psychology, Markus Moke worked for many years in the field of international cooperation and humanitarian action. He has extensive expertise in leadership, empowerment, and systemic organizational development in the NGO sector. He combines strategic thinking with a high degree of empathy.

Markus leads international and interdisciplinary teams, accompanies change processes, and specifically promotes the self-efficacy of employees. As an experienced trainer and lecturer, he works at various universities in Germany and abroad and supports organizations in professionalizing and further developing their structures.

In addition, Markus has been a certified Sphere trainer since 2012. In collaboration with Aktion Deutschland Hilft and the Ruhr University Bochum, he led the project to translate the Sphere Handbook into German. Since then, he has regularly conducted training courses and simulation exercises on the Sphere Standards. Since 2017, he has also been active as a trainer for the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS).

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Tylor Allen
Tylor Allen

Tyler Allen holds a NOHA Masters Degree in International Humanitarian Action and works in the Projects & Quality Assurance department at Aktion Deutschland Hilft.

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