The Feinstein International Famine Center is committed to the Sphere process (which seeks to establish standards and guidelines for NGO practices in the humanitarian field), and the timing of the workshop offered the opportunity to contribute to the revision process of the Sphere Food Security minimum standards which is currently underway. One of the tasks of the workshop was therefore to review ... read morethe draft Sphere Food Security minimum standards to determine if microfinance initiatives are adequately addressed, so that Sphere key indicators and guidance notes could be revised accordingly.read less