▁Ph ase ▁ 2 ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Ph ase ▁ 2 ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁initi ated ▁in ▁November ▁foc using ▁on ▁the ▁publication ▁and ▁dis sem ination ▁of ▁the ▁standards ▁and ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁training ▁materials . ▁In ▁December , ▁a ▁first ▁draft ▁was ▁published ▁and ▁launched ▁both ▁in ▁Washington , ▁DC , ▁and ▁London . ▁The ▁first ▁draft ▁notes ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁drawn ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁some ▁ 6 4 1 ▁named ▁individuals ▁( plus ▁count less ▁un named ▁persons ), ▁drawn ▁from ▁ 2 2 8 ▁organizations , ▁including ▁N GO s , ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross / Red ▁C res cent ▁Mov ement , ▁academic ▁institutions , ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁and ▁government al ▁ag encies . ▁It ▁was ▁posted ▁on ▁the ▁S phere ▁Project ▁site ▁to ▁allow ▁for ▁wide ▁feedback . ▁ ▁Training ▁Ph ase ▁ 2 ▁saw ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁extensive ▁training ▁material ▁for ▁using ▁the ▁hand book . ▁ ▁The ▁training ▁program ▁focus es ▁" main ly ▁on ▁the ▁day - to - day ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁human itar ian ▁pract ition er ." ▁The ▁main ▁method ▁is ▁to ▁use ▁work sh ops ▁for ▁human itar ian ▁field ▁staff ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁practical ▁application ▁of ▁the ▁minimum ▁standards . ▁ ▁Ph ase ▁ 3 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁ ▁The ▁hand book ▁was ▁completely ▁re vised ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁edition ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2