The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are being developed as a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to assist people affected by humanitarian crises.

The LEGS process...

     ... grew out of recognition that livestock are a crucial livelihoods asset for people throughout the world, and livestock interventions are often a feature of relief responses. Yet to date, there are no widely-available guidelines to assist donors, programme managers or technical experts in the design or implementation of livestock interventions in disasters

... recognises that climatic trends are causing more frequent and varied humanitarian crises, particularly affecting communities who rely heavily on livestock

.... mirrors the process for developing the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response - the Sphere Project. The process is based on multi-agency contributions, broad reviews and collation of practitioner experience

    ... will result in an independent publication available as hard copy and CD-ROM. Soft copies will also be available on this website. LEGS will also run a series of awareness-raising and training events to promote the use and future revision of the standards and guidelines.