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The IPC was introduced in Northern Sudan in 2006 during a national level workshop (see publications). The workshop took place in Khartoum and brought together 39 participants from various food security networks, including government, UN agencies and NGOs.

The Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and the HAC (Humanitarian Aid Commission) are driving forces for the IPC implementation. The IPC process is now being facilitated by the Sudan Institutional Capacity Programme for Food Security Information for Action (SIFSIA). The lead role will be eventually transferred to an appropriate national institution in the near future.

SIFSIA-North, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, is now planning the next steps of IPC implementation in North Sudan through:

Literature review/data management and analysis and implementation in a phased approach

Creating an informal working group for facilitating and endorsing IPC activities

Capacity building for core team to enhance capacity of government counterparts and partners

Strengthening Linkages between State and Federal level IPC activities

Continuously creating awareness using all available forums

The IPC process began in 2007 and was led by the Livelihood Analysis Forum (LAF). The LAF is a multi-agency analysis forum, whose members include key government line ministries, the UN and NGOs.

The LAF works under the authority and coordination of the Southern Sudan Commission for Census Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The SSCCSE is actively supported by FAO’s Sudan Institutional Capacity Programme for Food Security Information for Action (SIFSIA) project, and has become the institutional home of the IPC.

In the second IPC workshop for South Sudan, held in December 2007 in Juba, LAF used the IPC to classify their analysis in a real-time setting for the first time. Southern Sudan is now planning the next cycle of IPC analysis and the longer-term roll-out of the IPC through:

training;

capacity-building to standardize data collection;

decentralization efforts; and

improved coordination mechanisms.