From June to December 2007, the IPC was piloted in Tajikistan by WFP and the Tajikistan Food Coordination Forum. An IPC Technical Working Group - made up of experts from the agencies participating in the Food Coordination Forum - was set up for this purpose. Members of the forum include: the Tajikistan Ministry of Economics, FAO, UNICEF, WFP, Oxfam, Save the Children, Agha Khan Foundation, Mission East and Action Against Hunger.
The main challenge in the 2007 Tajikistan exercise was that available food security information was limited and outdated. In addition, all areas in the country were classified as being in phase 2. To refine the classification, phase 2 of the IPC was thus divided into three sub-phases according to levels of vulnerability (low, medium and high).
As of November 2008, the Tajikistan Food Coordination Forum has been considering whether it will continue the IPC experience and produce IPC maps on a regular basis – thus taking advantage of a recently established quarterly food security monitoring system.
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Updated! - IPC Regional Workshops and National Consultation in Tajikistan
WFP Tajikistan Country Office developed an IPC strategy for 2010 in order to capitalize on the successful experience of the IPC pilot last year. As part of that strategy, a round of regional IPC workshops was organized to achieve a more in-depth IPC situation analysis with greater resolution at the sub-national level. During the regional workshops government representatives and international as well as local NGOs and other partners in the respective regions provided technical inputs and endorsed the results. A national consultation also took place to share and validate the results of the regional workshops by the food security stakeholders at the national level including the Government and members of the Food Security Cluster.
Documents: Khorog IPC Regional Workshop, Kulyab IPC Regional Workshop, Khujand IPC Regional Workshop
Links: Gharm IPC Regional Workshop
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Updated! - The 2nd IPC Pilot in Tajikistan
Sept. 2009
Following the first IPC pilot conducted in Tajikistan in June 2007 by WFP, the purpose of this second pilot was twofold: i) to update the IPC situation analysis map and ii) in turn fine-tune the food security monitoring system with the updated IPC analysis. Technical support from the IPC global level was provided to this exercise through a support mission led by EC-JRC and WFP Focal Points.
> Final Report of Activities , IPC in Tjk Executive Brief (Draft) , Minutes of the IPC Regional Workshop Sept. 09
