The new free course offers a comprehensive yet readily accessible source of guidance on using the IPC four functions and related tools and procedures specifically focused on acute food insecurity.
The course is designed to boost a better understanding of IPC version [...]
The IPC Acute Food Insecurity Classification (IPC Acute) was piloted in Bangladesh in 2012 and since then it has been used to assist the Government and partners in classifying acute food insecurity and for the development of strategic plans, response [...]
In October 2015, IPC GSU conducted an IPC strategic consolidation mission to Bangladesh and an IPC strategic inception mission to Myanmar.
In Bangladesh, IPC GSU team led by Ms. Cindy Holleman (the IPC Global Program Manager) engaged with the representatives of [...]
IPC GSU carried out 3rd round of IPC Acute Malnutrition Classification pilots Somalia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the East and Central Africa Region.
Hargeisa, Somalia, August 2015. The pilot was jointly organized by FAO’s managed Food Security [...]
The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has accepted the invitation to become an official member of the IPC Global Steering Committee (SC), joining the other two regional governmental bodies, CILSS and SICA, and bringing up to 12 the number of [...]
Since 2007, Uganda has been utilizing the IPC as a reliable tool to classify acute food insecurity for early warning food crisis and efficient decision making. This tool facilitated coordination between the humanitarian and the development responses in the country, [...]
The Swaziland Vulnerability Assessment Committee (SwaziVAC) organized and hosted the second IPC Level 1 Training and IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis exercises both in August 2015, in Manzini, Swaziland. The objective of these activities is two-fold 1) To train IPC [...]
In July 2015, the Global Food Security Cluster (GFSC-WFP HQ) organized an IPC Level 1 Training for the Somalia Food Security Cluster in Nairobi.
The objectives of the training were to ensure that officials acquire IPC Level 1 Certification as IPC [...]
From Febraury 2015 to June 2016, Afghanistan benefited from a series of IPC activities namely: high level strategic mission, IPC-Acute Analysis Workshop, IPC Quality Review (QR) and IPC-Acute Tailored Training. It is the first country in the history of IPC [...]
In Mozambique, following the IPC Level 1 Training held in November 2014, the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) decided to conduct an IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis from the 22nd to the 26th of June 2015, after [...]