This brochure provides a quick overview of the Integarted Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
Key technical aspects
Use and usefulness of the tool
Coverage, and
Governance.
This Brief is part of the IPC Global Brief Series, updated on an annual basis.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
25 countries over 5 Regions lead regular IPC activities through the multi-stakeholders IPC Country Technical Working Groups, chaired by Governments.
3 current Global Resource Partners: DFID, [...]
The IPC initiative in Southern Africa is guided and implemented within the Region through the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC). The SADC RVAC provides technical coordination and support to SADC member countries in the Region [...]
Since the early 2000s, the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) has been engaged in the development and testing of the Harmonized Framework for the Analysis and Identification of Areas at Risk and Vulnerable Groups in [...]
The IPC introduction process started in Honduras, in May 2010. Since then, IPC trainings and analyses have taken place in four other countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Haiti.In all these countries, different food security institutions and partners, including national [...]
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), developed in 2004 to guide response to the food security crisis in Somalia, has evolved to be applicable in different country contexts, focusing not only on acute food insecurity but also on chronic [...]
The IPC Certification process ensures that applicants acquire:
Understanding and knowledge of IPC technical standards, protocols, and guidelines;
Skills to apply the IPC approach and engage in IPC Analysis;
Capacity and experience to lead IPC Training and Analysis.
Benefits of being certifiedThe IPC Certificate [...]
The IPC Information Support System (ISS) is a new innovative web-based application that has been designed to facilitate global, regional and national stakeholders in creating, storing, and disseminating IPC analyses and information. The ISS simplifies the IPC analysis process by [...]