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- national governments;
- international agencies;
- early warning units; and
- donors.
The global effort to develop a common approach for food security analysis and response through the implementation of IPC is led by the following agencies:
Care International
European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning System Network, funded by USAID)
Oxfam GB
Save the Children UK
Save the Children US
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
The IPC development has been and is being financially supported by several Programmes and Donors including:
- the FAO Netherlands Partnership Program (FNPP)
- the EC/FAO Food Security Information for Action Program
- the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission (ECHO)
- the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DFID)
The IPC activities are also being supported by the Australian Government Overseas Aid Program (AUSAID), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Furthermore, the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which has served since 1976 as a forum in the United Nations System for monitoring policies concerning world food security, recommended the further development of the IPC based on the endorsement by member state delegations. Commitment and interest has also been expressed by:
- academic institutions;
- international NGOs;
- UN agencies; and
- the WFP Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity (SENAC) advisory group.
At the national level an increasing number of governments have recognized that the IPC is useful for making analysis more transparent, rigorous, relevant to decision making and coordinated.
The IPC has been adopted in the following countries:
- Somalia
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Burundi
- Nepal
National IPC working groups have been constituted in a number of countries including Burundi Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania Uganda and Zimbabwe were national training events have been conducted or are planned.
Additional countries have been introduced to the IPC through regional training events (Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia) or have been involved in pilot activities (Tajikistan, Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka).
- The global development of the IPC is supported by the seven-agency multi-agency partnership.
- At the regional level, the IPC is overseen by Support Teams composed of agency food security advisors and linked with existing regional food security networks or entities. In Africa, the IPC is supported by the IPC steering committee of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) for East and Central African countries. Initial discussions on the IPC with Regional Economic Communities were also initiated, with CILSS (Inter-State Committee for the fight against Drought in the Sahel) for the West Africa region and with SADC-RVAC (Southern African development Community – Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee) for the Southern Africa region.
- At the national level, national food security working groups, which bring together national authorities, donor agencies, and NGOs, are supporting the IPC. Examples include the Kenya Food Security Meeting (KFSM) and the Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) in Kenya.
