IPC EVENTS

A Level 2 IPC Training of Trainers Workshop was successfully conducted from 22-25 January 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. The training was organized by IPC Asia in collaboration with the IPC Global Support Unit and was facilitated by Mr Nicholas Haan, IPC Senior Adviser, and Ms Leila de Oliveira, IPC Technical Adviser.

Opening remarks were made by Mr Erminio Sacco, Chief Technical Adviser of IPC Asia and Mr Nicholas Haan, who both thanked ECHO for their continuing support and belief in IPC.

Around 40 participants from Asia, Africa and Latin America representing Donors, UN organizations, NGOs and Governments went through four days of intense technical training, capacity development exercises, group work and plenary discussions.

The purpose of the training was to form a regional and global pool of IPC trainers and facilitators, who subsequently can train IPC analysts and facilitate IPC analysis workshops at regional and country level.

The goal by the end of the Level 2 training was for participants to be able to:

a. Conduct Level 1 Trainings

  • Describe the set of materials in the Level 1 Training Package
  • Demonstrate strong teaching and facilitation skills
  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of priority issues

b. Facilitate IPC Analysis at Country Level

  • Demonstrate strong analytical and facilitation skills
  • Demonstrate ability to conduct complex IPC analysis
  • Explain the IPC analysis process – including pre, during and post analys activities

Group work and practice sessions displaying good facilitation practices were designed to create peer feedback and strengthen the capacity development of trainers. It was recommended by both Mr Haan and Ms Oliveira to tailor the training material to cultural contexts and needs of participants to optimize the relevancy for their audiences. 

Simplifying Complexity

Emerging needs and challenges of food security analysis were discussed in the plenary and across all countries the need for urban food security analysis was mentioned by numerous participants representing Asian, African and South American countries. It was concluded that IPC would be an excellent tool for conducting analysis in urban areas.

Presentations of lessons learned, current status and future plans in Asia were given by IPC National Coordinators before the Training of Trainers ended with the official certificate ceremony.