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The Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (SICA) has been officially invited to become member of the IPC Steering Committee. Its membership was formalized during the IPC Steering Committee meeting held in Rome on October 3rd. In this meeting, the General Secretary [...]

The Steering Committee met on July 10th at FAORAP, and 6 representatives of the partners organizations (FAO, WFP, UNICEF, Save the Children, ASEAN & ECHO) attended the meeting. The Chair of the Steering Committee, Mr Konuma ADG/RR, FAORAP, highlighted the importance [...]

After the Response Analysis and Planning Workshop organized by the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) at the end of April, many countries that attended this event are asking for support in order to better use IPC products for [...]

The IPC GSU has been developing tools for the classification of chronic food insecurity since autumn 2012. Considerable progress has been achieved within this past year, including initial development of draft tools and the first round of piloting in six [...]

On the occasion of the IPC Fair, held on 4 October 2013, the IPC Global Support Unit launched a new IPC Brief Series. These are 4-page briefs and there are currently 12 issues in the series.Topics vary and currently include: [...]

This year, the IPC Global Steering Committee Meeting was structured as a 1-day meeting followed by a second day consultative session with global donors and partners and was held on October 3 and 4, at FAO Headquarters, in Rome. The [...]

From June to September, the IPC Global Support Unit led the development of the first draft of the IPC Global Strategic Programme 2014-2016, working closely and in consultation with the IPC Global Steering Committee. To ensure country and regional priorities [...]

The IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) has developed a new short training course for users of IPC Maps and Analysis. The aim of the training is to help users better understand and utilize the information generated from the various IPC [...]

The IPC Information Support System (ISS) for IPC version 2.0 Acute Analyses was piloted between July and September 2013. So far, the ISS has been piloted in Sudan, Honduras and Zimbabwe, where data from the acute analysis of 2012 were [...]

The IPC in West Africa continues to support the technical development and implemen-tation of the CILSS Cadre Harmonisé (CH). Similarly, the IPC GSU remains actively en-gaged in the Technical Committee of the CH, which is leading technical consultations on the [...]