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The Global IPC Partnership Programme is off to a strong start with the appointment of Ms. Cindy Holleman as the new IPC Global Program Manager for the period 2013-2015. Ms. Holleman serves in a global role and is responsible for [...]

Given the successes achieved to-date and the increased demand for the application of the IPC worldwide, there is an urgent need to shift the short-term project approach of the Global IPC Partnership to a longer-term and more strategic programme approach [...]

The IPC is gaining momentum and is now increasingly recognized as a global standard in the food security field.  One of the key roles of the IPC Global Partnership is to initiate and oversee IPC technical development activities with the [...]

The IPC Information Support System (ISS) is an innovative web-based application which has been designed to efficiently create, store, and disseminate the IPC version 2.0 analyses and information. The ISS simplifies the IPC analysis process by the digitization of the [...]

After many years of use in crisis situations, the IPC scale has been expanded to measure chronic food insecurity in non-crisis and development contexts. The development of the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Phase Classification started in earnest in autumn 2012 [...]

The Food Security and Nutrition working Group (FSNWG) in East and Central Africa (ECA) organized a Response Analysis and Planning Workshop in Nairobi which took place from April 29 to May 1, 2013. The workshop drew its participants from the [...]

In West Africa the IPC continues to support to development of the Cadre Harmonisé (CH). A team of technical experts (CH Technical Committee) including representatives from CILSS, WFP, FAO, FEWS NET, Oxfam, ACF, Save the Children, with the participation of [...]

In Yemen, the Version 2.0 of IPC was introduced and piloted by FAO with the support of the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) and funding from the IPC-ECHO project from November 2011 to December 2012.Under this project, the IPC created [...]

In June, the IPC Regional Coordinator and the Regional Food Security Officer visited Mozambique and held half-day Awareness-raising session with the Mozambique's Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) Task Force which comprises representation from several government departments and [...]

In Honduras, as well as in other Central American countries, the Food and Nutrition Security is under the responsibility of decentralized structures called Mesas SAN (“Food and Nutrition Security Roundtable”). There are several Mesas in Honduras, covering different regions of [...]