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 in order to ensure that the IPC is adequately supported as an international global standard in the food security field and effectively informing improved food security programming and policy. Key to the shift in the approach is the development of a multi-year and results-based IPC Global Strategic Programme for a three-year period (2014-2016).

The key aspects of the IPC Global Strategic Programme can be summarized as follows:
 

• A multi-year Global Strategic Programme developed by the IPC GSU through a consultative process with regions and relevant countries, and at the global level through the IPC Global Steering Committee.
• A results-based programme defined at the outcome, output and activity levels, and with indicators for monitoring the impact.
• A common and shared vision for IPC over the next 3 years in terms of governance and institutionalization, technical developments and capacity building.
• A broader overarching vision and strategy for the IPC to reflect and encompass country and regional strategic priorities to be achieved in next three years.

The IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) will lead the development of the first draft of the global strategic programme (June- September 2013), working closely and in consultation with the network of IPC Regional Coordinators and IPC Country Working Groups. On 4 October 2013, the IPC Global Steering Committee will host a Special IPC Partner and Donor Consultative Meeting and IPC Fair Showcase as part of a broader stakeholder consultation. The IPC Global Strategic Programme will be finalized by the end of the year and launched in early 2014.