Tajikistan is the only country implementing the IPC in Central Asia, hence no regional IPC initiative has yet been established and direct technical support is provided by the GSU from Rome.

The IPC analysis is done at decentralized level through 6 sub-national analysis workshops with over 100 participants from districts, two to four times a year according to needs and data availability. Since last year the analysis is done by livelihood zone using the FewsNET livelihood zoning. The Government (in particular the newly established Food Security Unit in Ministry of Agriculture) and WFP are playing a leading role in the IPC process, with proper inclusion of other national partners, in particular UN and NGOs.

The ownership of IPC by subnational TWGs is such that most partners cover costs for participants, allowing to lead the IPC analysis in a decentralized manner with very limited costs. IPC results in Tajikistan are widely disseminated, in particular through cooperation with the UNDP/DRMP (Disaster Risk Management Project) with inclusion of IPC results in their Monthly Bulletin, prepared jointly with Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and shared with partners.

Several examples illustrate the use of IPC results for decision-making. In particular in 2012 when the food insecurity became severe due to high food and fuel prices and hard winter, based on IPC results ECHO provided around €800,000 for immediate support to areas classified in phases 4 and 3, for interventions led by WFP, ACTED, Mercy Corps. Other actors, including International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, use the IPC results as basis for their interventions.

As interest in introducing the IPC in Kyrgyzstan is growing, opportunities will be seized to establish exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, as well as to establish a regional IPC initiative for Central Asia.