Following the endorsement and official launch of the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Classification in July 2014, a number of activities have taken place for the roll-out of the IPC-Chronic in 8 target countries: Bangladesh, Burundi, El Salvador, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

First IPC Chronic Level 1 Training of Trainers

In order to train the future IPC-Chronic trainers & facilitators, the first IPC-Chronic Level 1 Training took place in Rome, from 8 to 11 September 2014. The event gathered 25 professionals working in the field of food security analysis globally, including IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) members as well as representatives from FEWS NET, WFP, EC-JRC, FAO, CARE, PRESANCA, and Save the Children. The objective of the training was to capacitate IPC GSU staff and partners to facilitate IPC-Chronic Level 1 Trainings and Analyses in the eight target countries this year.

Version 1.0 of Tools and Procedures for IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Classification

Thanks to the inputs received during the IPC Chronic Level 1 Training, the Version 1.0 of Tools and Procedures for the Classification of Chronic Food Insecurity has been finalized and endorsed by the IPC Global Steering Committee. The Addendum on IPC-Chronic is expected to be reviewed in light of the results and lesson drawn from the country roll-out. Once finalized, it will be inserted into the IPC Technical Manual v2.0.

Roll-out of IPC Chronic Classification in 8 countries

8 countries are currently rolling-out the IPC-Chronic. The roll-out consists of 6 steps, from introduction to actual production and dissemination of IPC-Chronic analysis findings. The following country-level activities have taken place:

• 2 countries have already completed step 3 (Collection of Evidence);
• 3 countries have already  completed step 4 (IPC-Chronic Level 1 training);
• 3 countries have already completed Step 5 (IPC-Chronic Analysis).

The 6-step roll-out process will end in February 2015 in all target countries with a Lessons Learning Workshop and a Global IPC Chronic Working Group Meeting.

IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Scale