From 1 to 3 September, over 50 students from the Regional Food and Nutrition Security Master of Science Programme attended the IPC Level 1 Training held in León, Nicaragua.

This Master’s degree is organized by PRESANCA and allows young professionals from different sectors to acquire the necessary academic background and work experience to perform duties related to food and nutrition security in different positions within Governments, NGOs and other organizations. The introduction of IPC regular trainings into an academic curriculum represents an important milestone for the IPC initiative in the region.

As part of the evaluation mechanism and in line with the IPC Certification Programme requirements, PRESANCA required that all students passed the IPC Level 1 online Test, once the training was finalized. Moreover, PRESANCA is organizing a simulation of an IPC Acute Analysis in El Salvador to allow these students to practice the IPC tools and procedures and have a first experience in using IPC. After this participations, the students will fulfil all the requirements to be certified as IPC Analysts, thus increasing considerably the amount of certified analysts in the region.

During the training, 3 staff members from PRESANCA, who are in the process to obtain the Level 2 certification as IPC Trainers & Facilitators, co-facilitated several sessions of the workshop. As a result, PRESANCA plans to introduce an IPC Level 1 Training module for the next editions of the Master Programme.

• IPC in LAC
• IPC Certification Programme