The second round of pilots to refine the IPC prototype tools and procedures for chronic analysis took place between September and November 2013 in four countries: Kenya, Bangladesh, Guatemala, and Malawi. The experiences gathered from the second round of chronic piloting were presented and discussed at the 3rd Synthesis Meeting of the IPC Global "Working Group on Classifying Chronic Food Insecurity", held in London from 9 to 13 December 2013. By the end of the London meeting, the IPC Chronic Working Group members had reached an agreement on many outstanding issues such as: the relationship between chronic and acute food insecurity, the elements of the Adapted Reference Table, and different aspects of the upcoming Chronic Manual and training materials.

IPC chronic food insecurity classification tools and procedures are currently being reviewed by the IPC SC and the development of the IPC Manual version 1 for chronic food insecurity classification is ongoing. Chronic analysis will be rolled out in May 2014 and, according to the plans, chronic food insecurity analysis will be conducted in eight countries.