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Although nutrition elements are integrated within the IPC analysis, currently the IPC does not incorporate a full nutrition situation overview in terms of considering malnutrition caused by other factors than food insecurity.

A new interest has risen to complement the standard IPC analysis with a comprehensive nutrition component. In response to this demand from countries and governments, the IPC Global Partnership has committed to developing IPC Nutrition Classification tools and procedures [...]

Learning from years of implementation, the Version 2.0 of the IPC technical guidance was released in 2012, leading to greater rigor and quality of products. Since then, the IPC scale has been expanded to measure chronic food insecurity in non-crisis and development contexts, through an iterative learning and prototype application process. The version 1.0 of the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Classification was endorsed by the IPC Global Steering Committee in [...]

This certification programme presents a unique opportunity for a food security expert to become a globally certified IPC Professional. It builds IPC capacity through knowledge, practice and professional standards. The aim of the Certification Programme is to harmonize IPC Trainings and qualify IPC practitioners professionally, thereby strengthening their engagement in IPC activities at global, regional and country levels. It is designed to ensure that applicants acquire and prove the relevant [...]

The IPC Information Support System (ISS) is a new innovative web-based application that has been designed to efficiently create, store, and disseminate the IPC version 2.0 analyses and information. The ISS simplifies the IPC analysis process by the digitization of the IPC version 2.0 core functions (Building Technical Consensus, Classifying Severity and Causes, Communicating for Action, and Quality Assurance), procedures and templates.

The ISS has been developed [...]

After several IPC consultations and exercises in the region, the IPC took off in Asia in 2012 with a regional project funded by ECHO, which provided country level IPC trainings and capacity building support. This initiative proved successful as it demonstrated that the IPC was well suited to the Asia context and added value by assisting governments and partners in decision making to address food insecurity. As a [...]

Countries in the East and Central Africa Region were the staring point for the worldwide implementation of the IPC. The IPC was originally developed in 2004 in Somalia by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and, based on the success of its use to inform decision-making, the IPC spread to neighboring countries. Today 10 countries lead acute analysis two to four times a year: Burundi, Central [...]

Central America and the Caribbean is the latest region where the IPC has been introduced. The IPC introduction process started in Honduras, in May 2010. Since then, IPC trainings and analyses have taken place in four other countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Haiti.

In all these countries, different food security institutions and partners, including national Governments, have expressed interest in the IPC as a way to [...]

The IPC initiative in Southern Africa is guided and implemented within the region through the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC). The SADC RVAC provides technical coordination and support to SADC member countries in the region to help strengthen country food security information systems, and support regional monitoring. There is a well-established system of National Vulnerability Assessment Committees (NVACs) that are linked and supported [...]

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is playing an active role in building evidence-based technical consensus on the severity of food insecurity in South Sudan. This is critical as a coordinated and unified message allows decision makers to move forward and respond strategically, in a timely way. 

An IPC Analysis provides information on i) the severity of the situation (How bad); ii) the geographical areas most [...]

ict.HOW MANY & WHEN:  In April-May 2014, although with limited confidence, IPC national partners estimate that roughly 1.7 million people are severely food insecure in Crisis and Emergency situations requiring urgent humanitarian assistance (IPC Phases 3 & 4, for the areas classified only). This is a sharp increase from 900,000 people estimated in November 2013 [...]