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Originally developed by FAO in Somalia in 2004, the IPC has been extensively applied in different countries and contexts. In 2007, the IPC became a Multi-Agency Partnership, now led by 11 Partners under the results-based IPC Global Strategic Programme (2014-2018) which was launched in February 2014. Since its inception, IPC has been continuously tested and refined through its field application as well as through stakeholders’ consultations and lesson learning exercises. This country-based, multi-level and consultative development process led to the release of version 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 of the IPC Technical Manual, which has improved year-by-year the rigor and quality of IPC approach. Further, in order to meet countries’ demand generated by its application in complex emergency situations, IPC has expanded its scope by developing tools and procedures to classify chronic food insecurity situations and, most recently, to complement the IPC analysis with a nutrition component. All along 10 years of implementation, IPC has proven to help Government, UN, NGOs and civil society work together for analysing and classifying the severity and causes of food insecurity. As a result, IPC is now regularly used in 20 countries worldwide and the demand for IPC by is constantly growing.