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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), developed in 2004 to guide response to the food security crisis in Somalia, has evolved to be applicable in different country contexts, focusing not only on acute food insecurity but also on chronic food insecurity and nutrition analysis. As of 2015, the IPC is regularly used in 26 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to help decision makers better address [...]

The IPC Certification process ensures that applicants acquire:

• Understanding and knowledge of IPC technical standards, protocols, and guidelines;
• Skills to apply the IPC approach and engage in IPC Analysis;
• Capacity and experience to lead IPC Training and Analysis.

Benefits of being certified

The IPC Certificate establishes a food security-wide recognition of your technical skills. You will become a part of a group of highly sought after professionals.

You [...]

The IPC Information Support System (ISS) is a new innovative web-based application that has been designed to facilitate global, regional and national stakeholders in creating, storing, and disseminating IPC analyses and information. The ISS simplifies the IPC analysis process by digitizing the IPC tools needed to implement the IPC four core functions: Building Technical Consensus; Classifying Severity and Causes; Communicating for Action; and Quality Assurance.

The ISS [...]

The IPC is a set standardized protocols (tools & procedures) to classify the severity of food insecurity situations for evidence-based strategic decision-making. It provides information on the situation (How bad); the most affected geographical areas and populations within those areas (Where, Who and How many); the duration and timeframe (When), and the driving factors (Why).

After many years of use of the IPC approach to inform interventions [...]

Since its inception, the IPC has focused primarily on the analysis and classification of food insecurity situations and related outcomes. 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.

With the constant expansion of IPC, a new interest has risen to complement the standard [...]

In Asia the IPC took off in 2011 thanks to a regional project funded by ECHO, which provided support in the implementation of country-level IPC trainings and capacity building. IPC was introduced in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Philippines and proved since the beginning its added value by assisting governments and partners in decision making to address food insecurity.

The country-level demand for IPC is currently growing [...]

East and Central Africa Region was the staring point for the worldwide implementation of IPC. Currently, most of the countries in the Region conduct IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analyses, including: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Building on years of implementation, IPC has become a reference in the region for evidence-based and comparable food [...]

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 IPC as a way to strengthen decision making related to food security in the region. The regional inter-governmental body of Central [...]

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 [...]

In Asia the IPC took off in 2011 thanks to a regional project funded by ECHO, which provided support in the implementation of country-level IPC trainings and capacity building. IPC was introduced in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Philippines and proved since the beginning its added value by assisting governments and partners in decision making to address food insecurity.

The country-level demand for IPC is currently growing [...]