Transcript I. Overview of the IPC - Food Security and Nutrition Network

IPC
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
IPC Overview, Value-Added, and
Future Vision
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Outline of the presentation
I. Overview of the IPC (what it is, what it is not)
II. The IPC in practice (application, use & usefulness)
III. Where to find IPC information (contacts, resources)
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Common Challenges for Action-Oriented Food
Security Analysis
•Unreliable and irregular data
•Reconciling various methods
•Comparability over space and time
•Building technical consensus
•Communicating complex information for action
•Different agencies have different methods and
approaches for addressing these challenges....
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We need a ‘common currency’ for describing
the nature and severity of food security
situations.
We need minimum common standards for
conducting food security analysis
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What the IPC is…..
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A set of Protocols for classifying the nature
and severity of food security situations
The IPC summarizes Situation Analysis…
…a distinct stage in the ‘analysis-response
continuum’.
A process involving multiple actors in making
decisions in a consensual manner.
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The IPC 6 Core Functions
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(2)
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Building Technical Consensus
Integrated Analysis
Linking to Common Severity Scale
Diagnosing Causes and Opportunities
Core Communication
Quality Assurance
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The IPC Analytical Approach
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(2)
Bring together any and all relevant
information (evidence) and evaluate the
convergence of evidence against a
common severity scale.
The IPC is an ‘open system’, meaning any
methodologies or indicators are
accommodated in the analysis.
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Common
Severity Scale
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Comparability Over Space
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
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And what the IPC is not…
• A method – it draws from multiple methods
• A data collection tool – it may inform data
collection and highlight information gaps
• An information system - it is a complementary
‘add-on’
• Response analysis—this is the next step, which is
based on sound situation analysis
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Value Added of IPC
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Links complex information to action
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Common language
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Comparability over space and time
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Transparency & accountability
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Basis for response analysis
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Technical Consensus
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Key Revisions for Version 2.0
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Introducing tools for analyzing Chronic Food
Insecurity
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Introducing innovative Analytical Framework
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Improved linkages with response
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others....
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IPC Governance Structure
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IPC Global Steering Committee includes: CARE, EC
JRC, FAO, FEWSNET, Oxfam, SCF, and WFP
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The Steering Committee oversees the work of the
IPC Global Support Unit, hosted at FAO
headquarters, but with inter agency staff.
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Future Vision
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Release of IPC Version 2.0
On-line information management system
Expansion of the Steering Committee
Deepen institutional commitments
Country/Region expansion
Increase the breadth and depth of capacity building
Develop certification criteria and link to academia
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IPC Implementation to Date
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Conclusion:
IPC Promotes Working Together
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National and Sub-national levels
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Regional level
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Govt-led multi-sectoral, inter-agency Technical Working
Groups
Govt-led multi-sectoral, inter-agency IPC support groups
Global level
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Inter-agency Steering Committee
Linkages to other initiatives and structures
International standards
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