IPC Overview, Value-Added, and Future Vision

1
IPC Overview, Value-Added, and Future Vision
2
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)
3
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....

4
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
5
What the IPC is..

• 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.

6
The IPC 6 Core Functions

1. Building Technical Consensus
2. Integrated Analysis
3. Linking to Common Severity Scale
4. Diagnosing Causes and Opportunities
5. Core Communication
6. Quality Assurance

7
The IPC Analytical Approach

1. Bring together any and all relevant information
   (evidence) and evaluate the convergence of
   evidence against a common severity scale.
2. The IPC is an open system, meaning any
   methodologies or indicators are accommodated in
   the analysis.

8
Common Severity Scale
9
Comparability Over Space


10
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 analysisthis is the next step, which is
  based on sound situation analysis

11
Value Added of IPC

• Links complex information to action
• Common language
• Comparability over space and time
• Transparency accountability
• Basis for response analysis
• Technical Consensus

12
Key Revisions for Version 2.0

• Introducing tools for analyzing Chronic Food
  Insecurity
• Introducing innovative Analytical Framework
• Improved linkages with response
• others....

13
IPC Governance Structure

• IPC Global Steering Committee includes CARE, EC
  JRC, FAO, FEWSNET, Oxfam, SCF, and WFP
• The Steering Committee oversees the work of the
  IPC Global Support Unit, hosted at FAO
  headquarters, but with inter agency staff.

14
Future Vision

• 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

15
IPC Implementation to Date
16
Conclusion IPC Promotes Working Together

• National and Sub-national levels
• Govt-led multi-sectoral, inter-agency Technical
  Working Groups
• Regional level
• Govt-led multi-sectoral, inter-agency IPC support
  groups
• Global level
• Inter-agency Steering Committee
• Linkages to other initiatives and structures
• International standards

17
For more information...
www.ipcinfo.org

• IPC web features
• Manuals and Tools
• Maps
• Country pages
• Ongoing projects