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1FAO-WFP Joint Strategy on Information Systems
for Food and Nutrition Security TOPS Meeting
May 9, 2011
2Rationale and Purpose of the Joint Strategy on
ISFNS (1)
- Mutual need to
- Respond to Joint Evaluation of FAO/WFP (2009)
- Sharpen response to known and emerging threats to
food security - Provide timely and reliable demand-driven
products and services - Improve internal and external communication
channels
3Rationale and Purpose of the Joint Strategy on
ISFNS (2)
- Purposes
- Provide roadmap for joint work on four pillars
- Capacity development
- Assessment
- Standards
- Statistics/analysis
- Advance the twin-track approach
- Prioritize capacity development needs
- Contribute to both agencies work under UNDAF
4Known and emerging threats to food security
- Climate change
- Volatility in Agricultural Commodity Markets
- Urban Malnutrition
- Trans-boundary Threats
- Biofuel Food Trade-off
- Gender Issues
5Vision statement
- FAO and WFP will work together to promote
informed food and nutrition security decisions by
strengthening national and regional capacity to
undertake comprehensive, credible, relevant and
timely assessments and analysis and being a
global reference for food and nutrition security
standards, statistics and information.
6Guiding Principles
Joint Strategy on ISFNS Guiding Principles
1) Aligned with MDGs, Paris Declaration, CFS
2) Addresses availability, access, utilization, stability
3) Covers emergency, recovery, and development
4) Addresses emerging issues
5 ) Products and services consider gender
6) Demand-driven and timely response
7) Sustainability through national ownership
8) Applies and develops innovative methods and tools
9) Fosters inter-agency collaboration and partnership
7Strategic Pillars
- Capacity development in food and nutrition
security data collection and information analysis
methods - In-country assessments to address food insecurity
and malnutrition - Standards, methods, and tools for information
systems on food and nutrition security - Statistics and analysis on food and nutrition
security
8Capacity development in food and nutrition
security data collection and information
analysis methods
- Assessment of stakeholder capacities and
constraints - Identification of partners
- Regional and country support
- WFP
- -rapid assessment -emergency response
- -HH livelihood assessment -long-term
vulnerability assessment - -cross-border trade -local market analysis
- FAO
- -agricultural statistics -global price
monitoring - -remote sensing
- -cross-border data pests, pathogens, livestock
- Policy dialogue
9In-country assessments to address food insecurity
and malnutrition
- Organized around geographic and functional levels
- WFP
- trend analysis related to markets, livelihoods,
and food and nutrition security at HH and
community levels - work w/ government bureaus of statistics to
integrate the food consumption score in Living
Standards Measurement - FAO
- -long-term development -food crisis prevention
- -crop monitoring -disaster risk management
- -contingency planning -post-emergency
reconstruction - Continued collaboration on emergency needs
assess.
10Standards, methods, and tools for information
systems on food and nutrition security
- FAO lead
- ISFNS community of practice
- global ISFNS network
- identification of FNS indicators and measurements
- WFP lead
- thresholds for food security indicators
- guidance on Food Consumption Score, Coping
Strategies Index - emergency assessment standards (HH level DRR)
- Continued collaboration CFSAM, response
analysis, IPC - Opportunities gender, markets, nutrition,
disaster risk reduction/management, urban FS,
climate change
11Statistics and analysis on food and nutrition
security
- Wide spectrum of statistics and analyses
generated by both organizations - Objectives
- Harmonisation of global public goods. Organize
by - Data and statistics
- Food security monitoring, analysis, and early
warning and - Policy analysis and perspective studies
- Seamless data stream
- Timely dissemination accessibility
- Responsive to users
- FAO has lead role
12National Government Ownership
- Locus of collaboration country and regional
- Government priorities, needs and capacities
define the areas where FAO and WFP must work
together - Systematic and purposeful inclusion of
governments in planning and decision making with
respect to all pillars
13Collaboration Mechanism
- Steering Committee 10 members
- WFP and FAO co-chairs
- Heads of VAM and ESA
- Steering committee incorporated into their
functions - WFP and FAO have one representative for each
pillar - Two-year term
- Quarterly meetings
- Steering Committee liaison to CFS, et al.
14Communication Protocol
- Steering Committee establishes systems and
protocols for horizontal and vertical information
sharing - Internet-based solutions
- External communications
- Joint strategy supports individual strategies
- Joint mechanism for communications regarding
shared work - Shared Internet-based platform one-stop shop
15Partnerships
Key Partners Key Partners Key Partners Key Partners
CFS (core members) CFS (core members) CFS (core members) CFS (core members)
UN Food Security Cluster (co-chairs) UN Food Security Cluster (co-chairs) UN Food Security Cluster (co-chairs) UN Food Security Cluster (co-chairs)
UN Nutrition Cluster (members) UN Nutrition Cluster (members) UN Nutrition Cluster (members) UN Nutrition Cluster (members)
UNHCR USAID/ FEWSNET USDA SC-UK
Oxfam CARE World Bank UNDP
IFAD IFPRI World Resources Institute World Resources Institute
Institutions with remote sensing capabilities (JRC, USGS) Institutions with remote sensing capabilities (JRC, USGS) Institutions with remote sensing capabilities (JRC, USGS) Institutions with remote sensing capabilities (JRC, USGS)
regional and local partners regional and local partners regional and local partners regional and local partners
academic/research institutions academic/research institutions academic/research institutions academic/research institutions
16Decisions to be Taken
- Reach agreement on all components
- Presentation to respective boards
- Establish Steering Committee
- Operational Plan
- Regional and country levels
- Partners
- Communication protocol
- Funding