Preamble
Cluster coordination exists in a challenging and constantly changing environments where crises are becoming more protracted, more complex with multiple drivers – conflict, climate change, economic crises – and limited funding resources. In such a context, coordination amongst humanitarian actors is key.
Since its activation in 2010, the Food Security Cluster has remained one of the biggest clusters in terms of scope and funding received, number of activated country clusters and number of partners at global and local level.
The FSC Coordinator Handbook aims to provide guidance on concepts, processes and tools essential for a more effective and efficient coordination of food security in a country in crisis, whether protracted or sudden onset. It aims to balance the requirement to incorporate new and relevant material whilst still managing the size of the handbook.
The handbook draws on other available handbooks (including but not limited to the previous FSC Handbook from 2012, the Health Cluster Guide from 2020 and the Handbook for the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator from 2021) in addition to an array of available guidance, for example from IASC, OCHA, other clusters etc.
