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title: "5.2 Food Security Cluster Work Plan"
slug: "52-food-security-cluster-work-plan"
updated: 2023-12-15T10:07:52Z
published: 2023-12-15T10:07:52Z
canonical: "handbook.fscluster.org/52-food-security-cluster-work-plan"
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# 5.2 Food Security Cluster Work Plan

**Purpose:** An FSC work plan incorporates the key deliverables for a cluster over a given period. It represents the formal **road map** for the cluster’s work and is an important tool that allows the Coordinator and the SAG (depending on the country specific set-up, the SAG often has the oversight of the implementation of the work plan) to monitor and manage progress and track various priority activities and deadlines. This can help facilitate a more predictable FSC response and allows for timely revisions and course correction, when needed.

**Content:** The work plan should outline the key **sector priorities**, in line with the **six core functions** and the **overall deliverables** of the FSC, as agreed in a specific context. Generally, it should incorporate the **deliverables flagged in this chapter** (as relevant), including preparedness and contingency planning, transition planning, assessments etc. with appropriate related activities and benchmarks. It should also flag particular areas, which the **SAG and/or the CLAs** have decided to prioritise in any particular year or which the **HCT** has agreed are priority areas/outputs for all clusters. Some take a **wider approach** and link priority areas with the cluster response plan.

The FSC work plan should outline **targets** (a list of activities with key deliverables) agreed by the cluster, to promote accountability. It should include **a timeline** (could be a specific month or quarter, as appropriate), and **who** are responsible / focal point where relevant (this could be Coordinator, the SAG, specific TWGs, the CLAs or cluster partners). Institutional accountabilities should be clarified within the cluster ToRs.

**Format:** Usually FSCs use a simple excel log frame format, outlining key activity areas (with some including a ghant chart).

**What is the role of the FSC Coordinator?** The FSC Coordinator is responsible for developing the FSC workplan – commonly done in close collaboration with the IMO and then reviewed with the SAG, endorsed by the CLAs and presented to the FSC members.

The Coordinator (often with the SAG) is responsible for ensuring it is followed. This will require regular reviews of activity progress and prompting of those responsible, where needed. It is recommended that the Coordinator (or the SAG, usually with the Coordinator doing the legwork) reviews the work plan every quarter or twice a year and makes the necessary adjustments. Often the results of the CCPM ([*see 5.9.1*](/cc/docs/591-monitoring-of-fsc-functions-cluster-coordination-performance-monitoring)) play a role in informing workplan updates*.*

**Examples:** See the Cox’s Bazar Food Security Sector Work Plan 2021 [here](https://fscluster.org/coxs-bazar/document/fss-work-plan-2021) or DRC FSC’s Work Plan 2020 (in French) [here](https://fscluster.org/democratic-republic-congo/document/strategie-2020-cluster-securite).

Food Security Cluster

Strategic Advisory Group

Cluster Lead Agencies

Humanitarian Country Team

Technical Working Group

Information Management Officer

Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring