Food Security Cluster Handbook
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Cluster Coordinator
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Chapter 1 - The Global Humanitarian System: International Humanitarian Coordination Mechanisms and Humanitarian Principles
Chapter 2 - The Role of the Global Food Security Cluster
Chapter 3 - Establishing a Food Security Cluster at Country Level: Functions, Roles, Responsibilities and Key Actors
Chapter 4 - The Humanitarian Coordination Architecture and Inter-Sectoral Coordination at Country Level
Chapter 5 - FSC Coordinator Deliverables: Key Food Security Cluster Tools, Products and Outputs
Chapter 6 - Overview of Key Assessments and Analysis at Country Level
Chapter 7 - Advocacy and Communications
Chapter 8 - Funding Mechanisms and Resource Mobilisation
Chapter 9 - Overview of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle Phases and Key Activities at Country Level
Chapter 10 - Key Developments in the Humanitarian System
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6.1 Introduction
This chapter looks at the importance of coordinated (joint or harmonised) assessments and analysis for the FSC ’s work, the role of the Coordinator and the FSC team and the key resources a Coordinator can lean on. It provides an overview of th...
Updated on : 07 Dec 2023
6.2 Assessing the Situation and the Needs
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6.3 The IASC Phases of Emergency Needs Assessments
Protracted Emergencies: For protracted crises, sector specific and, if deemed necessary, multi-sectoral assessments are done with regular intervals to inform sectoral responses and to provide the foundation for joint analysis. This will res...
Updated on : 06 Dec 2023
6.4 Types of Assessments – Food Security Specific Assessments
Objective: Food security assessments are required throughout a crisis to show how the context evolves and to enable responses to be adjusted appropriately. Assessing a list of key food security indicators will help all stakeholders to prope...
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6.5 Types of Assessments: Multi-Sector Assessments
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6.6 Types of Assessments: Market Assessments
In today’s market economies, people’s livelihoods depend to a significant extent on markets. Sudden shocks can severely limit the functioning of markets and, as a result, can have strong negative impact on people’s capacity to meet their food and ot...
Updated on : 11 Mar 2024
6.7 Protocols and Frameworks for Classifying and Monitoring Food Insecurity
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6.8 Humanitarian Needs Overview
In protracted or slow-onset crises, which characterize most humanitarian situations – or at a later stage of a sudden onset crisis ( see diagram below ), the needs assessments and analysis are anchored within the Humanitarian Needs Overview...
Updated on : 06 Dec 2023
ANNEX I: The Five Phases Of The Assessment Framework
Adapted from the IASC Operational Guidance for Coordinated Assessments in Humanitarian Crisis . See pp. 12-20 for more on each of the assessments phases. Note that the IASC operational guidance will be reviewed in 2023 – check the&n...
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ANNEX II: Key Food Security Indicators
These are some of the core indicators used to measure food security on household level . Most FSC s ( through joint, harmonised or multi sectoral assessments ) will collect data against most of these indicators from phase 2 onwards and they w...
Updated on : 06 Dec 2023