News

Programme News

> AFRICA: New improved disaster response tool - A report on the IPC (November 2007)

October 2007

> Report on Food Insecurity in the Lao PDR Released (October 2007)

> EC-FAO Programme Full Day Event at the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4) in Beijing, China (25 October 2007)

> The Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation Network Expands (October 2007)

July 2007

> Food Security E-learning course presented at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Innovation Fair (July 2007)

June 2007

> Training Course in Burkina Faso : Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action (June 2007)

May 2007

New Distance Learning Course and Resources for Trainers: Nutritional Status Assessment and Analysis (May 2007)

> UN agency launches free e-course on causes and characteristics of malnutrition (May 2007)

> EC, FAO release new e-learning course: Covers nutritional status assessment and analysis (May 2007)

> Mapping Country-Specific Commodity Lists to International Standards (May 2007)

April 2007

Training Course in Cape Verde : Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action (April 2007) > Press Release

March 2007

> Towards a Common Strategy for the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) (March 2007)

Resources for Trainers: Food Security Information Systems and Networks (3 lessons)

> International Workshop on simple tools for measuring household access to food and dietary diversity (March 2007)

January 2007

Distance Learning Unit on Food Security Information Systems and Networks is now available (January 2007)

> The 2007 version of the Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) is now available (January 2007)

December 2006

> Resources for Trainers based on the food security distance learning course are now available (December 2006)

November 2006

> Training Event: Producing food security information products that result in action (Mozambique, November
2006 )

> Ethiopian Institutions, the European Commission and FAO to collaborate on Food Security Information Systems (November 2006)

First Distance Learning Unit Launched: "Reporting Food Security Information" (30 October 2006)

> Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) presentation at United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) meeting (2 - 4 November 2006)

October 2006

> EC-FAO Food Security Programme and the Integrated Phase Classification System Exhibits at the CFS Conference (30 October 2006)

> Training in Cambodia: Producing food security information products that result in action (9 - 13 October 2006)

September 2006

> The Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation successfully launched in Armenia (27 September 2006)

> Training Event: Improving National Capacity for Analyzing Food Consumption Data Related to Food Insecurity and Poverty

>	Laos (25 - 29 September 2006) > see related press release
>	Cambodia (2 - 6 October 2006) > see related press release

> Workshop: Georgia Food Security Situation – Trends in Figures (30 August - 01 September 2006)

July 2006

> Workshop on Food Security and Nutrition and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (5 July 2006)

June 2006

> Workshop: Food and nutrition security: the concept and development strategies of Tajikistan (19- 23 June 2006)

May 2006

> EC-FAO Food Security Programme supports National Nutrition Advocacy Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR (4 May 2006)

April 2006

> Information for Action: European Commission and FAO put food security information at policy-makers' fingertips
(7 April 2006)

February 2006

> Study on "Sector Wide Approaches for Agriculture and Rural Development": The EC-FAO Food Security Programme's GDPRD Facility funds new study (February 2006)

> Using E-Learning to Support National Food Security Information Systems and Networks : EC-FAO Programme highlighted on Development Gateway (February 2006)

2004

> European Commission and FAO extend food security programme (21 December 2004)

> European Commission and FAO sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement (13 September 2004)
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