Table of Contents:
1. Consultancy Fund Projects
2. EC-FAO Programme Full Day Event at the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4) in Beijing, China
3. Updates on the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation
4. New Publication: Planifier l'avenir - Évaluation des systèmes d'alerte précoce pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique subsaharienne
5. News from Tajikistan
6. Focus on "Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action" Training
7. A propos de la Journée mondiale d'information sur le développement / About World Development Information Day

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1. Consultancy Fund Projects

The Consultancy Fund supports additional food security studies and technical advice. Over 28 projects have been implemented so far. For more details on each project, please see:

http://www.foodsec.org/programme_cons.htm

2. EC-FAO Programme Full Day Event at the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4) in Beijing, China

The side event "Food Security Statistics and Information for Targeting Poor and Hungry Populations at Sub-national Levels" will take place on October 25, 2007 in Beijing. 10 papers, based on country experiences in analysing food consumption and income data from Household Budget Surveys, will be presented. The papers will be consolidated into an FAO Flagship Publication on Food Security Statistics.

> http://www.foodsec.org/News/news_06_16.htm
> Agenda



3. Updates on the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation

The GIEWS Workstation is one step closer to becoming a worldwide network for exchanging food security information with its recent installation in Central America. These new nodes complement those already installed in Africa , Central Asia and at FAO headquarters.

> http://www.foodsec.org/news_06_17.htm



4. New Publication - Planifier l'avenir - Évaluation des systèmes d'alerte précoce pour la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique subsaharienne

French: http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0894f/a0894f00.htm
English: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0838e/a0838e00.pdf



5. News from Tajikistan

Tajikistan Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS) Survey Includes Food Security Measurement Module

Enumerators for the 2007 Tajikistan LSMS are currently in the field. The LSMS survey, is led by the Goskomstat with support and technical assistance from the World Bank, UNICEF and FAO. The survey instruments include a range of questions on various aspects of food security, thanks to technical and financial support from the EC-FAO Food Security Programme. The survey will contribute to a better understanding of the extent and nature of food insecurity in the Tajikistan. It will also allow for a comparison of approaches and instruments commonly used to measure food insecurity.

EC-FAO Programme Nutrition Tools: http://www.foodsec.org/tools_nut.htm
EC-FAO Programme Tajikistan Web page: http://www.foodsec.org/taj_hp.htm

Food Security Statistics from Tajikistan will be presented at ICAS-4

A paper on "Longitudinal analysis using panel data for assessing seasonality effects on the food security situation in Tajikistan 2005 HBS" will be presented.
> Agenda



6. Producing Food Security Information Products that Result in Action

A General Overview of the Training:
> English: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_fsip.htm
> French: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_fsip_fr.htm

New Workshop Report Available: "Réaliser des produits d’information sur la sécurité alimentaire pour l’action " ( Burkina Faso, June 2007)

> http://www.foodsec.org/News/tr/fsip/bk/fsip_bk_report.pdf

Resources for Trainers

Materials that can be downloaded and adapted for face to face training are available in:
English: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_res_01.htm
French: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_res_01_fr.htm
Portuguese: http://www.foodsec.org/tr_res_01_pt.htm

Related Distance Learning Course:

Reporting Food Security Information
> http://www.foodsec.org/DL/dlcourselist_en.asp

Préparer un rapport sur la sécurité alimentaire
> http://www.foodsec.org/DL/dlcourselist_fr.asp


7. A propos de la Journée mondiale d'information sur le développement

La journée mondiale d'information sur le développement a été instituée par l'Assemblée générale en 1972 pour appeler, chaque année, l'attention de l'opinion publique mondiale sur les problèmes du développement et la nécessité d'intensifier la coopération internationale pour les résoudre . La Journée mondiale d'information sur le développement coïncide avec la Journée des Nations Unies, afin de souligner le rôle central du développement dans l'action des Nations Unies.

Le Programme CE-FAO Information pour l'action pour la sécurité alimentaire partage entièrement cette optique puisqu'il a pour objectif de renforcer l'information et les analyses en matière de sécurité alimentaire afin d'améliorer les politiques et les programmes de lutte contre la faim.

About World Development Information Day

The United Nations General Assembly declared World Development Information Day in December 1972 to draw the attention of world public opinion each year to development problems and the need for strengthening international co-operation to solve them. World Development Information Day coincides with United Nations Day to stress the central role of development in the work of the United Nations.

The EC-FAO Food Security Information for Action Programme is fully aligned with this vision with its goal of strengthening food security information and analysis for better anti-hunger policies and programmes


This newsletter aims at keeping you up-to-date with the latest news, activities and events related to the EC-FAO Food Security Programme. Share your news and comments by sending a message to:
information-for-action@fao.org

This newsletter is available on-line at: http://www.foodsec.org/News/nl_1007.htm