International Scientific Symposium on Food & Nutrition Security Information Presentations, abstracts, videos and other resources are now online! See: www.foodsec.org/web/newsevents/iss/

1.International Scientific Symposium on Food & Nutrition Security Information
2. FAO, World Bank launch safety net e-learning course
3. Cash for work in Somalia: Concept Note
4. Summary of the online forum on "Measuring food and nutrition security: what has been your experience?"
5. Online certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action
6. Regional News
7. External event: Hidden Hunger: From Assessment to Solutions

1. International Scientific Symposium on Food & Nutrition Security Information

450 people attended the International Symposium in Rome. The Symposium website provides access to wealth of resources including:

1. Over 100 Power Point presentations on food and nutrition security http://www.foodsec.org/web/newsevents/iss/presentations/

2. A book of abstracts presented during the parallel sessions on January 18 2012 http://bit.ly/yznjP9

3. Key note speech by Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General of IFPRI http://bit.ly/yvtCqu

4. Video recordings of the sessions http://www.foodsec.org/web/newsevents/iss/video-and-photo/videos/

5. List of participants
http://bit.ly/wks3Ir

6. "Global hunger: do the figures add up?"- article in the The Guardian:
http://bit.ly/youCuQ

A book of proceedings and an action plan for the next 5 years are being prepared and will be available on the website.


2. FAO, World Bank launch safety net training course

The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank have launched an introductory e-learning course on social safety nets, aimed at providing an overview of safety net programmes and how they are used in different contexts to reduce poverty and build food security.

Read the article: http://bit.ly/xeH8qz
Register for the course: http://bit.ly/eOed87

3. Cash-for-work in Somalia: linking relief to recovery

In complex emergency situations such as that in Somalia, marred by violence, destitution and famine,FAO has managed to implement a large cash-for- work (CFW) programme. The programme provides emergency relief while building the base for future recovery. This concept note aims at gathering lessons learned from FAO - Somalia's experience in designing and implementing a CFW programme.

Download the concept note at:
http://bit.ly/ze2E1Q


4. Summary of the online forum on "Measuring food and nutrition security: what has been your experience?"available online

Participants discussed factors affecting their choice of indicators and how this choice affects their work. They also discussed the challenges of working with these indicators and what they did to overcome their limitations.

Download the summary at:
http://bit.ly/A3d65j

5. Online certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action

FAO and the Open University of Catalonia are now offering a fully accredited, online certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action. The four month course starts on 21 March 2012.

The course costs 1345 euros but The EC/FAO Programme on Information Systems to Improve Food Security Decision Making in European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) East Area will consider supporting scholarships for applicants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova. Applications should be sent by 3 March 2012 to information-for-action@fao.org.

For more details see: http://bit.ly/wNxr8p
Course website: http://bit.ly/femUDP
Write to: Xavier Medina at queries@uoc.edu



6. Regional News

CAUCASUS AND MOLDOVA PROGRAMME
Scholarships for applicants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova to participate in the accredited, online certificate in Food Security: Assessment and Action.
More information: http://bit.ly/wNxr8p

Rome (FAO Headquarters)

Workshop: Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) and Food Balance Sheets (FBS) Methodology (5 December 2011)

A variety of materials on SUAs and FBS, in English and Russian, are available on the website: http://bit.ly/zgV1Z5

Armenia
Study Tour to Arlon, Belgium: Improving Crop Yield Forecasting (12 - 17 December 2011)
http://bit.ly/ysWyLc

Moldova
Vacancy Announcement for a Country Coordinator for Moldova. The deadline for applications in 2 March 2012
Please see the terms of reference: http://bit.ly/AF5eOx
More information: http://bit.ly/yHovaG

SOUTHEAST ASIA PROGRAMME

Lao PDR
Training in Food Security Statistical Trend Analysis (12 - 17 February 2012)
http://bit.ly/wir69Z

7. External event: Hidden Hunger: From Assessment to Solutions

From 6-9 March, 2013, the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany will be hosting a congress on Hidden Hunger. Discussions and presentations will focus on issues such as the assessment of hidden hunger, reasons and consequences of hidden hunger, solutions and future perspectives, and more.

For more information:
E-mail: hiddenhunger@uni-hohenheim.de
Website: www.hiddenhunger.uni-hohenheim.de

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

This newsletter is available on-line at: http://www.foodsec.org/fileadmin/templates/eufao-fsi4dm/newsletters/nl_0212.htm