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Table of Contents:

1. How do you think beyond food aid in a conflict?
2. New Book and Seminar: Food Security in Protracted Crisis
3. Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Manual Version 1.1 and New IPC Maps
4. Achieving Food and Nutrition Security (Russian training manual)
5. Techniques de collaboration et de plaidoyer - formation à distance et guides pratiques
6. Using Food Security Information for Decision Making in Haiti
7. Summary of EC-FAO Programme Nutrition Activities in Kenya

1. How do you think beyond food aid in a conflict?

A new book, based on case studies from the DRC, Sudan and Somalia, asks if long-term food security is ever adequately considered in crises, and if food aid is supplied as an automatic default response.

Read Article: http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/12218221760.htm



2. New Book and Seminar: Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crisis

This seminar, based on six in-depth case studies from Somalia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, will provide insights on opportunities for bridging the gap between emergency relief and longer term developmental approaches. The event, which launches a new book called Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crises, aims to shift current thinking on how best to support food security in protracted crises.

More Information about the Seminar ( September 25, 2008):
http://www.odi.org.uk/events/2008/09/25-beyond-relief-food-security-crisis.html

Beyond Relief: Food Security in Protracted Crises edited by Luca Alinovi, Guenter Hemrich and Luca Russo (FAO) is published by Practical Action Publishing (ISBN 987-185339-660-1, £17.95, paperback).

The original, longer versions of the case studies are available from the EC-FAO Programme website:
http://www.foodsec.org/pubs_case.htm



3. Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Manual Version 1.1 (in French and English)

Thanks to lessons learned using the IPC in many countries and after extensive technical consultations, the IPC Technical Manual has been revised.

Download English Manual:
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/i0275e/i0275e00.pdf

Download French Manual:
http://www.ipcinfo.org/attachments/ipc_manual_v1_1_fr.pdf

New IPC Maps for many countries including Burundi, the DRC, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia have been published. See:
http://www.ipcinfo.org/news.php

Note: The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardized tool that aims at providing a “common currency” for classifying food security. Using a common scale, which is comparable across countries, will make it easier for donors, agencies and governments to identify priorities for intervention before they become catastrophic.


4. Achieving Food and Nutrition Security (in Russian)

The training manual - originally published by InWent - has now been translated into Russian - with support from the EC-FAO Programme.

Download manual in Russian (3.3 Mb)
http://www.foodsec.org/docs/fsn_manual_ru.pdf



5. Techniques de collaboration et de plaidoyer - formation à distance

Ce cours décrit de nombreux outils et techniques qui permettent d'améliorer la collaboration et le partage des connaissances et explique comment mettre en oeuvre des évaluations de la sécurité alimentaire de manière collaborative. Ce cours fourni aussi les concepts de base et les techniques sur le plaidoyer qui permettent d'influencer différents publics.

Formation à distance:
http://www.foodsec.org/DL/dlintro_fr.asp

Guides pratiques pour le partage des connaissances:
http://www.foodsec.org/pubs_km_fr.htm



6. Using Food Security Information for Decision Making in Haiti

In November 2007, staff from Haiti's Coordination Nationale de Sécurité Alimentaire (CNSA) received training aimed at improving their information products. In a series of interviews, users of CSNA's food security information give concrete examples of how they use the newly improved food security information publications.

Read Interviews:
http://www.foodsec.org/news_08_04.htm



7. Summary of EC-FAO Programme Nutrition Activities in Kenya

http://www.foodsec.org/tr/nut/nut_summary_keya.pdf




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 own news and comments by sending a message to:
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This newsletter is available on-line at: http://www.foodsec.org/nl_0908.htm