April-July NEWSLETTERGLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CLUSTER
IM Training (French)
The gFSC held a training in French for Information Management Officers, in Beirut, Lebanon, from 15 to 18 April 2019. Fourteen participants took part in this training learning the basics of Information Management, data collection and analysis, visualisation and GIS mapping. The group also went through a simulation exercise to better prepare the candidates for future deployments. Global Partners Meeting (Rome)
The Food Security Cluster global partners meeting was held in Rome, FAO HQ, from 23-24 May 2019. On the 22nd May the technical WGs had face-to-face meetings to discuss the achievements of the last six months and plan activities for the rest of 2019. The meeting was attended by around 70 participants including NGOs, donors, IFRC, academic/research institutions and UN agencies. This meeting saw also the participation of new partners of the gFSC. A full report of the event is available here
CC Training (French)
The Global Food Security Cluster organised a Cluster Coordinator Training in French from 1 to 4 July 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon.
The training targeted 18 humanitarian experts interested and willing to be deployed as Food Security Cluster Coordinators. The learning process ensured to obtain a good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of country food security clusters and a clear overview of the role for the coordinator, in particular in response to IASC Level 3 emergency. The training was composed of one-day classroom experience and three days of simulation. WFP Executive Board meeting Side Event
The Food Security Cluster participated at the Executive Board side event in June. The three Clusters (ETC, Logistic, Food Security Cluster) were invited to present the role of the Clusters in the emergency context and their respective impact on the Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth response which affected over 2.2 million people in Mozambique.
ONGOING/UPCOMING gFSC EVENTS
GLOBAL SUPPORT TEAM MISSIONS
PAST/CURRENT Mozambique - 22 March/11 April
Myanmar - 20/28 April
Mozambique - 20 April/21 May
Burkina Faso - 22 April/10 May
Comoros Islands - 29 Apr/5 May
Mozambique - 24 May/7 June
DRC - 27/31 May
Brussels - 3/4 July (Global Nutrion Cluster Meeting)
Chad - 8/15 July
Niger - 16/25 July
Ethiopia - 15/19 July
South Sudan - 28 July/16 August
Haiti - 29 July/8 August UPCOMING Geneva - 20/22 August (Inter-cluster Meeting)
Geneva - 29/30 August (SAG retreat – development of the Strategic Plan (2020-2022)
THE GLOBAL TEAM The global Food Security Cluster (FSC) based in Rome says goodbye to two very important pillars of the global team. Our admin guru Rosalba Cardinale in May left the Food Security Cluster and moved to the legal office. More recently, Marina Angeloni has left the FSC after 7 years of magnificent work: supporting countries, working on cross-cutting issues, following up working groups and much more.
Also, Guy Obama, our experienced analyst working on the JIAG project left end of June and has just been replaced by Ryan Freeman, a highly experienced individual with previous experience in Food Security having worked in the past for FSC in Iraq and Turkey.
Lastly, the IM team has a new force, Gael Leloup joined (a big thank to our global partner NRC) the team in May, supporting IM related tasks and field support.
We would like to wish all the best to our former colleagues, and a big welcome to the new comers!
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