Food Security Cluster Newsletter: Strategic Plan, Events and News from the field No images? Click here NEWSLETTERGLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CLUSTEROPERATIONAL UPDATES A few weeks away from the COP27 summit in Egypt, the Global Food Security Cluster would like to highlight the urgent need to address the climate crisis with immediate solutions and assistance, as well as to invest in climate smart initiatives to overcome the challenges in the long run. This newsletter will have a dedicated focus on countries affected by floods and their correlated response. SPECIAL FOCUSPAKISTAN : The Food Security and agriculture working group strategic role to assess the flood response strategy and facilitate consultations with the partners in the field. In the month of September, in light of the flash floods disastrous impact on food security conditions in Pakistan, the co-coordinator of the Global Food Security Cluster joined the cluster lead agencies’ teams to provide support in the review of the flood response. The cluster coordinator indeed plays an essential role even in context where clusters are not activated as he can provide expertise both to consult with partner organizations and to analyze and map the gaps. Eventually, the goal was to provide evidence-based data to make informed decisions and adapt the flood response accordingly. As a result, the food security response was adjusted as follows:
The cluster will continue monitoring the situation remotely, in close collaboration with the FS&AWG, cluster lead agencies and partners in the field, to support the pursuit of lifesaving food assistance to most vulnerable and provision of timely agriculture inputs assistance to avoid missing of rabbi cropping season and to protect livestock of the vulnerable communities. More information on the floods:
More information on response coordination in Pakistan:
Floods response by geographical areaEVENTSFood Security Cluster Global Partners Meeting, WFP HQ, Italy, November 2022 The Food Security Cluster Global Partners Meeting will be held in Rome, on November 7-8-9 2022. The meeting will start at 09:30 on Monday Nov. 7 and end at 12:00 on Wednesday Nov. 9 (Rome time). All sessions - both plenary and group discussions - will be available online for participants to join remotely. Available resources & toolkitsHunger is not inevitable if we step up immediately A global economic crisis, continuous conflicts and climate shocks are driving an unprecedented food crisis. Yet, funding is not keeping up with the growing needs, forcing humanitarian operations to cut response in nearly half. Programme Quality Working Group: PROTECTION TASK FORCE Tip Sheet on Disability Inclusion in the HNOs and HRPs Food Security Chapters This Tip Sheet was prepared by the WFP Disability Inclusion Team and the GFSC Support Team under the umbrella of the GFSC Protection Task Force. Based on the review of 2022 HNOs and HRPs, it is intended to provide guidance to cluster coordinators and national-level FS clusters’ partners on concrete steps to better integrate disability into the HNO and HRP processes. Key tools and guidance documents are also included for more in-depth reference. HUMANS OF THE FIELD Loren is a committed humanitarian community member, gifted by her journey as a young woman and refugee, from volunteering in camps to humanitarian response coordination. As she interviews young women and families, she can easily relate to the challenges and dire conditions entire populations are currently languishing in, struggling just to be alive. Agriculture Working Group Floods in Chad, a challenge for food security & agropastoral recover Communication and AdvocacyThe global support team is scaling up communications and advocacy initiatives at global and country levels. New sets of tools are now available to facilitate communication with the Global Communication Team, including shared editorial calendar for social messaging, and more. Partners are welcome to engage with the team to discuss dissemination of information via social media channels, advocacy initiatives, events and other communication material. Contact FSCcommunications@fscluster.org Welcome to Marie-Helene Kyprianou, new Global Co-Coordinator (WFP)The global team welcomes Marie-Hélène Kyprianou who joined the global Food Security Cluster in August 2022 as global Coordinator. She has been working for the United Nations for the last 22 years, primarily with the UN World Food Programme accumulating diversified experiences. She has spent part of her career in the field, namely Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya and Sudan, managing complex emergencies and portfolios. She has also served at WFP Headquarters in Rome and in WFP’s Geneva Global Office overseeing a number of partnerships. She has acquired diverse humanitarian experience in the areas of operational, emergency preparedness and response, project design and implementation, fundraising, external relations and advocacy. Check the website to keep updated with the global cluster team new members |