- JULY NEWSLETTER -GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CLUSTERCOUNTRY UPDATES gFSC ADVOCACY PRODUCTS The gFSC has currently launched the following 2017 key advocacy products: gFSC - Welthungerhilfe video about local partnership and coordination in Mali, Iraq and Bangladesh. Videos are available on the gFSC website and on the gFSC youtube channel The gFSC coordinates the food security response The Global Dashboard looks at the requirements and cost of coordination of each individual country globally. Ongoing gFSC activities Country Cluster Performance Monitoring (CCPM): The gFSC will start its third round of the Country Cluster Performance Monitoring (CCPM) 2017 process shortly. The upcoming countries that will be covered are Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pacific Islands, Whole of Syria, and Zimbabwe. So far, the CCPM has been completed in Burundi, CAR, Chad, DRC, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen. The CCPM is designed to enable the Cluster Teams and partners assess how well their Cluster has achieved its six core functions (as determined by the IASC) and compare it with the previous year(s). The findings are discussed by the cluster teams with partners to improve performance and to take the necessary actions. Revision of the Cluster Coordinator Handbook (2012): To ensure that the cluster coordinators are adequately equipped to address emerging issues for efficient and effective food security response, the handbook is currently being updated and shall be kept as a living document. The Food Security Cluster Coordinator’s Handbook was developed in 2012 to provide information and guidance on how a country-level Food Security Cluster (FSC) facilitates effective and coordinated humanitarian response by food security partners. It was intended to be used as a quick-reference document when information or guidance is required on a specific topic. After the revision of the handbook, the draft version will be further discussed during the Cluster Coordinator retreat in September 2017. Past gFSC events gFSC meeting of global Food Security Cluster Partners, Rome, 07-09 June 2017 gFSC Information Management Officer Training, Bracciano, Italy, 19-23 June 2017 gFSC and the Global Nutrition Cluster consultative workshop to develop an inter-cluster Training Package on Nutrition Sensitive Programming for Cluster Coordinators and Partners, Geneva, 27-29 June 2017 gFSC Cluster Coordinator Training, Rome, 03-07 July Programme Quality Working Group Webinar: M&E and Needs Assessment Tools and Methodologies for Food Security Analysis in Remote and Hard to Access Areas, 01 June 2017 Upcoming gFSC events · Cluster Coordinator Retreat 2017: September 2017 · Cluster Coordinator Training (French): November 2017 (tbc) · 2nd Global Partners Meeting 2017: November/December (tbc) NEWS ON CROSS-CUTTING DIMENSIONS WFP launched a WFP Gender Toolkit and a new guidance, see Gender Learning Channel The GPC has produced a briefing note on protection concerns in the 4 Famine Countries The FSC in Gaziantep has produced a Recommendation paper in “Child protection in Food Security and Livelihoods Sector” FAO Guidance Note on Child Labour in Agriculture in Protracted Crisis, Fragile and Humanitarian Contexts The IASC Gender-Based Violence Guidelines will be rolled out in July 2017 in Nigeria |