The ICA is a consultative analysis that combines historical trends of food security data with the risk of natural shocks and other information such as land degradation, agro- ecological zoning, and nutrition, etc. When overlaid, these layers identify geographical areas of recurring food insecurity and exposure to shocks, population planning figures for short and long-term response, and together with government and partners the most appropriate combinations of where to position safety nets, DRR measures, early warning, and preparedness efforts – leading to the development of tailored-to-context sub-national programme strategies. The ICA is the first step of the 3PA and done at a national level (see 3PA reference), followed by Seasonal Livelihood Programming consultative processes.[1]
International humanitarian law is a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare. International humanitarian law is also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict. International humanitarian law is part of international law, which is the body of rules governing relations between States. International law is contained in agreements between States – treaties or conventions –, in customary rules, which consist of State practise considered by them as legally binding, and in general principles.[2]
Organization, entity or agency that contributes to the work to reach the food security objectives outlines in the HRP through resources received from UN agencies without contribution from its own resources.
A qualitative or quantitative variable to measure achievement or status. The FSC has issued a handbook on output and outcome indicators.[3]
A forum hosted by OCHA at country level to discuss topics such as reporting tools (e.g., 3-4-5 Ws), datasets, indicators, maps. They may provide specific trainings (e.g. on ArcGIS). Decisions taken within this group are presented at the Inter-Cluster Cluster Coordinators WG for agreement.[4]
In humanitarian settings, aid agencies often assist populations by distributing in-kind inputs, such as food rations, shelter materials, seeds and tools and kits of household items.[5]
Within the FSC, inputs may be a variety of different items distributed to beneficiaries for agricultural or livelihood activities. When reporting, partners have to specify which inputs were distributed to beneficiaries. Examples of inputs: vegetable kits, livestock vaccinations, tools and fishing boats, to name some.
A set of standardized tools that aims at providing a “common currency” for classifying the severity and magnitude of food insecurity. It is based on consensus-building processes to provide decision makers with a rigorous analysis of food insecurity along with objectives for response in both emergency and development contexts.[6]IPC makes a distinction between acute and chronic food insecurity. The IPC-Acute scale categorizes the severity of acute food insecurity into Five Phases; 1-Minimal, 2-Stressed, 3-Crisis, 4-Emergency and 5-Famine.[7]
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is a unique inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners. Under the leadership of the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the IASC develops humanitarian policies, agrees on a clear division of responsibility for the various aspects of humanitarian assistance, identifies and addresses gaps in response, and advocates for effective application of humanitarian principles.[8]
The Inter-Agency Rapid Response Mechanism (IARRM) is the IASC agencies’ commitment to maintain a roster of senior, experienced and trained L3 capable and deployable staff, in accordance with their individual coordination expertise; that they are able to deploy effectively and in a timely manner; to support the HCT in defining and implementing the humanitarian response. As such, the IARRM represents a composite of the individual rapid response capacities of agencies, rather than constituting a stand-alone integrated team. The activation of the IARRM will not necessarily trigger the emergency rapid response mechanisms of individual agencies for programmatic or operational delivery, but all agencies agree to immediately put these on alert.[9]
[1]Part 1 - integrated context analysis - download pdf (2.42 Mb)
[2]Source: For a more detailed description please refer to https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/what_is_ihl.pdf
[3]http://fscluster.org/programme-quality-working-group/document/fsc-core-indicator-handbook
[4]https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/topics/imwg
[5]“Cash, Vouchers or In-Kind?” available at www.alnap.org/pool/files/451-9456.pdf
[7]http://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/1_IPC_Brochure_2017.pdf
[8]https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/about-clusters/who-does-what