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Presentation: Working Group on HFS and the MDGs _______________________________________

Presentation: Working Group on HFS and the MDGs _______________________________________. United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition. 31 st Session – New York, 24 March 2004. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY. Sustainability. Caregiving Practices.

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Presentation: Working Group on HFS and the MDGs _______________________________________

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  1. Presentation: Working Group on HFS and the MDGs _______________________________________ United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition 31st Session – New York, 24 March 2004

  2. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY Sustainability Caregiving Practices Health & Sanitation Institution Building Community Organization Participation Incomes Savings & Credit Extension & Training Literacy Environment Land Water Technology Livestock & Fisheries Food Security in the Context of IFAD Projects STABILITY UTILISATION ACCESS AVAILABILITY

  3. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY IFAD Results and Impact Management System PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PARTICIPANTS RURAL COMMUNITIES IFAD MANAGEMENT & MEMBER STATES NATIONAL LEVEL

  4. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY Case Studies in Morocco, China (IFAD & WFP) Guinée and Côte d’Ivoire • Objectives: • Establish anchor indicators of impact (linked to MDGs) which can be tracked over the life of the project • Develop training materials for project staff and partners • Improve local capacity to carry out future assessments

  5. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY “Anchor Indicators of Impact” to be Measured in IFAD Projects (beginning 2004) • Reduction in length of hungry season • Access to safe water • Access to secure sanitation • Female / Male Literacy • Chronic Malnutrition • Acute Malnutrition • Underweight

  6. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY Household Food Security and Nutrition overviewtools & guidelinesknowledge notesstudieslinks Tools and Training Materials New Website: section on “tools & guidelines” [French, English, Spanish & Arabic] Training Video:Benchmark Assessment of Impact Indicators[French, English]

  7. ENABLING THE RURAL POOR TO OVERCOME POVERTY Importance of… >> Methodological Alignment >>Comparability of Indicators and Impact Reporting For WFP/IFAD + Other UN Agencies + Bi-laterals + Civil Society. For SCN WG participants interested in obtaining any of the IFAD tools / materials... >> Training Video: send an email request to s.kennedy@ifad.org >> Survey Planning and Training Tools: access www.ifad.org/hfs Most importantly – Let us know which tools / materials were useful, and which could be improved. Closing Thoughts

  8. An Emergency Needs Assessment Framework

  9. WFP Strategic Priorities (2004-07) and the MDGS SP1. Save lives in crisis situations (MDGs 1, 4) SP2. Protect livelihoods in crises and enhance resilience to shocks (MDG 1, 7) SP3.Support improved nutrition and health of children, mothers and other vulnerable people (MDGs 1, 4, 5, 6)

  10. Strategic Priority No. 1 Reduced and stabilized prevalence of acute malnutrition and mortality Indicator(s): * Crude mortality rate * Under 5 mortality rate** * Acute malnutrition of <5s (by gender) Interventions: * Supplementary and therapeutic feeding * General food distribution * Facilitating other interventions

  11. Strategic Priority No. 2 Protect livelihoods in crises and enhance resilience to shocks Indicator: * Share of household expenditure allocated to food** Interventions: * Food for work to preserve assets during crises and support recovery; * Food-supported national safety-nets

  12. Strategic Priority No. 3 Supporting nutrition and health among vulnerable groups Indicator(s): * Prevalence of <5 malnutrition * Malnutrition in adult women (BMI, LBW)** * Prevalence of anemia** * Reduced food insecurity among HIV affected** Interventions: * Nutrition programmes * School-based nutrition interventions; * HIV/AIDS, TB, leprosy, etc interventions.

  13. Main recipients of food assistance(2002) • Multilateral food aid recipients: • Afghanistan, Ethiopia, North Korea, Sudan, Angola, Malawi. • Bilateral food aid recipients: • Philippines, Jordan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guatemala, Indonesia, Yemen

  14. Towards Managing for Results • MOUs (need agreement on reporting/standards—tools, manuals, training, etc) • Staff training (joint with UNICEF, ICRC, UNHCR, CDC, others)—focused on results and on policy dialogue for HHFS and nutrition in PRSPs • Baselines (MDG-friendly): • Afghanistan, Angola, Zambia, Sierra Leone • Ethiopia, Chad/Sudan, Pakistan, CAR • Applied research on methods/indicators (Liberia, Bangladesh)

  15. Messages/Conclusions • Protecting the acutely food insecure (incl. saving lives and managing risks) contributes to MDGs 1, 3, 4 — the MDGs are not only about ‘development’ • Managing for results needed even (especially?) in high risk contexts affecting household investment behaviour. • All partners need to ‘tool up’ to be able to report on impact, not merely process. This in itself will affect what is done, and how.

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