Tripartite cooperation to strengthen official food security statistics

1. Tripartite cooperation to strengthen official food security statistics Experiences with Partnerships Part 1, IAOS 2014 Ellen Cathrine Kiøsterud, World Food Programme

2. The partners

3. Food Security Statistics “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. Definition adopted at the 1996 World Food Summit • Food availability • Food access • Food utilization • Stability across these dimensions

4. Food Security Statistics

5. Background Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analyses Strategic framework Source of information Efficient use of resources Harmonisation Commitment to national capacity building

6. Approach

7. Statistics Norway’s motivation Extension of Institutional Cooperation programmes Strengthen the role of national statistics and the National Statistical Office Contribute to harmonisation Assist the UN system

8. Results: Disseminated statistics Thematic Food Security and Nutrition reports Food Security Atlases Small Area Estimation food security indicators Light monitoring reports

9. Results: Dialogue WFP - Asia workshop on cooperation with the National Statistical Systems, February 2014

10. Results: Integration

11. Results: Capacity Building