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Food Security Response Analysis: Definitions, Tools and Potentials . Overview. FSNWG workshop Nairobi 29 April – May 1 2013. Contents. What is food security response analysis? Value added of food security response analysis? Key response analysis tools.
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Food Security Response Analysis: Definitions, Tools and Potentials Overview FSNWG workshop Nairobi 29 April – May 1 2013
Contents • What is food security response analysis? • Value added of food security response analysis? • Key response analysis tools.
What is Food Security Response Analysis: Many definitions…… • the process by which a set of appropriate actions is identified in an emergency; • the link between situational analysis and response; • the process of designing the most appropriate response to address needs, while causing the least damage to people’s livelihoods; • the analytical process by which the objectives and modality of program response options in an emergency are chosen; • selecting the right response to the right problem; • the step of analyzing the likely impact of alternative responses. • the process by which a range of appropriate and feasible options to address the existing and/or likely food insecurity of target populations is identified;
Added value of response analysis: What everyone agrees upon…. • Better needs analysis / situation analysis is a necessary but not sufficient condition for improved response. (for example: capacity, security, budgetary, policy issues are not included in s.a.). • Response analysis opens up the “black box” between situation analysis / needs analysis and response planning - more transparency, more accountability. • In effect a distinct step in the project or programme cycle. • Is a relatively new concept – 2005 onwards.
Response Analysis in the Project / Programme Cycle Situation Analysis Current + Projected Response Planning Response Implementation Response Analysis ? who; how deep how wide; when; why; future prospects. Monitoring and Evaluation
Tools and Approaches for Response Analysis • Market Analysis Tools • Livelihood-specific tools • Nutrition related tools • Modality-specific tools • Harm or Risk mitigation tools • Process-oriented tools – agency specific; multi-agency/cluster. • Emerging IPC based approach – Methode to describe
Tools • Market analysis tools – focus on gathering and assessing information on markets in order to determine the potential impacts of different response options on market outcomes – e.g. EMMA. • Livelihood-specific tools – provide guidelines or analytical approaches for assessing appropriate food security responses to protect livelihoods e.g. LEGS. • Nutrition related tools – several response analysis tools have been developed to help guide agencies in choosing specific nutrition approaches and products e.g. WFP and WHO nutrition decision trees.
Tools • Modality – specific tools – tools that specifically help to determine the modality of food assistance (these overlap to some degree with market analysis tools) – e.g MIFIRA. • Harm or Risk-Mitigation tools – provide specific guidance for identifying and minimising unintended risks or potential harms from programming options – e.g. Do No Harm tool • Process – Oriented tools: multi-agency / cluster – aimed at achieving a consensus among a collective of agencies eg cluster or Food Security working group / sector group at sub-national, country or regional levels – e.g FAO Response Analysis Framework.
Scope of response analysis and areas for expansion • Food security response analysis focused on emergency and rehabilitation situations. • Scope for greater engagement with non-emergency / underlying causes (e.g. IPC phases 2 and 3, protracted crises, response analysis for resilience). • Scope for greater engagement in response analysis for change – where livelihoods are changing / transforming
Discussion • Questions? • Observations?
