GOVERNMENT-DONOR COORDINATION COMMITTEE (GDCC)

TWG: Food Security and Nutrition

TWG Action Plan

46. The TWG reported that 10 activities were planned to be implemented during the period, and satisfactory progress was reported on almost all activities, except activity ix and x which are behind the schedule.

Establish and support a permanent Secretariat for the TWGFSN within the Council of Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) to facilitate inter-ministerial networking and coordination on FSN issues.
Mainstream FSN into the sectoral planning of the relevant ministries and the PIP.
Provide Inputs during the 1st review/monitoring of the NSDP with regard to FSN.
Update and disseminate the Food Security Atlas to concerned stakeholders so that their interventions can be focused on areas which are the most at risk.
Support FIVIMS in Cambodia and link it to existing Information Systems for FSN relevant data and information (CamInfo, Food Security Atlas, and FSNIS).
Maintain, update and provide input to the food security and nutrition information system (FSNIS) in CARD.
Develop capacity, procedures and mechanism to more comprehensively incorporate FSN issues into the local government planning process.
Extend the National Programme for Food Security and Poverty Reduction (NPFSPR).
Develop a social safety net policy to ensure Food Security and Nutrition for the most vulnerable groups of the population (JMI). This activity is reported to be behind the schedule since Funding for safety net development was not obtained.
Develop a Nutrition Surveillance System to monitor FSN (JMI). This activity is also behind the schedule as Funding for development of nutritional surveillance system was not obtained.

Joint Monitoring Indicators

47. Develop a social safety net policy to ensure Food Security and Nutrition for the most vulnerable groups of the population. The natural Government institution to respond to crises of food security and nutrition in the country is the National Committee for Disaster Management, NCDM. Various consultations with NCDM were held. A funding proposal to assist NCDM to develop and practice the mechanisms that would be used for a large scale intervention was prepared. However, donor funding has not been secured.

48. Develop a Nutrition Surveillance System to monitor FSN. A draft proposal has been developed and discussed in the TWG-FSN Meeting on 3rd Aug 2006. This was followed by various meetings of a NSS task force. A workshop with key stakeholders was held in November. The TWG report the constraint to this JMI was that the number and needs of the stakeholders in developing a NSS to monitor FSN are vast and diverse, and also that a comprehensive NSS is very costly.