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Digest 7

Dear participant,
Herewith I would like to invite you once more to submit your contribution to our 3rd topic: ‘How to make the FSIN work for you?’ This online stakeholder consultation will end on Wednesday 3 October, so there are only a few days left to help us setting up a network that works for you. Your input is crucial!
You can post your comments by sending an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or by logging in on the website<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fsin>. Please feel free to answer to any of the questions reported below, including those belonging to the previous topics.
For background information on the FSIN initiative you can visit the website<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fsin> and read the concept note<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fsin/sites/fsin/files/files/FSIN%20docs/FSIN_Project_Concept_Note.pdf> and the brochure<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fsin/sites/fsin/files/files/FSIN%20docs/FSIN%20Leaflet%20120731.pdf>.
Looking forward to your comments!
Thijs Wissink, Facilitator









Topic 3 - How to make the FSIN work for you?

Innovative multi-stakeholder food security information networks, such as the Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) in Mozambique, the Institutional capacity development program on Food Security Information for Action in South Sudan (SIFSIA) and the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG), have demonstrated how community food security information capacities can be mobilized and employed by governments to serve crisis prevention, response and food security policy. The 2009 FAO-WFP joint thematic evaluation on Information Systems for Food Security concluded that such multi-stakeholder networks are a successful and lower cost approach to more sustainable food security information capacity and institution building.
The community of practice that FSIN intends to construct will be built on national and regional level networks and platforms. FSIN will support national and regional level networks where they exist, or facilitate their establishment, where needed.
Through its website FSIN will bring together information from different global food and nutrition security information systems and initiatives. It will also provide links to national and regional level food and nutrition security information networks and platforms. Besides, the website will be a venue for discussion on relevant issues and sharing of best practices. Regular email newsletters will keep members informed of developments.
We would like you to respond in particular to the following questions:
·         Do you already belong to a food and nutrition security information network at country/regional levels? Which one(s)?
·         How do you think FSIN can best support existing food and nutrition security information networks at country and regional level?
·         Where they don’t exist yet, how can FSIN best facilitate the creation of national and regional level networks?
·         How can the FSIN website, and other communication means, support national and regional level networks?
·         How should it coordinate with existing global initiatives?



Reactions on topics 1 and 2 are also still very welcome!


Topic 1 - Do you support the idea of a Food Security Information Network (FSIN)? What are your expectations?
·         Do you support the overall thrust of the FSIN Initiative, and its priority areas of work? Do you agree with the strong focus on capacity development?
·         Are you interested and ready to work together with other stakeholders to improve coordination and cooperation between various information systems and initiatives?
·         How can FSIN ensure a bottom up approach for building this global community of practice?
·         What needs to be done to mobilize additional partners and resources? Which public/private donors should be approached in particular?



Topic 2 - What are the information gaps and related capacity gaps?
·         As a user and/or producer of food security information, what do you think are the main data/information gaps and why? What capacities have to be developed to address those gaps? Please clearly separate between what is needed at country level and what is needed at regional level.
·         How do you think FSIN can best respond to these needs? What resources are needed to fill the gaps?



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