Food Security Cluster

• The global FSC support team provides guidance to country clusters and sectors, both remotely and through surge missions.
• The global FSC also engages with other global clusters including WASH, Nutrition, Health, the Joint Intersectoral Assessment Framework and the Global Cluster Coordinators Group.
• The Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) guarantees accountability to cluster partners.
• Country clusters steer the coordination of the food-security response. Depending on the extent of the crisis, the cluster can also be subdivided into regional and local hubs to further facilitate coordination.

The Food Security Cluster ultimately aims at improving food security analysis and evidence-based decision-making. The global support team seeks to integrate monitoring processes through a common platform, indicators and reporting models (known as 5Ws – Who does What, Where, When and for Whom). At any given time, the FSC can provide information on needs at global or country level, humanitarian response plans and targeted objectives, and actual levels of response and the gaps – either in terms of partners’ presence or financial requirements.