2. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNICATION:  Maximise effectiveness and efficiency of EU humanitarian food assistance  Improve sectoral policy coherence, coordination and complementarity  Communicate with partners and stakeholders on objectives, priorities and standards

3. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy AIM: availability of availability of access to access to consumption of consumption of for populations affected by humanitarian crises

4. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy FROM FOOD AID TO FOOD ASSISTANCE:  Food availability, food access, food utilisation  Non-food dimensions  Role of livelihoods  Diversified responses using a variety of tools Food Cash & vouchers Agricultural inputs

5. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy PRINCIPLES:  Humanitarian principles  « do no harm »  Needs-based, evidence-based, results-focused  Prioritised  Involve beneficiaries  Gender and protection considerations

6. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy SCOPE OF INTERVENTIONS:  Entry and exit criteria - Comparative advantage  Coordination and LRRD  Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction

7. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy PROCESS:  Formulation launched end 2008  Consultations with ECHO partners in 2009  Communication adopted in March 2010  Council Conclusions in May 2010

8. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy SOME OPERATIONAL FINDINGS:  cash & vouchers projects  use of outcome indicators  share of the budget dedicated to nutrition  reference to nutrition in needs assesments

9. Humanitarian Food Assistance Policy EXTERNAL IMPLICATIONS:  Food Aid Convention  Food Security Cluster  Capacity building

10. Nutrition Policy SCOPE: Moderate and severe acute undernutrition Moderate and severe acute undernutrition in humanitarian crises, with a higher risk of mortality and morbidity Immediate causes: inadequate food intake, access to health, access to safe water, caring practices.

11. Nutrition Policy POLICY HEADLINES:  Adequate, safe and nutritious food  Holistic approach (food security, health, wat./san., hygiene …)  Active efforts for LRRD

12. Nutrition Policy KEY CHALLENGES:  Timely response  Quality implementation and evidence-based decision-making  Scale-up community-based approaches for the prevention and management of acute undernutrition