Some key SETSAN activities | FIVIMS - Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems

Some key SETSAN activities

In the years since its original creation, SETSAN has achieved high levels of technical competency and credibility, in terms of monitoring Mozambique’s ever-changing FSN situation. The information published in its bi-annual vulnerability

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The presence of factors that place people at risk of becoming food insecure or malnourished, including those factors that affect their ability to cope.

Assessments forms the basis of many different types of interventions, ranging from disaster-mitigation to economic and social development. Specifically, these assessments are utilized by the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC), UN Agencies, and other large food and relief-distribution implementing partners.

Throughout 2005, SETSAN developed and launched a successful decentralization plan, in accordance with the Government of Mozambique’s decentralization policy, attempting to transfer technical and decision-making capacity to SETSAN-P in each of the country’s ten provinces. In each province SETSAN Focal Points were selected and, in total, over 200 representatives were trained on the integrated FSN approach, to ensure that, in the process of decentralization, the multi-sectoral and holistic vision of SETSAN would be retained and applied at a Provincial level.

As a result of the aforementioned processes, SETSAN has achieved a much higher degree of public and political visibility. It is regularly cited in major newspaper articles and, based on its technical credibility, has begun to effect important FSN-related policies at the highest levels of government. In 2005, for example, a successful lobbying attempt by SETSAN, FAO and GTZ resulted in the inclusion of FSN as a cross-cutting theme in the PARPA and its matrix utilized by Donors, UN Agencies and the Government of Mozambique to evaluate the progress of the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PARPA). Specifically, low weight-for-age of children under 5 years (MDG#1) has now been adopted as one of two key indicators, to be monitored under the PARPA framework during bi-annual reviews.

For a more comprehensive overview of SETSANs work, and for more information/documentation on the highlighted initiatives, please see SETSAN's website (www.setsan.org.mz).