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Your source for the latest in food security and nutrition February 10, 2015 | Volume 5, Issue 7

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See Your Words HereKeynote: Janina Jaruzelski,USAID Bangladesh MissionDirectorFood for Peace StrategyConsultationSave the Date: Food AssistanceCommodity ManagementWorkshopDesigning for Behavior ChangeTrainingFor Review by All Partners: DraftRFAs and Country SpecificInformation for Bangladesh andMali, Technical ReferenceChaptersFeatured ResourceJob PostingsFunding & Other OpportunitiesTask Force MeetingsUpcoming EventsNew Publications, Guides & ToolsRecent Articles

Designing Participatory Se…

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Designing ParticipatorySessions for Largescale Knowledge SharingMeetings Produced by TOPS TOPS is now on YouTube! Learn participatorysession design techniques in this new video,and stay tuned for more videos coming soon.

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DID YOU KNOW... Feed the Children recently launchedthe Center for Children & SocialEngagement to identify, document, andencourage the scaleup of costeffective,replicable program models and policiesfor improving food security and childnutrition.

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See Your Words Here The FSN Network News is a community newsletter, and we welcome your input. If you know of arelevant upcoming event, you're releasing a new publication, or you come across a cool article, send itour way for inclusion in an upcoming newsletter. We also share new job openings, fundingopportunities, calls for input, and photos. Email submissions to news@fsnnetwork.org.

Keynote: Janina Jaruzelski, USAID Bangladesh Mission DirectorWe are excited to announce USAID Bangladesh Mission Director Janina Jaruzelskiwill deliver the Keynote Address at the Asia Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting. The meeting will bring together implementers, donors, and researchers for peerlearning, knowledge sharing, and networking around food security and nutritionprogram implementation in Asia.

NOTE: Registration ends Friday, February 13!

Food for Peace Strategy ConsultationFebruary 11, 2015; 9:00AM 2:00PM Washington, DC and Online

TOPS is hosting partner consultations to support the development of Food for Peace's updated strategic

plan.

Join us for the last consultation tomorrow (Wednesday), focused on Conflict Sensitive Programming.

This session includes lunch for inperson participants. Online participation is also available.

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Find resources from past consultations here.

Save the Date: Food Assistance Commodity Management WorkshopFebruary 23 27, 2015 Antananarivo, Madagascar

Do you work with food assistance program commodities? Are you interested in attending a workshopwhere you gain knowledge and find solutions to your challenges? Save the date for this upcoming TOPS workshop for anyone who works with commodities (directly orindirectly) associated with FFPfunded programs in Madagascar.

More information coming soon. Contact Jessi at jmann@savechildren.org with any questions.

Designing for Behavior Change TrainingMarch 23 27, 2015 San Diego, CA

TOPS is hosting a Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) training in collaboration with Project ConcernInternational.

This fiveday workshop gives field staff and managers the skills and tools to apply a behavioralapproach to designing food security programs, through the Designing for Behavior Change forAgriculture, Natural Resource Management, Health and Nutrition manual. The training will alsoreference the use of the methodology for gender, WASH, and other types of programs.

Click here to learn more and apply. The application deadline is February 12, 2015

Postponed: USAID/Food for Peace Innovation MarketplaceThe Food for Peace Innovation Marketplace originally scheduled for February 25 has beenpostponed due to an unexpected scheduling conflict. The new date, likely in March, will be announced soon. Given the delay, you can still submit your interestin showcasing your work. Learn more here.

For Review by All Partners: Draft RFAs and Country SpecificInformation for Bangladesh and Mali, Technical Reference ChaptersThese draft Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015) documents are now available for comment:

Request for Applications (RFA) for Title II development food assistance programs in Bangladeshand Mali

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Countryspecific information for Bangladesh and MaliNew Food for Peace (FFP) technical reference chapters

Because these materials are in draft and subject to change, all potential applicants are strongly advisedto wait for the final versions before starting to work on an application. FFP encourages all partners to review and provide feedback on these documents even if you are notplanning to apply for these specific awards in Mali and Bangladesh. Learn more and download the documents here.

Featured ResourceUSAID Office of Food for Peace Indicators

USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP) has revised the list ofindicators for FFPfunded programs or projects, effective January 13,2015. The list includes indicators for baseline, final evaluation, andannual monitoring. All FFPfunded programs or projects awardedstarting in FY 2012 should reference this list to determine theindicators for which they are accountable.

View the tool in the Resource Library at fsnnetwork.org.

Job PostingsKnowledge Management Coordinator (Temporary) based in WDC with CORE GroupGender and Youth Development Officer based in WDC with USAIDSenior Director of Nutrition Programs based in WDC with Feed the Children Chief of Party based in Mali with CAREFood Security and Livelihoods Advisor based in WDC or LA with International Medical CorpsSenior Director, Social and Gender Assessment based in WDC with Millennium ChallengeCorporationGender, Water and Adaptation Specialist based in Nepal with International Centre for IntegratedMountain DevelopmentBusiness Development Specialist Food Security based in Baltimore with CRSMECap Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow for USAID based in Washington DC and Overseaswith Social Solutions International, Inc.Manager Financial Planning and Analysis based in Phoenix, Arizona USA, with Food for theHungryGrant Development Coordinator position based in Washington, DC USA, with Food for theHungryFood Security and Livelihoods Advisor based in Los Angeles or WDC with International MedicalCorpsTechnical Advisor for Food Security and Resilience based in Baltimore with CRSChief of Party, Development Food Assistance Program based in Mali with CRSAquaculture Education Specialist based in Liberia with ACDI/VOCAFish Feed and Nutrition Specialist based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo withACDI/VOCAMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist based in WDC or New York with HKIEmergency response: Nutrition Programme Manager based in Haiti with Save the Children

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Funding & Other Opportunities Apply for a Gallup World Poll data license through FAO Due February 15, 2015. FAO will grant accessto seven individual researchers to the complete set of Gallup World Poll data from 2005 through the endof the 2014 cycle. Submit a research proposal on the GrOW (Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women) Program Due February 23, 2015. This call aims to investigate the effect that specific patterns of growth have onwomen’s economic empowerment. Submit an abstract for The Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health(LCIRAH) 5th annual research conference EXTENDED to February 28, 2015. The conferencetheme is "Agrihealth research: what have we learned and where to next?" and the conference will be

held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on June 3 5, 2015.

Task Force Meetings Newcomers are welcome! Learn more about Task Forces here. Nutrition: Tuesday, February 24 at 1:00PM EST

Upcoming Events Investing in Women: Understanding the Gender Gap: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; February10, 2015; Chicago & Online Symposium on Contemporary Issues in Knowledge Production: Identities, Mobilities, and Social Media:Sudanese Knowledge Society; February 14 16, 2015; Khartoum, Sudan Agricultural Outlook Forum: Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century: USDA; February 19 20, 2015;Arlington, VA Safeguarding Livestock and Livelihoods: OFDA; February 26, 2015; WDC & Online More Events

New Publications, Guides & Tools Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Paper from Copengagen Consensus Center Scaling Up Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers from CGIAR The Lottery of Birth: Giving All Children an Equal Chance to Survive from Save the Children

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Fathers' Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and their Determinants in the Amhara, Oromia,SNNP, and Tigray Regions from Save the Children

Recent Articles Resource Pressures Could Spark Conflicts With Global Impact: Report from New York Times When the Expert Needs an Expert from Esoko Ghana Local Vendors, Not Supermarkets, Key to Africa Food Security from Reuters Ebola Epidemic and the Agricultural Crisis from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Enabling Subsistence Agriculture through Small Dams from The Guardian The Exciting Potential for Sensors and Drones to Combat Global Hunger from The Washington Post Child, Bride, Mother from The New York Times 5 Amazing Ways 3D Printed Food Will Change the Way We Eat from The Washington Post Photographer Offers Fresh Take on the Female Farmer from Food Tank

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