Draft guidance : how to measure the food security program capacity index (FSPCI)

It currently consists of 10 elements, each of which measures one of the core capacities needed to design and execute a food security program. Aside from its use in measuring program capacity, the consensus-based method used to calculate the FSPCI is an important and effective tool for orienting new staff and refreshing existing staff on the key concepts that Africare uses in its Title II programs. This document is intended to be a draft guide for food security staff within Africare and other Cooperating Sponsors (CS) on how the tool is being revised and how it should be calculated. Although the index provided here focuses on the basic skills and guidance needed for food security programming, the basic template could be adapted to other types of programming. Annex A., Part 2: "Africare Food Security Program Capacity Index Review Form" is the MS Excel spreadsheet with the necessary mathematical formulas embedded that will automatically update the score as data are entered. (Africare abstract)