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Annex 4: Note for the Record: Follow up meeting after the High Price Assessment Workshop
(Friday 08/08/2008)
Participants
1. Ben Ramalingam (ALNAP)
2. Camilla Knox-Peebles (OXFAM)
3. Joyce Luma (WFP)
4. Arif Husain (WFP)
Aimee Wielechowski (OCHA) and Alex Rees (SCUK) apologized for missing the conference call due to colliding schedules. Luca
Alinovi (FAO), on leave could not make it.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss setting up a mechanism for the follow-up on the workshop recommendations. It was
agreed that:
1) Explore the possibility of using the "Food and Nutrition Security Coordination Mechanism" an NGO led initiative, with
CARE International and OXFAM leading the process.
Action Points:
a) Check the implementation time-frame for the mechanism
b) See if its ToRs meet our specific requirements
c) See what would be the financial implications--explore possibilities of pooled funding.
2) In the mean time continue to use the informal communication channels--mailing lists, e-mails etc.
3) Check the status of Community of Practitioners
Specific action points:
1. Complete the workshop report and share with partners
2. Contact "Food and Nutrition Security Coordination Mechanism" leaders
3. Check the status of Community of Practitioners (WFP)
Arrange another meeting early next month when most people are back from the summer break.
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