Follow-up evaluation of 2008 regional workshop on IFE. 2009

This report was initiated by the ENN to determine the regional impact of the workshop entitled “Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Making it Happen1” conducted in March 2008 in Bali.  A total of 112 participants from agencies in 16 countries/special territories2 attended the  workshop of which 92 participants were working in-country, with another six regional delegates and 14 facilitators/presenters and organisers. 

The evaluation focused on constraints/limitations from progressing work on IFE identified by participants at the start of the workshop, specifically poor co-ordination on IFE; lack of national policies with IFE and low capacity to respond on IFE. This evaluation also attempted to identify any further areas of concern / supports required by practitioners to facilitate optimal operations in the area of IYCF and identify any strategies/ recommendations from participants for future workshops on IFE. 

Participants were contacted with a questionnaire by email. Contact details were identified from participant lists. The response rate was 30% with fourteen countries represented.