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KIMS/KIDS KIMS Version 1.0 will be released in the first quarter of 2001. It will be distributed in three forms: 1) KIMS Internet version; 2) KIMS downloadable version, accessible via the FIVIMS web page; and 3) KIMS CD-ROM version, which can be requested from [email protected]. Some major functionalities have been added since the release of the beta-version, in particular the raster images layer support which allows one to combine vector maps with, for example, satellite images. The KIMS software will be placed in an environment of Open Source Development. KIDS is an interactive internet-based database that provides: 1) easy access to reliable food insecurity and vulnerability indicators, and 2) functionalities that allow better understanding of the causes and dimensions of food insecurity and vulnerability. Development of an initial beta release for feedback is currently in progress and scheduled for the first quarter of 2001. Subsequent versions will allow for remote maintenance and collaborative updating of the data. FIVIMS LIST-SERVE The Newsletter is distributed via the list serve - [email protected]. The list serve is intended to update subscribers with FIVIMS news, country activities updates, and IAWG publications. To subscribe please send an e-mail to [email protected], leave the subject blank and then put in the first line of the message the following: subscribe FIVIMS-L. FIVIMS LEAFLETS The FIVIMS brochures in English and French have been reprinted with some slight corrections - please contact the Secretariat for more copies if stocks are low. FIVIMS GUIDELINES
The document, "Guidelines for National Food Insecurity and
Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS): Background and
Principles" prepared for the 24th session of the Committee on World
Food Security in 1998 has been reissued as an IAWG publication, thanks to kind
funding support from the UNDP. Copies of the publication in English, French and
Spanish will be available from the Secretariat from the first week in January,
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