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Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Project Food Distribution
Commodity
Planned Distribution (mt)
Beans
Actual Distribution (mt)
% Actual v. Planned
11,388 791 6.9%
Dried Whole Milk 1,177 657 55.8%
Maize 4,156 3,298 79.4%
153 198 129.7%
Sugar 1,500 923 61.5%
Vegetable Oil 4,978 377 7.6%
Wheat 8,904 4,581 51.5%
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32,255 11,011 34.1%
Rice
Wheat Flour
Total
Operational Partnerships
In DPRK, WFP partners with the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for
the coordination and implementation of WFP’s food assistance programme. Without this strong partnership with the
Government, access to WFP's operational areas would be impossible. In 2016, WFP also continued to pursue
cooperation with functional line ministries including the Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Land and
Environment Protection. WFP’s partnership with local food production factories contributed to strengthened local
capacity.
WFP continued to co-chair the Food Security and Agriculture Working Group with the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Nutrition Working Group with the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF). Under an existing agreement, WFP continued to collaborate with UNICEF and the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) on information and communications technology (ICT) service provision and
support. WFP also conducted frequent bilateral and multilateral programme discussions and consultations with
international organizations including Save the Children, Concern Worldwide, the Swiss Agency for Development
Cooperation (SDC), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). WFP staff
frequently participated in workshops organised by other humanitarian stakeholders, which contributed to mutual
capacity development and information sharing. These partnerships provided value for WFP operations as good
nutrition is also impacted by other factors such as drinking water, health and hygiene.
During field visits, WFP teams met with women’s groups and pregnant and lactating women. These meetings
offered important opportunities for information sharing on communities' food security and nutritional situation.
Qualitative discussions with beneficiaries, as well as officials and employees at children's institutions that receive
WFP rations, were important in helping WFP understand the results of its activities and can also add to the
effectiveness of its programmes. For example, field monitors reported that they were often able to correct
beneficiaries’ improper storage of WFP rations during their field visits, therefore helping to prevent food from being
wasted.
Performance Monitoring
WFP has the broadest monitoring reach of any humanitarian agency operating in DPRK, working under an
agreement with the Government of “no access, no assistance”. The country office implemented a robust monitoring
and evaluation system with regular monitoring visits to all operational counties by international field
monitors, including Korean-speaking staff. The office produced monthly internal monitoring reports, as well as
quarterly monitoring reports which are publicly available. This monitoring and reporting system allowed WFP to
make programme decisions based on timely information regarding food security, natural disaster and other field
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