Standard Project Report 2016
Country Resources and Results
Resources for Results
WFP received sufficient funding to implement a robust response to Tropical Cyclone( TC) Winston. A USD 38.6 million United Nations Flash Appeal was launched on 4 March 2016 by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Prime Minister of Fiji to support the first three months of the TC Winston response. Based on the Flash Appeal, a proposal to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund( CERF) was approved to support WFP ' s multi-sector response. The CERF allocation included funding to support the delivery of emergency food assistance; the deployment of mobile storage units( MSUs), coordinated through the Logistics Cluster; and funding for activities under the emergency telecommunications( ETC) sector. Additional funding in support of the emergency response was also received from the Governments of the United States( US) and Australia, in addition to in-kind services from RedR secondees.
In total, USD 4 million was allocated for WFP ' s emergency operations; of this amount, 90 percent was allocated for the food assistance operation through cash-based transfers( CBT); 4 percent for ETC activities including the upgrade of the Fijian National Disaster Management Office ' s radio network and headquarters communications room; and 6 percent for the Logistics Cluster.
Achievements at Country Level
WFP ' s food assistance intervention through cash-based transfers( CBT) not only effectively complemented the government-led multi-sector response by supporting the food security of thousands of cyclone-affected people, but also demonstrated the viability of linking Fijian national social protection programmes with humanitarian assistance. Following the examination of key achievements, challenges and good practices, WFP is working with the Government to build on its existing social safety net systems to be able to swiftly scale-up emergency response programmes to rapidly provide critical assistance to affected people in the event of future disasters. Capacity development activities in the areas of shock-responsive social safety nets have been incorporated into WFP ' s ongoing Pacific emergency preparedness and response( EPR) activities. These activities are being developed and implemented under the Regional Pacific Food Security Cluster portfolio of activities, co-led by WFP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization( FAO), in concert with national and regional authorities, food security partners, private sector stakeholders, the recently established Pacific Regional Cash and Voucher Working Group co-chaired by WFP and Oxfam, and other technical clusters.
Best practices and recommendations drawn from the activities coordinated through the Logistics and Emergency Telecommunications Clusters have been integrated into WFP ' s Pacific EPR programme and submitted to the Government ahead of the planned legislative revision of national disaster management policies. Under the EPR strategy, WFP is delivering a range of operational and technical services designed to improve national logistical and emergency telecommunications capacities and infrastructure to allow faster, better and more cost-effective responses to future emergencies. After a WFP assessment of the Government ' s emergency communications systems carried out in the period after Tropical Cyclone Winston, WFP worked with the National Disaster Management Office( NDMO) to upgrade its emergency capability and to provide onsite training to district and provincial office staff on the use of the upgraded high frequency( HF) radio system. This is expected to strengthen the NDMO and key counterparts ' early warning and crisis management communication, and build the capacity of emergency responders to provide an effective and coordinated response in the event of future disasters.
Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands( FJ) 6 Single Country IR-EMOP- 200952