Standard Project Report 2016
implementation frameworks of the school feeding programme in Myanmar against evidence-based international standards.
With the objective of offering wage employment opportunities to vulnerable households, the public works flagship programme has an objective to enhance economic opportunities and improve access to health, housing, water and sanitation, infrastructure and other basic services. WFP supported the programme, which was still in the inception phase, by contributing to the development of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement ' s disaster management function handbook with community asset creation programmes particularly focused on disaster risk reduction and recovery.
Together with FAO, WFP continued to co-lead the Food Security Sector Working Group, which provided systematic updates on the food security situation in the country, food and nutrition strategy in northern Rakhine, and priorities and actions taken by the Cash Working Group, also chaired by WFP. Cash was made the transfer modality for most of the flagship programmes of the the National Social Protection Strategic Plan. The state governments in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan were consulted on the activities implemented by the food security sector partners to ensure transparency in implementation and planning. Within the Humanitarian Country Team( HCT) and Inter-Cluster Coordination Group( ICCG), WFP contributed to the development of the 2016 Humanitarian Needs Overview and Humanitarian Response Plan( HRP) in Myanmar. WFP ' s Country Strategy complemented FAO ' s Country Programming Framework in terms of improving livelihoods, food security, preparedness for and mitigation of disasters and climate change. WFP expanded capacity building efforts to various ministries through a number of workshops. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development and Central Statistical Organization benefited from a series of WFP trainings on food security and geographic information systems( GIS) mapping to scale-up government staff ' s capacity in data collection, analysis and practical application in rural development planning. Upon the request of the Government, WFP became a committee member to support the establishment of national strategies for statistical development.
As part of it global transition, WFP sponsored a national Strategic Review on food and nutrition security, conducted by an independent research institute, which aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the context of food and nutrition security in Myanmar and propose actionable areas for the Government, development partners, private sector and others in furthering progress toward zero hunger. The process was led by the Government through an advisory group of multi-sectoral ministries, chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Finance. The findings and recommendations of the Strategic Review will inform national development planning processes, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework( UNDAF) and contribute to the work of all actors involved in food and nutrition security in the country.
[ 1 ] SDG 17— Partnerships for the Goals- Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.
Summary of WFP Operational Objectives
WFP has been present in Myanmar since 1994, and in 2016 implemented food assistance activities to improve food security, nutrition, livelihoods and education access for the most food-insecure communities in remote rural areas throughout the country.
In view of the ongoing political, peace and reconciliation, administrative and economic reforms as well as plans to establish the United Nations Development Assistance Framework( UNDAF) in 2018, WFP extended the current Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation( PRRO 200299), launched in January 2013, by two years to include 2016 and 2017, with approved budget USD 343 million. To echo this extension and provide a more appropriate response to the country ' s rapid and multi-pronged transition, WFP adopted a transition strategy with gradually reduced emphasis on humanitarian assistance and greater focus on early recovery and development interventions. WFP ' s strategic engagement in-country was driven by the overarching goal to assist Myanmar to achieve the national Zero Hunger Challenge by 2025, and was guided by three priorities: emergency preparedness and response; nutrition; and provision of social safety nets. The major programmatic shifts in the transition strategy were:
• gradual reduction of unconditional relief assistance for all internally displaced persons( IDPs) as they would return to places of their origin or be resettled in Rakhine State;
• shift from food- to cash-based transfers for IDPs in Kachin State and for asset creation projects in areas with access to markets and functioning cash infrastructure;
• focus on emergency preparedness for and response to food security crises resulting from natural and human-induced disasters, including the facilitated return of Myanmar refugees from Thailand;
• expansion of the productive community asset project to support early recovery efforts;
Myanmar, Union of( MM) 6 Single Country PRRO- 200299