WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | Page 640

Standard Project Report 2016
Strategic Objective: Reduce risk and enable people, communities and countries to meet their own food and
nutrition needs (SO3)
Outcome: Risk reduction capacity of countries, communities and institutions strengthened
Activity: Capacity development and augmentation initiatives
In 2016, WFP continued efforts to develop and augment the disaster preparedness and response capacities of the
country. Initiatives implemented in this regard included emergency response simulation trainings for relevant
government staff who would be the first level responders in an emergency situation. The implementation of the
school safety and community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) interventions was delayed in 2016
because of procedural delays in obtaining approvals from authorities to implement the intervention. As a result,
these interventions could only be initiated in two out of the ten planned districts for the year, and structural
components of these programmes were not initiated. Several studies were undertaken during the year to provide
quantitative and qualitative information which would guide government and development actors in critical areas of
disaster preparedness and response.
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of (PK)
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