WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by country | Page 679

Standard Project Report 2016 the Food Security Cluster, church-based organizations (with capillary presence across the country), international organizations, district and ward level authorities, and private sector actors. [1] UNDP 2015. 'Human Development Report 2015'. Work for Human Development, New York. About Papua New Guinea. . Summary of WFP Operational Objectives WFP conducted emergency preparedness activities and an emergency operation for the first time in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in response to the 2015-2016 El Niño. Although WFP had no presence in PNG prior to 2016, WFP had been engaged with other Pacific Island countries, including through a three-month Immediate Response Emergency Preparedness Operation (IR-PREP) and the WFP Vanuatu cyclone response. Lessons learned from these activities indicated that proactive engagement was required to develop productive in-country relationships to facilitate coordination and technical support to an ongoing emergency response. Given these findings, WFP's goal in PNG was to enact preparedness activities in the context of the national response and provide life-saving food assistance to the populations most severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon, in line with WFP Strategic Objective 1: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies, and with Sustainable Development Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. WFP carried out its objectives through two projects: IR-PREP 200930 lasted from 29 December 2015 to 29 February 2016 with a budget of USD 250,395 to support WFP Asia and the Pacific's special preparedness activities in PNG and to: 1) establish sectorial coordination mechanisms, 2) support national assessment and analysis, 3) provide operational guidance and planning for scaled-up food operations, and 4) provide specialised support to the National Disaster Centre and Provincial Disaster Committees, relevant government departments, NGOs and private sector actors. Emergency Operation: EMOP 200966 lasted from 15 April to 30 November 2016 with a budget of USD 12.6 million and objectives to: 1) meet the urgent food needs of people who had exhausted other viable means of subsistence, and 2) protect livelihoods and limit the incidence of negative coping strategies. Papua New Guinea, Independant State of (PG) 5 Emergency Preparedness Activity - 200930