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Standard Project Report 2016
International Airport in their National Disaster Response Framework. National agencies continued to utilise the
storage facilities of the humanitarian staging area for other emergency relief material.
Although WFP’s local NGO partners implemented all programme activities in 2016, none of them were able to
generate complementary funding for the country programme’s activities.
Performance Monitoring
WFP Nepal operated a comprehensive internal monitoring and evaluation and reporting system for the Country
Programme that played a critical role in ensuring accountability and achieving operational effectiveness.
This was done by measuring results against desired programme outputs and outcomes. WFP's internal monitoring
strategy outlined monitoring and evaluation activities and best approaches for all newly designed programmes
focusing on the beneficiaries' own experiences and observations—individual, household and community level
feedback—using a third-party monitoring approach to obtain independent, unbiased information using
semi-structured questionnaires and electronic devices for real-time data collection.
At the end of 2016, WFP completed outcome monitoring of the Country Programme through an independent third
party to track the outcome results of project activities. In addition, regular monitoring of project activities during their
implementation was done throughout the year. WFP used different innovative monitoring tools such as photo
monitoring—a pictorial depiction of the project's status before the start, during implementation and after
completion—coupled with regular face-to-face interviews using paper based questionnaires to gather data. WFP
also rolled out the corporate online tool COMET (Country Office Tool for Managing (programme operations)
Effectively), which is a single platform for combining operational data, providing quality evidence on programme
performance in a standardised format. Annual corporate and other donor reporting was done using automated and
consolidated data accrued and validated in the COMET system. The country office's eSPR database (Electronic
System for Project Reporting) was also used to track outputs related to other project activities. WFP plans to
expand the COMET tool to the district level in 2017, after which the eSPR will be gradually discontinued.
Partner agencies undertook monitoring of WFP supported projects at the implementation level to identify problems
and take timely remedial measures. For example, through regular monitoring, WFP was alerted to reports of a bitter
taste in a batch of corn-soya blend provided to schools and was able to immediately investigate and recall the batch
to conduct laboratory tests over its contents.
In the education support component, regular monitoring data were collected by WFP and partners. Output and
outcome indicators were reported monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, and annually, and findings were compared with
set targets. These monitoring data supported effective project implementation and were also used to review project
progress and to determine follow-up actions.
WFP’s work with the Ministry of Education was done primarily through the District Education Office and the Food for
Education Project (FFEP) and their field staff who conducted monitoring and reporting functions at various levels. In
addition, local communities were involved in day-to-day monitoring of the project at school level through the school
management committees and food management committees. WFP regularly trains field-based staff, partners and
FFEP staff on various monitoring techniques, including photo monitoring.
In the maternal and child health and nutrition programme, performance monitoring plans included a three-tier
monitoring strategy, involving WFP and government at central and regional levels, followed by the partners at the
district and health post levels. WFP carried out performance monitoring missions to the region with monitoring
missions.
WFP also continued to monitor the programme through the sub-offices in Nepalgunj, Doti and Jumla by following a
weekly monitoring plan. The sub-offices provided their feedback and recommendations on the interventions to the
country office through its regular monthly and fortnightly situation reports.
The government nutrition focal point monitored the monthly food distribution and reviewed the overall performance
of the health posts on food distribution and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and maternal, infant, and young
child nutrition (MIYCN) activities. This level of monitoring helped identify issues pertinent to the ongoing
implementation and helped the health post staff to resolve operational issues.
During the project closure, WFP and Ministry of Agricultural Development organised national food security
monitoring system (NeKSAP) workshops in all five development regions and at the national level to review the
project’s achievements and discuss the way forward after the handover of the system. The workshops resulted in
feedback on best practices, challenges and innovations based on which WFP will continue supporting the Ministry
of Agricultural Development with technical guidance on NeKSAP until June 2017.
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