Standard Project Report 2016
The Government also formed a national nutrition task force team comprising of multi-sectoral government representatives and development partners— mainly the World Health Organization, UNICEF and WFP— to understand the issues concerning malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies and to develop a strategy to address them.
The School Feeding Technical Committee was established in 2015 to support and ensure continued quality implementation of the national school feeding programme. The committee is chaired by the Ministry of Education and with members from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Gross National Happiness Commission, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and WFP and has become a powerful platform where partners make strategic decisions regarding school feeding. The committee oversees measures to strengthen the Government ' s capacity to implement the school feeding programme in accordance with established international best practices.
Summary of WFP Operational Objectives
In 2016, WFP continued to support the Royal Government of Bhutan as it became more self-reliant in the management, coordination and implementation of a cost-efficient, equitable and quality national school feeding programme.
In line with the project objectives, WFP pursued three inter-related strategies. Firstly, WFP continued to support primary schools in remote areas and gradually handed over the responsibility of supplying these schools with food to the Ministry of Education. Secondly, WFP continued to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education to develop its policies, oversee its programmes, and manage its programmes ' supply chain. Thirdly, WFP maintained the cross cutting objective of increasing access to and ensuring gender parity in primary education.
These objectives correspond to WFP Strategic Objective 4: Strengthen the means of implementation and are aligned with Bhutan ' s Eleventh Five Year Plan( 2013-2018) and the United Nations One-Programme( 2014-2018) outcome of providing equitable access to, and the utilization and quality of, essential social services for all.
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