WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by project type | Page 781

Standard Project Report 2016
The corporate SCOPE platform (WFP's digital platform for beneficiary and transfer management) was launched
through the EMOP in late 2016 but with a focus on registration only by the end of the year. Direct cash distributions
were piloted in four locations of the country at the end of 2016 in order to plan for a scale-up in 2017. WFP's
strategic expansion of cash-based transfer modalities has been aligned with the Government's prioritisation of more
market-based responses. As the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, supported by the World
Bank's Safety Net and Pensions Support Project (piloting unconditional cash transfer interventions), is starting to
consider the development of social protection/safety nets programmes, WFP will support the strengthening of its
capacities in this field with conceptual and technical support.
To improve targeting, the food security partners such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock
have enhanced their engagement so as to improve the quality of data and assessments and have integrated their
information systems to support decisions on targeting and