Allocation of SDC Funding to WFP Operations in 2019

Project completed

In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises. SDC funding to WFP operations allows the World Food Programme (WFP) to respond proactively and to provide immediate food assistance in life-threatening situations.

Country/region Topic Period Budget
Syria
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR
Migration
Emergency food assistance
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
CHF  1’600’000
Background

Founded in 1961, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger and undernutrition. Responding to emergencies and saving lives and livelihoods – directly and by strengthening country response capacities – form the major part of WFP’s operations.

Ending hunger remains a significant global challenge which must be achieved in the context of increasingly complex and protracted humanitarian needs. It requires WFP to act as a part of a system by helping to shape the way in which partners interact and relate to each other. WFP’s Strategic Plan (2017-2021) is responding to these challenges by fully aligning its activities to the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 and 17 mainly.

WFP reaches over 90 million people with food assistance in 83 countries each year, mostly women and children. Around 16’000 people work for the organization, most of them in remote areas, directly serving the hungry poor.

Objectives

WFP’s vision is a world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. Without food, there can be no sustainable peace, no democracy and no development.

The overall goal of WFP is providing immediate food assistance in life-threatening situations while supporting countries in ensuring no one is left behind.

Target groups WFP beneficiaries worldwide
Medium-term outcomes

WFP provides emergency food assistance in the aftermath of natural or man-made disasters and supports food assistance programmes that bridge the gap between relief and recovery, helping communities build a better future. In addition, WFP’s longer-term approaches to hunger, such as building community resilience and promoting the scale-up of social protection and cash-based transfer interventions, help the transition from recovery to development.

The objectives of WFP are aligned with the Agenda 2030, whereas WFP will prioritize SDG 2, on achieving zero hunger; and SDG 17, on partnering to support implementation of the SDGs.

Results

Expected results:   WFP fights hunger in least-developed and low-income countries where victims of conflicts and natural disasters, refugees, displaced people and the hungry poor face severe food shortages. The frontline stretches from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East to Latin America and Asia-Pacific.


Results from previous phases:  

The MOPAN 2017-18 of WFP showed

  • a broadly owned strategic vision increased WFP’s comparative advantage and deliver objectives;
  • WFP’s agility in difficult circumstances and emergencies, effective coordination (large-scale, lifesaving and strengthened with the introduction of Country Strategic Plans);
  • increasing orientation to deliver results at country level;
  • promising financial framework with initial gains and transparency (but this still did not lead to an increase of un-earmarked funding);
  • robust and well developed evaluation and oversight functions.


Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
Credit area Humanitarian aid
Project partners Contract partner
United Nations Organization (UNO)
  • World Food Programme


Coordination with other projects and actors WFP’s Strategic Plan (2017-2021) recognizes the importance of increased synergy and cross-sectoral collaboration among all United Nations agencies, particularly FAO and IFAD. In addition, the plan places high priority on ensuring complementarity with the policies and practices of partners, including national governments, regional institutions, civil society and academia.
Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF    1’600’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    1’600’000
Project phases Phase 72 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023   (Completed) Phase 52 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019   (Completed)

Phase 50 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019   (Completed)

Phase 49 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019   (Completed) Phase 48 01.12.2018 - 31.12.2019   (Completed) Phase 40 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 39 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 38 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 37 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017   (Completed) Phase 36 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016   (Completed) Phase 35 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016   (Completed) Phase 34 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016   (Completed) Phase 33 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015   (Completed) Phase 32 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015   (Completed) Phase 31 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015   (Completed) Phase 30 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 29 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 28 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 27 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 26 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed) Phase 24 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013   (Completed) Phase 23 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013   (Completed) Phase 22 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013   (Completed)