Fig

hti

ng

hu

ng

er w

orl

dw

ide

WFP FLA Preparation - 2022Information Session for Cooperating Partners

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Agenda

WFP 2022 FLA preparation - information session

▪ Introduction by WFP Deputy Country Director▪ Overview of Country Strategic Plan (CSP), Key Highlights▪ Call for Proposal for 2022, Parameters and Selection Criteria▪ Food Security Information for Targeting▪ Highlight of the Activities & Areas of Improvement

o SO 1, Activity 1: Reliefo SO 2, Activity 2, Social Protectiono SO 2, Activity 4, Asset creationo SO 3, Activity 7, 8, Nutritiono SO 3: Activity 9, HIV/TBo CBTo Gender and Protection, AAPo SCUo Finance

▪ Q&A

MYANMAR (CSP 2018 – 2022)

SR 1 – Everyone has access to food

(SDG target 2.1)

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1:

Crisis-affected people in food insecure areas meet their food and nutrition

needs all year round.

OUTPUTS:

• Crisis-affected women, men, girls and boys

receive food and/or cash-based transfers in

a timely manner to meet their daily food

and nutrition needs (Tier 1). (A, B: Activity

1)

ACTIVITY 1: Provide unconditional food

transfers and/or CBTs to populations affected by

crisis (cat. 1; modality: food, CBT, CS, SD)

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2:

Vulnerable people in states and regions with high food insecurity and/or malnutrition have access to food all year round.

SR 2 – No one suffers from malnutrition

(SDG target 2.2)

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 3:

Children under 5 and other nutritionally vulnerable groups in Myanmar have improved nutrition in line with national

targets by 2022.

CRISIS RESPONSE RESILIENCE BUIDING RESILIENCE BUILDING

OUTPUTS:• Food insecure people benefit from strengthened national programmes to

enhance access to food (Tier 3). (C,J,K,L,M,N* : Linked to Activity 2,3).

• Targeted girls and boys (Tier 1) receive school meals or snacks to improve

access to food (A, B: Linked to Activity 3).

• Targeted women, men, girls and boys (Tier 1) receive health and nutrition

education through schools, to improve nutrition knowledge (E* :Linked to

Activity 3).

• Food-insecure women and men (Tier 1) receive CBTs or food transfers to

meet household food and nutrition needs through asset creation (A, B: Linked

to Activity 4).

• Community members (Tier 2) benefit from the creation and rehabilitation of

assets to improve resilience to disasters and enhance livelihoods (D :Linked to

Activity 4).

• Community members (Tier 2) benefit from health and nutrition education to

improve nutrition knowledge (E, E* :Linked to Activity 4) .

• PLHIV and TB patients receive food and/or CBTs to meet their food and

nutrition needs (Tier 1). (A, B :Linked to Activity 5)

• PLHIV, TB patients and caregivers receive health and nutrition

messaging and counselling to improve nutrition knowledge (Tier 1). (E, E*

:Linked to Activity 5)

OUTPUTS:

• Children under 5 and other nutritionally vulnerable groups (Tier 3)

benefit from strengthened government capacity to improve the

implementation of national nutrition interventions (C,J,K,M: Linked to

Activity 6 and 7).

• Pregnant and lactating women and girls, children under 2 and

adolescent girls (Tier 1) receive CBTs and food transfers to meet their

nutrition needs (A, B :Linked to Activity 7).

• Women and men caregivers, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating

women and girls, and community members (Tier 1) benefit from SBCC

in nutrition, care practices and healthy diets to improve their knowledge,

attitudes and practices (E, E* :Linked to Activity 7) .

• Malnourished girls and boys under 5 and pregnant and lactating

women and adolescent girls (Tier 1) receive a comprehensive nutrition

package to treat acute malnutrition (A, B, E :Linked to Activity 8).

• Girls and boys under 5 and pregnant and lactating women and

adolescent girls (Tier 1) who are affected by crisis or at risk receive a

comprehensive nutrition package to prevent acute malnutrition (A, B, E,

E* :Linked to Activity 8).

• PLHIV and TB patients (Tier 1) receive food and/or CBTs to meet their

food and nutrition needs (A, B: Linked to Activity 9).

• PLHIV, TB patients and caregivers (Tier 1) receive health and nutrition

messaging and counselling to improve nutrition knowledge (E* :Linked

to Activity 9).

ACTIVITY 2: Provide technical advice, policy support and training for the

government to improve delivery of national social protection, emergency

preparedness and food systems programmes (cat. 9; modality: CS)

ACTIVITY 6: Provide implementation support, research-based advice and

technical assistance for national policies and action plans to the

government and partners (cat. 9; modality: CS).

BUDGET SO 1: $ 342,470,682 BUDGET SO 3: $ 66,196,980BUDGET SO 2: $ 137,660,460

TOTAL BUDGET $ 558,843,552TOTAL UNIQUE BENEF: 5,005,550

ACTIVITY 4: Provide conditional food or cash assistance in support of the creation

and rehabilitation of assets, combined with nutrition messaging, to targeted

populations (cat. 2; modality: food, CBT)

ACTIVITY 3: Implement a comprehensive school feeding programme in targeted

schools in support of the government’s national programme (cat. 4; modality: food,

CBT, CS)

ACTIVITY 7: Implement preventive nutrition interventions for adolescent

girls, pregnant and lactating women and girls, and children under 2, and roll

out community infant and young child feeding programmes, CBTs for

mothers of young children, and SBCC (cat. 6; modality: food, CBT).

ACTIVITY 8:. Provide specialized nutritious foods for the treatment and

management of acute malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women

and adolescent girls, and children under 5 (cat. 5; modality: food).

ACTIVITY 9:. Provide unconditional food and/or cash-based assistance

combined with nutrition messaging and counselling for PLHIV and TB

patients (cat. 1; modality: food, CBT) .

ACTIVITY 5: Provide unconditional food and/or cash assistance, combined with

nutrition messaging and counselling, to PLHIV and TB patients (cat. 1; modality:

food, CBT)

SR 8 – Sharing of knowledge, expertise and technology strengthen global

partnership support to country efforts to achieve the SDGs (SDG target 17.16)

CRISIS RESPONSE

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 4:

Humanitarian and development partners in Myanmar have access to reliable common

services

BUDGET SO 4: $ 12,515,484

OUTPUT:

▪ Affected populations benefit from the humanitarian

common services to humanitarian organizations in order

to receive timely humanitarian assistance. (Output

Category: H, K)

▪ Affected population receive cash transfer services in

order to meet their essential needs (Output Category:

K)

ACTIVITY 10: Provide on-demand services to humanitarian

and development partners (cat. 10; modality: SD)

UNIQUE DIRECT BENEF SO 1: 2,774,750 UNIQUE DIRECT BENEF SO 3: 651,500UNIQUE DIRECT BENEF SO 2:1,702,200 UNIQUE DIRECT BENEF SO 4: 0

ACTIVITY 11: Provide on-demand cash transfer services on

behalf of UN and other partners to help affected populations

meet their essential needs. (cat. 10; modality: SD)

• Due diligence core standard-NGO Registration

• Capacity assessment and performance evaluation

• Access to Operational Areas

• Force Majeure-notification, fixed costs and Modality

• New FLA Template

• Important FLA obligations (AFAC, PSEA, Audit etc)

Key Highlights

Call for Proposal for 2022, Parameters and Selection Criteria

Event Date

Call for Proposal (Call for Expression of Interest – CFEI) 4th /5th October 2021

Information session 6th October 2021

Deadline for submission of proposal 25th October 2021

Notification of Results on appraisal of the capacity

assessment and proposal selection5th November 2021

Preparation of FLA (detail negotiation of budget) 8th November – 23rd Dec 2021

Implementation of activities 1st January 2022

Timeline

Activities Description Transfer

Modality

Duration

Relief assistance

(Act 1)• IDPs and crisis affected population in Rakhine, Chin, Kachin and Shan

• New displaced areas and peri urban

Food or Cash

or Mixed

3 - 6 -12 months

Shock responsive

social cash

transfer (ACT 2)

• Pregnant and lactating women among vulnerable/crisis affected community • peri-urban area of Yangon, and a high displacement/ migration affected area (including newly displaced

areas)

Cash and/ or

Voucher

12 months

Asset Creation

(ACT 4)• Rakhine, Kachin, Shan, Kayah, Chin, Sagaing (Priority: conflict effected areas and resettled communities)

• Elsewhere (Priority: High and Moderate Food insecure areas and recurrent hazards effected areas) (Chin,

Magway, Sagaing, Nagaland, Mon, Kayin, Kayah, Ayarwaddy, etc.)

Cash/ Food Duration based on

seasonality and

resources

4 – 6 – 12 MonthsNutrition

(Act 7 & 8)

• Prevention of stunting: Kachin, Shan, Sagaing (Lahe, Layshee and Nan Youn), Chin (Tiddim and

TonZang), Yangon (Dagon Seikkan)

• Treatment of MAM: Rakhine, Yangon Peri Urban Area (e.g, Hlaing Thar Yar, Shwe Pyi Thar), Sagaing

(Lahe, Layshee and Nan Youn), Magwe (preferably organizations involved in or support health services)

and Kayin

• Prevention of wasting: Rakhine (Both NRS and CRS), Dry Zone, Chin and Kayah (Emergency Nutrition

Response)

Food/Cash

Food

Food

12 months

HIV/TB

(Act 9)

Priority Area:

• Rakhine (NRS), Rakhine (CRS), Kachin, Shan

• Yangon

• Mon/Kayin

• HIV/TB with high prevalence areas

Food

Cash

Food

Food

6 - 12 months

Parameters

Call for Proposal for 2022, Parameters and Selection Criteria

1. Access/Security consideration (10)

2. Clarity of activities and expected results (10)

3. Contribution of resource (10)

4. Cost effectiveness (20)

5. Local experience and presence (20)

6. Relevance of proposal to achieving expected results (10)

7. Sector expertise and experience (20)

Call for Proposal for 2022, Parameters and Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Set in UNPP

Situation Overview

Food Security Information – Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM)

Food insecurity exacerbated by the complex and volatile situation▪ Poverty, political unrest, economic crisis, and the third wave of

Covid-19

Conflict-driven displacement ▪ 220,000 people displaced since February 2021

Risk of food insecurity increasing▪ WFP estimated 3.4 million additional people could be at risk of

food insecurity post 1 February 2021, particularly the poorest living in urban centers – on top of 2.8 million people before last year - WFP is currently updating this analysis

▪ Poverty estimated to double to 48% by 2022 (UNDP)

▪ Food price increases;

▪ Kyat has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September 2021.

Food Security and Market Update

Continued deterioration of the food security situation of WFP beneficiaries in Rakhine, Chin, Kachin and Shan in 2021

▪ Increased use of coping mechanisms to meet household food needs, e.g., spending savings, borrowing money and purchasing food on credit

▪ Majority spend more than 70% of total household expenditures on food

▪ Reductions in income earning opportunities - beneficiaries highly vulnerable to income change and price volatility

High food price increases since January 2021

▪ Rice +16%, cooking oil +40%, chickpeas +21%, tomatoes +32%

▪ Supply disruptions, internationally and domestically, over the past 6 months

▪ Demand side: political-economic context and increase in COVID-19 cases contributed to households stockpiling or panic-buying, driving up prices (e.g. for eggs)

Food Security Information - RAM

Food Security Situation in WFP’s Operational Areas

Household food consumption,comparison to pre-crisis

▪ Almost half of beneficiary households in Chin and Shan have inadequate (poor + borderline) food consumption

▪ New PDM data collection is underway

Food Security Situation in WFP’s Operational Areas

Food Security Situation in WFP’s Operational Areas

Livelihood opportunities are limited

▪ Significant proportion of beneficiaries reported reduced income in the month before the survey

▪ Indications that households with no or low income has continued to increase (July 2021) – further data collection is underway

•Myanmar Market Price Update : Dashboard Workbook: Market Monitoring Dashboard v2 (wfp.org) and report Dataviz - World Food Programme (wfp.org)

•Myanmar: Analysis of the Economic Fallout and Food Insecurity in Wake of the Takeover 2021

https://www.wfp.org/publications/myanmar-analysis-economic-fallout-and-food-insecurity-wake-takeover-2021

•WFP-FAO Agricultural livelihoods and Food Security in the context of COVID-19 report

Reports Explorer- Dataviz | WFP – VAM

Myanmar | Agricultural livelihoods and food security in the context of COVID-19 (wfp.org)

•Post-distribution monitoring (PDM)

•Urban Food Security Monitoring

Survey/Assessment conducted in 2020/21

Highlights of the Activity

Life- saving food assistance through food and/or cash modalities to IDPs and crisis affected people in Rakhine, Kachin, Shan, Chin, Kayin, Kayah and newly conflict affected areas

Areas of Improvement

•Access to newly conflict affected areas especially EAOs controlled areas

•High risk of COID-19 transmission, safety and security for staff

•Banking issue delayed the cash and food distribution

•Need assessment and targeting of the right people in need

•In time narrative report from local NGOs

Activity 1

Activity 2Shock responsive social cash transfer in current context

➢ Focused group : Pregnant and lactating women among vulnerable/crisis affected

community

➢ Target Area : peri-urban area of Yangon, and a high displacement/ migration affected area

➢ Targeting : Vulnerability and Needs assessment

➢ Modality : Cash and/ or Voucher

➢ Duration : 12 months

➢ Approach : Integrated programmatic approach

Highlights of the Activity

Modalities (Food & Cash)

•Shan, Kachin, Rakhine and Chin areas - Both Food andCBT

•For elsewhere areas - CBT

Programme Approaches

•Programming approaches packaging with Smallholderagriculture market supports (SAMS) and Food systemsstrengthening framework

•Promote support for smallholder farmer households whohave limited land ownership and difficult to investin their land to enhance food system strengthening in hillyregions and conflict affected area and more focus on theactivities to improve local food system and value chains

•Enhance to provide agricultural inputs (technical &materials support) to vulnerable farming households tomaintain their productive capacity and food security

•Providing support to targeted households on post-harvest handling and food quality management(training, infrastructures), e.g. establishing communitystorage facilities by using local materials or with minimumexternal inputs to reduce post-harvest losses

Areas of Improvement

•Integration of Environment and social safeguards (ESS)tools and food system strengthening approaches inupdated ACL guideline

•For planning stage to all phase of project cycle,ACL project screening should take intoaccount WFP environmental & social standard (ESS).

•Problem of statement needs to reflect withproject summary and overall objective of the projects

•Assumption and risk analysis should bebased on current context and political situation

•Strengthen institutional capacity andimproved Agricultural information system for marketand food processing linkage, technical support,credit availability

Activity 4

Highlights of the Activity

•Even during the COVID-19 restriction measures and escalation of fighting, nutrition activities can be run and implemented in Shan, Kachin and Naga

•During the COVID-19 pandemic, the nutrition program has had to adapt the activities in accordance with COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures, the biggest one being no mass screening

Areas of Improvement

•Improved integration of Behavior Change Communication into WFP programs

•Not all CPs in the area have been able to implement a comprehensive nutritionpackage (anthropometric assessment, referral and proper HE/IYCF counseling) in BSFP program

Activity 7

Highlights of the Activity

•Nutrition in emergencies has planned to roll out in Yangon and conflict affected areas based on resource availability. New partnerships may need to be identified in 2022

•During the COVID-19 pandemic, the nutrition program has had to adapt the activities in accordance with COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures, e.g., no mass screening

Areas of Improvement

•Integration of Behavior Change Communication into WFP programs•WFP will organize capacity building training most probably online, e.g., refresher IMAM, cIYCF•Regular submission of reports•comprehensive nutrition package (anthropometric assessment, referral and proper HE/IYCF counseling) in BSFP program•Identify and strengthen partnership (e.g., new partners for MAM treatment program)

Activity 8

Highlights of the Activity•Extended programmes to 23 new townships under Yangon, Shan(N), Kachin, and Kayin during 2021

•Modality adaption based on the programme requirement & funding

•Changes to the distribution cycle in some areas due to lockdown and travel restrictions during the pandemic

•PPE items for cooperating partners were provided as COVID-19 preventive measures

•Resource limitations were observed for areas with a high prevalence in HIV/TB . Based on the resource availability, these programmes should be extended to areas with high HIV/TB prevalence

Areas of Improvement

•Capacity building training for implementation partner staff•Due to unstable situation in 2021, new enrollment has decreased (CP could not reach their planned beneficiaries)•Narrative reporting•Challenges in anthropometric assessment•Need to improve WFP monitoring visits

Activity 9

2021 Updates

▪ Working with 13 cash partners (KMSS, MAM, MHDO, MHAA, PUI, PFP, Plan, AGE, IPP, PSSAG, SCI, WVI and ARW in 2021.

▪ Distributed transfer value- as of 22nd

Sept,2021- USD 16.5 Millions, 2020 USD-22.94 Millions, 2019 USD-10.3 Millions

▪ Suspended e-cash implementation and shifted to Physical Cash since April in Kachin and Central Rakhine due to the liquidity issue

▪ Delayed monthly cash distribution cycles due to banking crisis

▪ CBT basic ToT for CWG member organizations is in progress

CBT

Key Considerations

▪ Cash feasibility status

-Market functionality and accessibility

-FSP coverage and capacity

-Safety and Security

- Organizations’ capacity

• -Beneficiaries’ preference

▪ Risk and mitigation measures

Plan for 2022▪ Select cash modality where

feasible and appropriate▪ Resume e-cash in existing

Townships and expand to new Townships where feasible and appropriate

▪ Provide ToT for digital and financial literacy training

• When you refer to beneficiaries, give a breakdown of men, women, children and persons with disabilities (sex, age and disability disaggregated data)

• What are the threats, risks, challenges and fears of the people we assist? How can we understand them better and try to reduce them?

• Who is most at risk to be left behind?

• Ensure budget allocation to implementation of PGAAP e.g. community consultation/feedback

• Minimize risk and ensure Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)

• How can we better engage with people to inform are activities? How can we make programmeswhere the voices of people shape the way we operate?

• What communication channels exist for people to communicate with us and for us to communicate with them? Are these also their most preferred methods?

• Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment to avoid making gender inequality worse and to enhance participation of women in decision making and leadership

• How do enhance participation of women in decision making and leadership?

• How do we raise beneficiary awareness about gender?

• Data protection is very important in our context. How can we ensure that the people whose data we have is safeguarded and cannot be used against them?

Working towards empowerment, inclusion and reducing harm

Protection, Gender and AAP

Supply Chain (I. Food Transfer Cost)

Supply Chain (Flow chart for CP Food Reqeust)

CP Food Request

WFP Field officeFood Available at

FO Warehouse

Food Available at WFP Yangon Warehouse

1 dayTransfer Request – TR

(Logistics)

Transport Purchase Order – TPO(Logistics)

Stock Transfer Order – STO(Logistics)

Waybill/Food dispatched(Logistics)

1-2 days

1-2 days

1 day

+

Tran

spo

rt L

ead

Tim

e

Y

Y

1 dayFood Release Note – FRN

(Programme)

Transport Purchase Order – TPO(Logistics)

Stock Transfer Order – STOSale Order – SO (Logistics)

Waybill/Food dispatched(Logistics)

1-2 days

1-2 days

1 day

+

Tran

spo

rt L

ead

Tim

e

CP warehouse

N

Foo

d d

isp

atch

ed t

o W

FP S

O

- WFP Suppliers- Imported

N

WFP Country Office

Difficulties in financial transitions and Interim Solutions- As there is cash withdrawal limitation, CPs need to open flexible bank account (YOMA bank -Prefer option) for

swift action.- If there is no YOMA bank in the location, will arrange to transfer cash with available bank.- The monthly expenditures should be reflected in the same month therefore the report should be submitted on

time

Financial risks due to unstable financial sector- Market exchange rate is unstable and there will be huge exchange gain/ loss- WFP cannot avoid the CBM’ restrictions which can happen the delay payment process

Announcement/Suggestion to Partners - All CPs must open the special/flexible account to make the bank transfer by WFP ( as per CBM’s guidance ) - Vendor name and bank account name should be the same - To provide specific banking instruction in invoice / payment request.( Do not mention old account)- Provide payment authorization letter if necessary.- To provide accurate bank reconciliation- To provide NRC copy, acknowledge receipt and authorization letter to collect the cheques from WFP- To sign FLA in local currency where feasible

Finance

Comments / Q&A

Thank You! က ျေးဇ ျေးတငပ်ါတယ်