PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE
FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the FSC’s roles and
responsibilities for food security programmatic
responses
2. Understand the FSC role in M&E.
3. Understand the general characteristics of
technical food security programmes as they
relate to food availability, access, utilisation,
and stability.
Programmatic Response
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE
RELEVANCE
Why is this subject covered?
Cluster staff need to understand what their roles and
responsibilities are regarding the planning, proposal,
implementation, and monitoring of food security programs. They
also need to understand basic program characteristics.
How does this relate to my day to day tasks?
Cluster staff help coordinate formation of strategy that drives
programmatic response; guide review of specific project
proposals; facilitate project execution, and monitor performance
of those projects against strategic objectives.
Programmatic Response
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – CLUSTER ROLES
Strategy
Development
Funding Proposal
Review
Project
Coordination
Strategy M&E
Programmatic Response
FOOD SECURITY CLUSTER- TOR
Guidance for
Coordination
Actions
Coordinated
What does the FSC do?
1.
Ensure predictable and accountable leadership
2.
Represent the food security community in the different country level fora
3.
Support coordination in assessment planning and response, strategy
4.
Develop benchmarks and indicators
5.
Advocacy for entire food security community, not just specific partners
6.
Strengthen national/local systems
7.
Ensure quality of response, promotion of appropriate standards and
delivery of services
8.
Ensure shared understanding of early recovery
9.
Learn and build upon best practices
10. Ensure partnership and inclusiveness
Programmatic Response
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE
PROGRAMME CHARACTERISTICS
AVAILABILITY
ACCESS
UTILIZATION
STABILITY
Physical presence
/proximity of food
through domestic
production or imports
Physical, social, and
economic access to
enough food to meet
needs.
Use of food through
adequate diet,
WASH, etc. to reach
nutritional well-being
(non-food input)
Consistency and
reliability in food
supply
Protection of
natural
resources:
water, land,
soil forests
Emergency
support to small
scale fishery
GFD
Food Incentive
for Service
Providers
Improving
access to
agricultural
Inputs
Support to
urban and
peri-urban
agriculture
Support to
income
generation
FFW/R
School
Feeding
Programmes
Support to diet
diversification
and nutrition
Support to
Crop and
Livestock
Production
Others?
SFD
Programmatic Response
Rehabilitation
of rural
infrastructure
Control of
animal and plant
pests and
diseases
Cash and
Voucher
Programmes
Market
support
Interventions
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – EXERCISE
For each strategic objective developed in last exercise:
• Identify a program or set of programmatic
interventions that might work together to achieve the
objective(s).
(Purpose, target population, requirements)
• Discuss the role of the cluster in making sure that
the programmatic response provided by members is
in line with the agreed
Present to the group and be prepared to defend
Use Pakistan Hand-out as reference.
Food Security Straegy
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – FUNDING PROPOSAL REVIEW
Why?
How?
•
•
•
•
•
For projects seeking inclusion in
joint appeals/pooled funding
Ensure coherence with overall
strategy
Ensure accountability
Usually mandated
•
•
Jointly establish criteria for review:
strategy, gender, cross-cutting
Jointly establish process for review
Jointly, and transparently review
proposals
Programmatic Response Options
(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)
PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – PROJECT COORDINATION
Why?
•
•
•
•
Reduce gaps
Reduce overlap/redundancy
Prevent programs at crosspurposes
Promote complementarity
How?
•
•
•
•
IM: 3/4 4Ws
Provide forum for discussion
Facilitate mediation
Maintain impartiality
Programmatic Response Options
(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)
PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – STRATEGY M&E
Why?
How?
•
•
•
•
•
•
For projects included in joint
appeals/pooled funding
For all sector-related projects
Ensure sector accountability
Progress toward strategy
objectives
•
•
•
IM: 3/4W’s
Wide inclusion of partners,
existing national systems
Agree on key indicators
Agree on comm plan; KISS
Add value, disseminate up/down
Programmatic Response Options
(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)
PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE
RELEVANCE
Why is this subject covered?
Cluster staff need to understand what their roles and
responsibilities are regarding the planning, proposal,
implementation, and monitoring of programmatic response. They
also need to understand basic program characteristics.
How does this relate to my day to day tasks?
Cluster staff help coordinate formation of strategy that drives
programmatic response; guide review of specific project
proposals; facilitate project execution, and monitor performance
of those projects against strategic objectives.
Programmatic Response
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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE