WFP Indonesia Country Brief

Highlights

• WFP is supporting the Government of Indonesia to reduce the number of severely food-insecure people by 9 million by 2020.
• WFP and the Ministry of Social Affairs are improving nutrition for 15 million households receiving subsidized rice or conditional cash transfers.
• WFP and the Ministry of Education are enhancing national school meals, reaching 100,000 students.
• WFP is helping partners be ready to respond to disasters, as cluster lead for logistics and telecommunication

Operational Updates

Food security analysis: WFP facilitated a training on geo-statistical methods for blending satellite-derived precipitation estimates and gauge observation data convened by the National Meteorology and Climatology Agency on 26 July 2017. Participants learnt first-hand methods to blend the Agencies’ rainfall gauge observation data with satellite-based rainfall data derived from Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation (CHIRP). The training is part of the WFP capacity development programme that aims to enhance the Government’s skills to produce analytical outputs for optimum food security policy formulation and programme implementation.

School Meal Programme: The Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture participated in the first Southeast Asia Regional School Meal Meeting held on 11 – 14 July in Siem Reap, Cambodia, convened by WFP. Among six countries present, Indonesia reaffirmed their strong commitment to supporting the school meal programme as reflected in the national budget allocation for the National School Meal Programme (Pro-GAS) that has been confirmed by Ministry. There has been a significant increase in the national budget in the last two years to support Pro-GAS, from USD 4.3 million in 2016 to USD 14 million in 2017. Pro-GAS will also be expanded next year to cover more primary schools in vulnerable areas.

Emergency preparedness:

WFP has been conducting baseline surveys to kick-start the collaboration on emergency logistics preparedness and response with the Ministry of Social Affairs. The surveys include: (i) Emergency Response Capacity Assessment; (ii) Business Process Assessment; and (iii) Training and Simulation Needs Assessment. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are employed in the surveys. The assessment results are expected to be finalised in October then submitted to the Ministry.

Challenges

The absence of a legal framework for the Government of Indonesia to contribute to WFP’s operations, in accordance with WFP financial regulations, hampers WFP’s ability to finance the support requested by the Government to attain its strategic outcomes.

Original source: WFP.
Posted on 13 October 2017