P ROGRAMMATIC R ESPONSE. 1.Understand the FSC’s roles and responsibilities for food security programmatic responses 2.Understand the FSC role in M&E.

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE

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.

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FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Programmatic Response

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.

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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE

RELEVANCE

Programmatic Response

Programmatic Response

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – CLUSTER ROLES

Strategy Development

Funding Proposal Review

Project Coordination

Strategy M&E

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FOOD SECURITY CLUSTER- TOR

Programmatic Response

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

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AVAILABILITY

Physical presence /proximity of food through domestic

production or imports

ACCESS

Physical, social, and economic access to enough food to meet

needs.

UTILIZATION

Use of food through adequate diet,

WASH, etc. to reach nutritional well-being

(non-food input)

STABILITY

Consistency and reliability in food

supply

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE

PROGRAMME CHARACTERISTICS

GFD

SFD

FFW/RFood Incentive

for Service Providers

Market support

Interventions

Cash and Voucher

Programmes

School Feeding

Programmes

Improving access to

agricultural Inputs

Support to income

generation

Rehabilitation of rural

infrastructure

Support to Crop and Livestock

Production

Control of animal and plant pests

and diseases

Protection of natural

resources: water, land, soil forests

Emergency support to small

scale fishery Support to diet diversification and nutrition

Support to urban and peri-urban agriculture

Others?

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

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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – FUNDING PROPOSAL REVIEW

Programmatic Response Options(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)

• For projects seeking inclusion in joint appeals/pooled funding

• Ensure coherence with overall strategy

• Ensure accountability• Usually mandated

Why?

• Jointly establish criteria for review: strategy, gender, cross-cutting

• Jointly establish process for review• Jointly, and transparently review

proposals

How?

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – PROJECT COORDINATION

Programmatic Response Options(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)

• Reduce gaps• Reduce overlap/redundancy• Prevent programs at cross-

purposes• Promote complementarity

Why?

• IM: 3/4 4Ws• Provide forum for discussion • Facilitate mediation • Maintain impartiality

How?

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE – STRATEGY M&E

Programmatic Response Options(Purpose, Target Population, When Appropriate, Requirements)

• For projects included in joint appeals/pooled funding

• For all sector-related projects• Ensure sector accountability• Progress toward strategy

objectives

Why?

• 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

How?

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.

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PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE

RELEVANCE

Programmatic Response

PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSE