Annual Country Reports (ACR) are a key accountability document produced by country offices on a yearly basis which inform donors how their funds were used during the reporting year. Their purpose is to tell Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s performance story in an accurate, transparent and evidence-based manner by assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of our operations in our pursuit towards zero hunger.
West African countries' national commitments to school meal programmes are bolstered by strong support plans developed by partners to assist them in realizing their goals for school feeding.
The paper emphasizes the need for sustainable financial solutions and collaborative efforts involving international financial institutions, donors and innovative financing schemes to bridge the funding gap and ensure the long-term success of school meal programmes in West Africa.
The landscape of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has undergone significant evolution since the last assessment in 2020. The Landscape Analysis, prepared in May 2024 by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), ECOWAS and the School Meals Coalition, with the contribution of CERFAM and the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition, an Initiative of the School Meals Coalition, provides a comparative analysis across six domains, offering insights into the evolving dynamics, challenges, and best practices within the realm of HGSF. It serves also as a comprehensive resource for navigating the complexities and opportunities inherent in HGSF implementation across ECOWAS countries.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been an Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica Partner since 2018, purchasing insurance policies in several African countries to help protect vulnerable people from climate shocks.
For over a decade, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been supporting climate risk insurance as an important piece of the strategy for building women¡¯s economic empowerment. Â鶹ÊÓƵ presents its experience from the field spotlighting women who have harnessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s climate risk insurance and related interventions to strengthen their resilience and ensure food security for their households.
This publication aims to document recent trends ¨C and strategic implications ¨C with regards to the development of social registries and supporting digital information systems in the West and Central Africa region.
In 2022, Â鶹ÊÓƵ overcame obstacles to support 20 countries' Sustainable Development Goals, to save lives and change lives of 21.4 million people in Western Africa
Ce R¨¦sum¨¦ des constats d¡¯Evaluation r¨¦pond ¨¤ une demande formul¨¦e par l¡¯unit¨¦ Genre du Bureau R¨¦gional du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) en Afrique de l¡¯Ouest, de consolider les enseignements fournis par les ¨¦valuations sur l¡¯¨¦galit¨¦ de genre et l¡¯autonomisation des femmes.
This publication, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Western Africa Regional Achievements in 2021, highlights Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s and its partners¡¯ collective success in staying the course and delivering to the most vulnerable to save lives and our contributions to changing lives. Summarised across the chapters of this publication are insights into Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s important work in the areas of emergency response and preparedness, school feeding, nutrition and HIV, climate adaptation, social protection, gender, protection, digital solutions, supply chain and common logistics services.
This corporate emergency evaluation assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 ¨C June 2021. The evaluation was conducted under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ in emergency mode; travel and movement restrictions; and the need to avoid unduly burdening country offices. Accordingly, it adopted a ¡°retrospective developmental¡± design, which focuses on providing evidence to support adaptation in dynamic environments.
The evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ independent Office of Evaluation to provide evaluative evidence for accountability and learning, to inform the preparation of the next country strategic plan (CSP) of Â鶹ÊÓƵ in The Gambia.
This synthesis comprises 32 decentralized evaluations completed between 2016 and 2019 that included country capacity strengthening (CSS) among other Â鶹ÊÓƵ activities.
