The role of the World Food Programme (WFP).

 

The World Food Programme (WFP) uses food to meet emergency needs and to support economic and social development. WFP’s involvement in mine action relates to its mandate to provide food assistance, and is focused on: supporting mine action in situations where humanitarian food responses are restricted by landmines or ERW; food cannot reach targeted beneficiaries and using food to assist community-based programmes that are directly linked to mineclearance programmes. WFP’s assistance may be provided where food aid supports the work of other agencies and where it is an appropriate intervention resource. 

Coordination: The WFP is represented in the different coordination mechanisms established by UNMAS, governments, donors and other partners at the global level and national levels, such as the MACCs, the IACG-MA and SCMA. 

Resource mobilisation: The WFP raises its resources for mine and ERW-related activities at both headquarters and field level, either through Emergency Operations, Special Operations, Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations, or through Regional Bureau/Country Office initiation.