World Food Programme (WFP)

1. Responding to the multiple crises, has the governing body of your organization taken any decisions or adopted any new strategies to enhance effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and innovative solutions and to reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and poverty eradication? 

The Executive Board of WFP adopted a Cash Policy, which describes how WFP will use the cash transfer programmes to achieve greater impact for more people while mitigating and preventing potential risks in both development and humanitarian contexts. This policy updates the WFP’s first policy on cash and vouchers approved in 2008. Since then, the WFP’s capabilities and knowledge of how to deliver cash have grown and now cash-based transfers constitute 35 percent of all WFP assistance, making WFP the world’s largest provider of humanitarian cash.  

In June 2023, WFP launched its Urban Strategy that aims to articulate WFP’s intent and priorities in urban areas, and provide a framework and strategic direction for its activities meet urgent needs and to contribute systematically to achieving zero hunger in cities. 

WFP’s Executive Board also approved several multi-year country strategic plans including for the Central Africa Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, Nigeria, State of Palestine, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Egypt, Kenya, Zambia, the Pacific multi-country plan.  

2. In the past year, has your organization organized any intergovernmentally mandated conferences, forums or events that contributed to the achievement of the SDGs, or in the process of planning and organizing any such mandated events to be held next year?

3. In the past year, has your organization published or planned to publish any analytical work or guidance note or toolkits to guide and support the implementation of SDGs at national, regional and global levels?  Please select up to three to highlight, especially those that address interlinkages among the SDGs.  

4. In connection with the 2023 SDG Summit, the United Nations development system announced 12 High-Impact Initiatives where transformative progress is possible despite challenging global circumstances. Please share if your organization is contributing to any of these High Impact Initiatives and how various actors are being rallied behind them to mobilize further leadership and investment to bring progress to scale.  

Food Systems Transformation (Transforming food systems for a sustainable world without hunger) 

WFP, along with FAO, IFAD, UNIDO, the World Bank and others are working to mobilize means of implementation to assist countries in the implementation of national pathways and to expand commitments from Member States to prioritize their journey of food systems transformation to ensure food security and healthy diets for all in sustainable food systems to deliver for people and the planet. This High Impact Initiative seeks to help Member States by providing policy and technical assistance; offering innovative tools and solutions; and strengthening the national capacities for nationally owned, led and accelerated transformative processes for food systems. The High Impact Initiative builds on the outcomes of the Food Systems Summit 2021 and ongoing means of implementation (including the Hand-in-Hand initiative, School Meals Coalition, Food is Never Waste Coalition, Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets, Zero Hunger Coalition, work on financing gaps, the Scientific Group, Indigenous group, the youth groups etc.). It also underscores the integrated vision advanced by the Secretary-General in the Food Systems Summit and reaffirmed in the UNFSS +2 Stocktaking Moment 2023.  

Global Accelerator (The Global Accelerator on jobs and social protection for just transitions)   

The Global Accelerator (GA) seeks to develop and implement policies that strengthen institutions for social protection, decent jobs creation, skills development and support to enterprises. It facilitates just transitions towards formalization and low-carbon, care and digital economies, especially for youth and women. It also is supported through effective financing mechanisms including both public and private domestic investments, complemented by international financial support, with the aim of creating sufficient fiscal space for social investments. This High Impact Initiative will drive progress not only on SDG8, but across all SDGs. The GA is first working in select pathfinder countries. 

5. In addition to the above, has your organization been part of any other initiatives or multi-stakeholder partnerships that enhance effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions and reinforce the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially in the areas of SDG1 (no poverty), SDG2 (zero hunger), SDG13 (climate action), SDG16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), SDG17 (partnerships for the goals), which will go under in-depth review at the HLPF in 2024, or related to the Secretary-General’s proposals in Our Common Agenda?  

6. In the Political Declaration adopted at the 2023 SDG Summit, Member States committed to using the review of the high-level political forum at the 78th session of the General Assembly to further strengthen the follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, harnessing data to track progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, strengthening analysis of the interlinkages across the Goals and targets, including policy implications of their synergies and trade-offs. Please provide your organization’s recommendations, if any, in this regard.  

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