Yemen is now home to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with half of its population facing severe acute food insecurity despite ongoing humanitarian food assistance. To meet the demands for active learning, the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) conducted a review of the FAO Yemen corporate surge response systems, structure, strategy and delivery. The review concluded that FAO has succeeded in supporting a significant number of beneficiaries with a wide range of projects. The operational capacity could be improved by improving local personnel management and development, in-country cash programming, and leveraging the knowledge of implementing partners in project design, targeting and monitoring. FAO needs to expand its footprint into the various sub-offices to take advantage of further localising its response. The review suggest to instigate strategic investments to boost and improve the response in Yemen, such as: improving the project planning and procurement capacity; increasing the capacity and inclusivity of implementing partners and beneficiaries in programme design and monitoring; and, improving strategic communications, evidence-based reporting and outcome monitoring.
Year Published | |
Joint | No |
Partner/s | N/A |
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Agency Focal Point | Omar Awabdeh |
Focal Point Email | omar.awabdeh@fao.org |
Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | Yes |
Geographic Scope | Country |
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