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PIPELINE CO-ORDINATION IN WFP

PIPELINE CO-ORDINATION IN WFP. Roles and Responsibilities. Country Office. What? When? Where? = REQUIREMENTS. Service Providers. RE, ODP, MSP, OTS, OTF, OTL and the Bureau Support to the Country Office = TIMELY DELIVERY OF FOOD. How everybody is linked to each other?.

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PIPELINE CO-ORDINATION IN WFP

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  1. PIPELINE CO-ORDINATION IN WFP Roles and Responsibilities

  2. Country Office • What? • When? • Where? = REQUIREMENTS

  3. Service Providers • RE, ODP, MSP, OTS, OTF, OTL and the Bureau • Support to the Country Office = TIMELY DELIVERY OF FOOD

  4. How everybody is linked to each other? • Who is in contact with whom? • Who do you need to keep informed? • Who you don’t need to keep informed? • Know your responsibilities, but don’t be afraid of asking if you don’t know. = CO-ORDINATION

  5. IN DETAILS - Who is who? Country Office Pipeline Focal Point (PFP)

  6. 1. Communicates the food requirements as established by the Country Office Programming Unit, under supervision of the Country Director. 2. Issues Resource Requests (RRs) - (the call forward, when funded). If WINGS is not operational at CO level, the BO will raise it for the CO. PFP

  7. 3. Informs Bureau Pipeline Officer of food requirements, stock positions (through COMPAS when possible) and their respective call forward schedules on regular basis and when requested. 4. Selects commodities and transport corridors. PFP

  8. 5. In the case of call forward schedule changes or programmed commodity needs to be changed, PFP is responsible for contacting and following up with ODP without delay copying BPO. 6. Develops Country Office pipeline strategy. 7. Chairs an inter-departmental working group at the CO level with all Officers concerned with CO pipeline management. PFP

  9. 8. Alerts Country Director, BPO, ODP and RE when projects experience shortfall or over-subscriptions. 9. Keeps track of other major shipments, bilateral contributions, etc. arriving at ports and advises OTS if port congestion can be expected that will affect WFP pipeline. PFP

  10. 10. Tracks food movements from the ports to the beneficiaries and prepares downstream pipeline reports when necessary. PFP

  11. 11. Arranges training at the CO level to other Officers concerned with pipeline management. 12. Keeps the Country Director informed on the Country Office pipeline and provides recommendations for addressing any identified pipeline breaks. PFP

  12. IN DETAILS - Who is who? Bureau Pipeline Officer (BPO)

  13. 1. Liaises from the decentralized Bureau with Headquarters Units as well as with PFPs 2. Provides overall regional analysis on pipeline situation for the region to the Bureau Director as required. 3. If WINGS connectivity is not in place, issues RRs 4. Provides assistance to PFP regarding the call forward of food. BPO

  14. 5. Advises and facilitates loans, borrowings and swaps in his/her region. 6. Maintains a database to monitor the status of intra-regional loans, borrowings and swaps. 7. Maintains pipeline reports in his/her region 8. Will be responsible for pipeline management training activities. BPO

  15. 9.Inter-agency pipeline sharing in his/her region. 10. Analyses the annual requirement for development projects with respect to absorption capacity. 11. In the case of sudden complex emergency, provides support to PFP if required by the Bureau Director. 12. Ensures quality control on the reports submitted by the COs. BPO

  16. 13. Provides information to RE regarding commodity status of the region upon request of Resources Mobilization Officer copying ODP and the Country Offices. 14. Issues RRs and decides allocations for all regional operations that include more than one country. 15. Posts project specific pipeline reports once a month and upon request to the BB. BPO

  17. 16. Endorses the pipeline strategies of the Country Offices within his/her region. BPO

  18. IN DETAILS -Who is who? RE- Resources Mobilization Officer (RMO)

  19. 1. Negotiates with a donor in order to ensure maximum resources to the operation. 2. Confirms contributions in the RMS and sends the summary to the CO, BO and HQ. 3. Prior accepting CLC funds with conditions and/or timeframes, RE should consult with MSP and CO Logistics to ensure that either or both are realistically possible. RE

  20. 4. Keeps the BPO, PFP and ODP informed regarding contributions under negotiation through usual channels of communication and through RMS once made available. 5. Requests global priority lists regarding different operations from ODP. Regarding specific pipeline information, RE will contact directly with CO. RE

  21. IN DETAILS -Who is who? ODP - Programme Officer

  22. 1. Programs the resources according to the needs indicated by the Country Office Pipeline Focal Point and BPO. 2.Allocates multilateral funds as they are available according to global Operational needs, and in coordination with BPO, Country Directors and MSP. 3. Coordinates pipeline co-ordination in the Rome based service units. ODP

  23. 4. Issues PRs to MSP and OTS. ODP/MSP/OTS will consult prior releasing a PR to ensure adequate information on type of procurement (local, regional or international). 5. Updates as needed requested delivery dates of PRs and changes the dates. ODP

  24. 6. Responsible for sending confirmed contributions allocation tables to the BPO and PFP regarding each programming made for their respective region. 7. Provides information to RE and senior management on the level of resources flowing to individual operations. ODP

  25. 8. Prepares special and global pipeline reports based on project specific reports forwarded by BPO. 9. Co-ordinates inter-regional loans/swaps and ensures that all necessary conditions for loans/swaps are met, including donor concurrence through RE. ODP

  26. IN DETAILS - Who s who? MSP - Procurement Officer

  27. 1. In consultation with Bureau and Country Offices decides on whether procurement will be local, regional or international. 2. Issues international tenders for major commodities every two weeks. 3. Each purchase is done according to information provided by the fully completed PR. If requested delivery date cannot be met, MSP to advise PFP, BPO and ODP to permit modification. MSP

  28. 4. MSP also provides ODP with commodity rate, origin of the purchase, type of purchase and geographical availability of various commodities. MSP

  29. IN DETAILS - Who is who? OT - OTS, OTL, & OTF

  30. 1. OT fix vessels as per PO delivery period that is agreed with suppliers (following MSP purchase contract) or set by donor. 2. OTF and OTS will coordinate shipping data (booking/booking confirmation/sailing advice/bill of lading) entry into WINGS. OT

  31. 3. If the PO’s requested delivery date is found unrealistic, OTS must modify the date of the PO, ideally reflecting the ETA. 4. OTS provides estimated transport rates to ODP. 5. Country Office or Bureau Office Logistics Officers are responsible for land transport of food according to schedule indicated in the PR/PO. (delegated authority) OT

  32. QUESTIONS?

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