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CDM Forum Barbados 20 & 21 March 2006 World Food Programme Jens Grimm

CDM Forum Barbados 20 & 21 March 2006 World Food Programme Jens Grimm Project Manager / Emergency Officer. World Food Programme of the United Nations. WFP assists in the world: 113 million people 48 million of hungry children 80 Countries world-wide

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CDM Forum Barbados 20 & 21 March 2006 World Food Programme Jens Grimm

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  1. CDM Forum Barbados 20 & 21 March 2006 World Food Programme Jens Grimm Project Manager / Emergency Officer

  2. World Food Programmeof the United Nations • WFP assists in the world: • 113 million people • 48 million of hungry children • 80 Countries world-wide • US$3.1 billions invested in fighting hunger

  3. “ WFP will give priority to supporting disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation and post-disaster rehabilitation activities as part of development programmes … the overall aim is to build self-reliance.” From the WFP Mission Statement, 1998

  4. Areas of imminent Activities • Logistics Base / Staging Area • Technical Assistance and Expertise • Food Security / Nutrition in emergencies Additional expertise: • Information Platform

  5. CDM ISSUES • INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING • MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION • PUBLIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH, INFORMATION & TRAINING

  6. CDM Strategic Framework

  7. Logistics Base • Pre-positioning of emergency food in Barbados in the CDERA sub-regional warehouse. Present planning is for 150 MT of High Energy Biscuits. • Part of a global Humanitarian Emergency Relief Network with Staging Area in Panama and three sub-hubs in the LAC region with aim to create an integrated system to receive, store and dispatch relief items and equipment.

  8. Technical Assistance and Expertise Training expertise in: • Warehouse operations and management (food storage management and food distribution) • Emergency Food Security Assessment incl. GIS and vulnerability analysis • Storage system upgrades • Procurement

  9. Nutrition in emergencies (joint project UNICEF and WFP) • Assist in developing a regional vulnerability assessment methodology • Preparedness mission in 8 countries to develop vulnerability and food security profile

  10. Information platform • Data from the WFP Information Management Platform, which is accessible to governments and partners can be made available to complement the existing CDERA information platform. http://epweb.wfp.org/ep/home_page/ • Aim to establish a knowledge network of practitioners and institutions for the exchange and sharing of information (lessons learnt and best practices) on food based programs .

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