Annual Country Report 2020: Tunisia. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2022

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2020.

English

32 p.

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Under the current Country Strategic Plan (CSP) (2018-2022) and through technical assistance and policy advice, WFP has efficiently strengthened the capacity of the Tunisian institutions to design and implement an inclusive school feeding programme that promotes food and nutrition security. WFP continued to support the Ministry of Education (MoE) to shorten the school meals supply chain and invest in local procurement. Thanks to the trainings delivered by WFP’s cooperating partners, a growing number of school communities are now able to manage their own school garden’s production. WFP also consolidated its support towards gender empowerment by fostering the creation of revenue-generating opportunities for a growing number of women smallholder farmers now participating in the school meals supply chain. This year was also marked by launching the pilot phase of the Last Mile Ecosystem, , aiming to connect smallholder farmers to school canteens through a network of private carriers. The COVID-19 crisis presented several challenges for WFP in switching its assistance from capacity strengthening to direct emergency. Through a budget revision to include the cash-based transfer modality, WFP demonstrated higher level of flexibility in responding timely to the direct request of the Ministry of Social Affairs and MoE by providing top-ups to prioritized families affected by schools closure and therefore not benefitting anymore from free school meals.

Electronic ed.

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