NGOs Blog

NGOs Blog

The aim of this Blog is to provide a platform for NGOs and WFP to interact on topics and issues of common interest. In particular, it serves as a discussion board for the annual WFP-NGO consultations, to agree on topics to be discussed and to exchange views and opinions on its format and methodology.

Looking forward to an active and fruitful online discussion!

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2011 annual WFP-NGO Consultation - agenda topics

Dear partners and colleagues,

In view of the upcoming WFP-NGO consultation, which this year will take place from 30 November to 1 December, we would like to seek your inputs on possible topics for discussion/presentations.

We are looking forward to your feedback and hope to see you soon in Rome.

Please remember that comments do not appear immediately as they have to be released by us in order to avoid spamming. Kindly ensure to indciate your/your organisation's name in the respective field.

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Key Telecommunications Services Free for NGOs working in Haiti

WFP has created an NGO section in the front page of the ICT Humanitarian Emergency Platform website www.wfp.org/ict-emergency. The information is in English, French and Spanish.

The section contains information on key telecommunications services that NGOs working in Haiti can have access to for free:

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WFP's NGO Partners In Haiti Crisis

WFP's NGO partners are providing crucial support to the agency as it delivers food to 2 million Haitians affected by the January 12 earthquake. >>See Photo Gallery

These eight organizations are on the ground helping WFP as it scales up food distributions in Port-au-Prince through 16 fixed sites:

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Food for Thought: Participants' Feedback on the 2008 WFP-NGO Annual Consultation

Pros: discussion on strategic issues; the chance to interact with top management; the debate on nutrition; the use of country cases to illustrate and draw out operations issues; the frankness, openness and informality of WFP participants.

Cons: some sessions a bit too heavy on WFP presentations, leaving little time for discussion; much of the information provided was already known and readily available elsewhere; there was a feeling that it had been more of an information-sharing meeting than a consultation.

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