The evaluations affirm WFP’s foundational role in enabling collective response under emergency conditions. As cluster lead or co-lead, its agility, responsiveness and operational weight enable large-scale coordination, especially where few other organizations can. These strengths are most visible when roles are formally designated.
The synthesis concludes with two recommendations: at the corporate level, WFP should clarify and prioritize its role in coordination mechanisms and forums beyond the clusters that it leads; and it should create a narrative for its workforce that positions coordination as a core requirement, while preserving space for independent action when the humanitarian imperative demands it.
WFP. 2026. Evaluation Synthesis of WFP’s Engagement in Humanitarian Coordination.