This strategic evaluation provides an independent assessment of the support provided by WFP to refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants between 2017 and mid-2024. Its purpose is to meet WFP’s accountability requirements and inform the design and implementation of relevant policies, strategies, approaches and partnerships.
The evaluation found that WFP improved its ability to respond to complex and changing displacement situations, but its strategic vision and position on assisting food-insecure refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants remain unclear, particularly with regard to irregular migrants.
The evaluation recommends that:
- WFP formulate a clear corporate position on assisting refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants;
- Specify its programme offer and operational partnerships for integrating refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants into the full range of programmes;
- Strengthen its data systems and analytical capacity;
- Ensure that all programmes are based on comprehensive analysis of the status of refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants in relation to their intersecting vulnerabilities and protection risks;
- Develop a systematic approach to strategic and operational partnerships with agencies mandated to work on displacement and migration issues;
- Strengthen resource mobilization with a view to more effectively meeting the immediate humanitarian needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and irregular migrants and host populations while embedding support for the transition towards long-term solutions from the start of a humanitarian response.
