Overview
In 2022, Indonesia continued to recover from the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the economy, food security, livelihoods, and nutrition. However, the impact of natural hazards, climate change, and global inflation disrupted food systems, affecting the lives of those at risk of food insecurity, especially adolescent girls, and pregnant and lactating women.
To address these, WFP engaged in policy dialogue and provided technical assistance to support the Government’s plan to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2: Zero Hunger and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, as part of WFP’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2021-2025. This entailed improving evidence-based food security and nutrition analysis, as well as formulating recommendations to enhance food supply resilience, systems for climate and disaster risk management, and innovations to address malnutrition.
The Country Strategic Plan is aligned with the Government’s Medium Term National Development Plan 2020-2024 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2025 for Indonesia. Despite funding constraints, WFP delivered results across all three CSP Strategic Outcomes.
Under Strategic Outcome 1, WFP partnered with the Ministry of Social Affairs, National Food Agency and Statistics Indonesia to improve the quality of food security and nutrition evidence. This contributed to strengthening linkages between government systems and data platforms to mitigate the impact of natural hazards and climate change. Through advocacy, WFP played an integral role in the Government’s issuance of a decree that ensures the use of Food Security and Vulnerability Atlas, an important tool for policymakers to identify vulnerable areas for government programmes.
Under Strategic Outcome 2, WFP closely collaborated with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs. WFP convened stakeholders to identify opportunities to enhance the resiliency of food supply and expand access to and affordability of healthy diets for people most vulnerable to food insecurity. With WFP’s advocacy, the National Disaster Management Agency and the Chamber of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding, strengthening the regulatory framework for public-private partnerships for disaster preparedness and response.
Under Strategic Outcome 3, WFP supported the Ministry of Health to scale up the #KerenDimakan (Cool to Eat) digital campaign as part of a larger Healthy Living Community Movement. Jointly developed by the Ministry and WFP, the campaign aims to improve adolescents’ knowledge and practices on healthy diets. In 2022, WFP and the Ministry of National Development Planning initiated the implementation of the workplan for Joint Activities on Rice Fortification 2022-2024. Furthermore, WFP, in partnership with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, co-hosted a strategic policy dialogue to establish a common understanding of nutrition for school-age children and identify strategies to enhance the implementation of the National Action Plan for Improving the Welfare of School-Aged Children and Adolescents.
In line with Sustainable Development Goal 17, WFP continued fostering South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) initiatives. WFP facilitated an SSTC Peer Learning Event on Youth Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Response between the Ministry of Social Affairs of Indonesia and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief of Bangladesh. WFP Indonesia and WFP Jordan co-facilitated an SSTC virtual exchange on impact analysis and risk monitoring, with a focus on droughts. Subsequently, WFP facilitated a visit by the representatives of the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management of Jordan to Indonesia.
These results were made possible with contributions from the Government of Indonesia, UN Joint SDG Fund, the Government of Australia, WFP COVID-19 South-South Opportunity Fund, WFP Emerging Donor Matching Fund, WFP Strategic Resource Allocation Committee, and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations partnering with the United Nations Children’s Fund. WFP also continued its partnerships working with the private sector, with Cargill for strengthening nutrition for school-age children, with DSM for increasing affordability of fortified rice, and with the Asian Development Bank for scaling up access to post-harvest rice fortification. WFP Indonesia also received funding from Google.org, through WFP USA, which supports enhanced analytical capacity related to climate change risks.
