CC.4.1 Proportion of FLAs/MoUs/CCs for CSP activities screened for environmental and social risk

CC.4.1 Proportion of field-level agreements/memorandums of understanding/construction contracts for CSP activities screened for environmental and social risk

VERSION

V6.0 - 2026.03 — Existing with revisions

INDICATOR CODE

CC.4.1

TECHNICAL OWNER

PRGR

INDICATOR TYPE

Country Level Cross-cutting Indicator

Priority Area: Integrating environmental sustainability

INDICATOR CLASSIFICATION

Mandatory

INDICATOR SCOPE

Programme specific

APPLICABILITY

This indicator is applicable at CSP activity level for all sub-activities.

It is applicable to all CSPs with activities implemented through Field Level Agreements (FLA), Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), and/or Construction Contracts (CC).

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS

Percentage of FLAs, CCs, MoUs

DEFINITION

This indicator measures how many agreements have been screened for environmental and social risks. Agreements included in this indicator are Field Level Agreements (FLAs), Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and construction contracts (CCs).

Some key terminologies are listed below:

‘Environmental and Social Risk Screening (ESRS)’ is the process of assessing whether a proposed activity poses the risk of causing unintended harm to people (beneficiaries or others) or the environment. The ESRS allows to identify any environmental and social risks that might infringe any of the WFP Environmental and Social Standards. It can be done by means of the WFP Screening Tool or a valid alternative tool (agreed with the donor or provided by the national government). An FLA, MoU, or CC has been ‘screened for environmental and social risks’ when the ESRS for the interventions covered by the agreement or contract has been conducted.

‘CSP Activities’ refers to “Free text Activities” in CSP logframes. These activities are defined in LOS guidance as interventions, actions taken, or work performed through which inputs – such as funds, technical assistance and other types of resources – are mobilized to produce specific OUTPUTS. This is different from Standard Activities as Multiple CSP ACTIVITIES can link to the same main STANDARD ACTIVITY. e.g. Ecosystem restoration, community infrastructure and livelihood opportunities (ECL), Financial solutions, information services and market access (FIM), School Meals Programmes (SMP), etc.

‘Interventions’ are, for the purpose of this indicator methodology, defined as parts of a CSP activity that are implemented through a Field Level Agreement (FLA) with a cooperating partner, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a partner, or a Construction Contract (CC) with a contractor. Thus, the number of interventions will be equal to the number of FLAs, MoUs and/or CCs required to implement a CSP activity each reporting year. As per the WFP screening guidelines, CSP activities are screened when their interventions are designed for implementation through FLAs, MoUs or CCs.

‘Proportion’ refers to the count of interventions (FLAs, MoUs or CCs under one CSP activity) whose proposals were screened for environmental and social risks before their implementation, divided by the total number of interventions (FLAs, MoUs, and CCs) planned to be implemented during a given reporting year (under the same CSP activity). More details on the calculation can be found in the ‘indicator calculation’ and ‘examples’ sections of this methodology.

Note: please note that all FLAs/MoUs/CCs should be screened before implementation.

RATIONALE

Environmental risk screening is mandated by WFP’s Environmental Policy and by most bilateral and all multilateral donors, as well as by most national legislations. Social risk assessments are already embedded in a wide range of WFP policies, combining them into one single tool reduces operational burden, cost and complexity for country offices.

A 2021 ED Circular established the Environmental and Social Framework (ESSF) as WFP’s principal framework to increase the environmental and social sustainability of its programme activities and support operations. The ESSF is built around the WFP Environmental and Social Standards, which summarize the commitments and minimum standards enshrined in existing WFP policies, directives, and guidelines, as well as in relevant international law. The WFP Environmental and Social Standards are mainstreamed in programme activities through the application of Environmental and Social Safeguards.

The present indicator tracks the proportion of interventions under each CSP activity implemented in a reporting year that were screened for environmental risks before implementation (through an FLAs, MoUs, and CCs) started.

DATA COLLECTION TOOL

N/A

Screening tool available at this link.

SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS

N/A

INDICATOR CALCULATION FOR REPORTING

Consider each CSP activity (e.g. ECL, FIM, SMP, …) that was implemented during year X separately.

IF the CSP activity is implemented by Cooperating Partners through FLAs, or by partners through MoUs, or by contractors through CCs,

THEN, for each CSP activity (e.g. ECL, FIM, SMP, …):

1. Count the number of FLAs, MoUs, or CCs governing interventions implemented during year X (see also notes 1, 2, 3);

2. Count the number of implemented FLAs, MoUs, or CCs whose design was screened for environmental and social risks before implementation started (see also notes 4, 5, 6, 7) – this must be a subset of (a.);

3. Divide (b.) by (a.) and convert in percentage:

Note 1: If an FLA/MoU/CC is implemented during year X-1, year X, and year X+1, it is considered for the indicator calculations of the three consecutive years.

Note 2: If an FLA/MoU/CC was signed in year X-1 but implementation started in year X, then the FLA/MoU/CC is considered for the calculation of the indicator in year X.

Note 3: If one FLA/MoU/CC covers multiple CSP activities, this one FLA/MoU/CC is considered in the calculation of each CSP activity.

Note 4: An FLA/MoU/CC usually counts as ‘screened’ or ‘not screened’ for the whole duration of its implementation, which may cover multiple years, unless it is reviewed to be screened and/or new interventions are added under an existing FLA/MoU/CC during its implementation period. In both cases, they should be counted and reported as new FLAs/MoUs/CCs and the previous versions should no longer be included in the calculation of this indicator.

Note 5: If multiple proposals were considered for 1 FLA (e.g. through an open call for proposals), only the proposal that was selected for implementation is included in the calculation of the indicator.

Note 6: Proposals screened with either the WFP screening tool, a donor tool, or the government tool all count as ‘screened’ for the calculation of this indicator, provided that the donor tool or government tool cover all areas of the WFP Environmental and Social Standards.

Note 7: Only if WFP was involved in the screening process or had access to the results of the screening process, the activity can be counted as ‘screened’ for the calculation of this indicator.

DATA ENTRY AND DISAGGREGATION IN CORPORATE SYSTEMS

For FLAs and MoUs data on screening is recorded in COMET using two modules:

1. In the Partnerships module, where the basic information on agreements is recorded, a mandatory data-entry field appears when FLAs and MOUs are created in the system. The field is titled “Environmental and social risk screening”, and users must select one of the following options from the drop-down list:

   • NS/TBC – Not screened or TBC

   • Low risk – ESR category C

   • Medium risk – ESR category B

   • High risk – ESR category A

2. In the logframe module: The above-mentioned information is also aggregated and used to calculate the score reported in the logframe module for each CSP activity.This value must be reported annually in the logframe module for every CSP activity implementing at least one FLA, MoU or CCs in a given reporting year (from January to December).

The mandatory combination in COMET for this indicator in the logframe includes:

• country,

• target group,

• CSP activity, and

• sub‑activity

Baseline and targets are to be entered as percentages.

Follow-up values are to be recorded as numerator and denominator in absolute figures, in line with the indicator calculation formula and disaggregated by FLAs, MoUs and CCs.

Data is entered at CSP activity and sub-activity level as per following table:

This will allow WFP to aggregate this information at CSP, RO or corporate level. In the future, this indicator may be automatically calculated based on information entered in Partnership Agreements, reducing the need for CO data entry in the logframe module.

Corporate dashboards in WFP will however display ESRS analysis disaggregated by CRF activity categories (ECL, FIM, SMP, etc.) and activity tags or aggregated at CO and RO level.

BASELINE

This indicator requires a yearly baseline. The first year of a CSP the baseline is 0 percent for all CSP activities. From the second year of the CSP the baseline would be the latest follow-up reported by the same CSP activity in the previous reporting year.

TARGET SETTING

Annual target:

The annual targets needs to gradually increase until achieving 100% by the end of the CSP.

End of CSP targets:

100%.

FREQUENCY OF DATA COLLECTION

Reporting on this indicator happens on a yearly basis. The calculation of the proportion of screened interventions, implemented in the reporting year, is determined towards the end of the reporting year.

INTERPRETATION

A score of 100 percent means that all interventions under a given CSP activity, implemented through FLAs/MoUs/CCs during year X, were screened during their design.

REPORTING EXAMPLE(S)

INDICATORS COLLECTED & ANALYSED AT THE SAME TIME

CC.4.4 Percentage of FLAs/MOUs/CCs for CSP activities with approved management plans that contain measures for mitigating environmental risks

COMPLEMENTARY QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

N/A

DECISIONS DATA CAN INFORM

The screening results are expected to inform programme managers on whether an FLA, MoU or CC can be implemented and whether these activities require the development and implementation of ESR Management Plans to follow-up on manageable risk linked to any of eight ESS standards.

The percentage of FLAs, MoUs, and CCs screened inform programme managers, auditors, donors and senior management on WFP’s compliance with its Environmental Policy and commitment to upholding the “do no harm” principle.

VISUALIZATION

Indicator data could be represented by a segmented bar chart:

• one bar per CSP activity or per CSP activity category (ECL, FIM, SMP, etc.)

• each bar showing the total number of interventions (FLAs/MoUs/CCs) implemented under the CSP activity during the reporting year and the proportion of the FLAs/MoUs/CCs whose design was screened e.g.

Other visualization examples are available here.

LIMITATIONS

The indicator on environmental risk screening reveals if and to what extent WFP activities are screened for potential environmental risks. It does not say anything about the quality of the screening process, nor the effectiveness of the mitigation actions included in the project design to address the risks. For this reason, the quantitative information provided by the indicator needs to be complemented with a narrative description of screening practices in the dedicated section of the Annual Country Report (ACR), as per this guidance.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The WFP Environmental and Social Risk Screening tool, together with general and activity-specific guidance, is available on WFPGo.

Detailed info on baselines, targets and follow-up values is available in real-time here.