92. Transition strategy for school health and nutrition and school meals developed and/or implemented with WFP support | |
VERSION | V1.0 - 2026.03 — NEW |
INDICATOR CODE | 92 |
TECHNICAL OWNER | SBP |
INDICATOR TYPE | Country Level Outcome Indicator |
INDICATOR CLASSIFICATION | Mandatory |
INDICATOR SCOPE | Programme specific |
APPLICABILITY | The selection of this indicator is mandatory against the following sub-activities in CSPs logframes. Selection of the below sub-activities will trigger in COMET the mandatory selection of this indicator:
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UNIT OF MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS | Yes/No |
DEFINITION | This indicator measures whether a transition strategy for school health and nutrition and/or school feeding has been developed with WFP capacity strengthening support during the reporting period. The indicator is binary and takes a value of 1 (yes, developed) or 0 (no, not developed). Below are some key definitions for this indicator: School health and nutrition Transition strategy Developed with WFP capacity strengthening support |
RATIONALE | The indicator reflects WFP’s strategic commitment to context‑specific engagement and sustainable national ownership of school health, nutrition, and school feeding programmes. In contexts where transition is a strategic objective, the existence of a clearly defined transition strategy is a critical milestone. It signals that governments and WFP have jointly articulated a time‑bound, nationally led pathway for shifting responsibility from externally supported interventions to sustainable national systems. The WFP school feeding strategy 2020-2030 adopts a context specific approach to programme design. WFP will implement school health and nutrition interventions in three different contexts: 1: Crisis or humanitarian settings, 2: Stable low-income and lower middle-income countries and 3: Middle-income countries. In Context 2, WFP supports the transition and scale‑up of national programmes by strengthening systems and providing targeted technical assistance to governments with emerging capacities. WFP works with national authorities to improve the quality, coverage, and sustainability of national programmes and to develop time‑bound national targets and transition or handover strategies. These efforts are intended to support a gradual reduction of WFP’s direct operational role and beneficiary reach over time, in line with increasing national ownership. In Context 3, WFP supports the consolidation and strengthening of national programmes where the transition to government ownership has already occurred. In these settings, WFP’s assistance focuses on supporting reforms, improving quality, and strengthening specific components of national school feeding programmes. This support may include piloting innovative approaches or models to inform national policy and programme design. Where pilots are implemented, the objective is to transition successful and scalable models to full government ownership once their relevance and scalability for the national context have been demonstrated. |
DATA COLLECTION TOOL | Data for this indicator is collected through the WFP Activity Managers responsible for school feeding. Reporting is based on verification of the existence of a transition strategy for school health and nutrition and/or school feeding that has been developed with WFP support. The primary data source is the finalized transition strategy document, or an officially submitted draft, supported by written evidence of joint development with national stakeholders and, where possible, confirmation of submission for government endorsement. |
SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS | N/A |
INDICATOR CALCULATION FOR REPORTING | This indicator is a binary (yes/no) measure and does not require any numerical calculation. A value of 1 (Yes) is recorded if a transition strategy for school health and nutrition and/or school feeding has been developed with WFP support during the reporting period, finalized and submitted for government endorsement or approval. A value of 0 (No) is recorded if no such strategy exists or if the strategy has not reached a finalized stage. No aggregation, scoring, or additional calculation is required. |
DATA ENTRY AND DISAGGREGATION IN CORPORATE SYSTEMS | Values are recorded in the logframe. Each value has a reporting combination which is created based on:
The indicator is reported as one value: Yes or No. |
BASELINE | The baseline for this indicator is established at the time of Country Strategic Plan (CSP) approval and reflects whether a transition strategy for school health and nutrition and/or school feeding already exists at that point. If a transition strategy has been developed and finalized at the time of CSP approval, the baseline value is set to 1. If no such strategy exists, or if it is still under development and not finalized, the baseline value is set to 0. Subsequent reporting captures any change from this baseline during the CSP implementation period. |
TARGET SETTING | Targets for this indicator are set at the end of the CSP period, rather than annually, reflecting the time needed to develop, consult on, and secure approval for a transition strategy. |
FREQUENCY OF DATA COLLECTION | Annual |
INTERPRETATION | This indicator reflects the outcome of WFP’s engagement with national governments to support a structured transition toward nationally owned school health and nutrition and school feeding programmes. Such transitions are expected to be guided by a transition strategy that defines the steps and timeline for shifting programme ownership from WFP or other external actors to national institutions, in line with WFP’s corporate guide, A Structured Approach to Transition. A value of “Yes” (1) indicates that a government has formally developed a transition strategy—jointly with WFP—that has been finalized and approved, or submitted for approval, through an agreed national process. A value of “No” (0) indicates that no such strategy has been finalized during the reporting period. A change from 0 to 1 represents a significant strategic milestone, signaling formal government commitment to a structured, time‑bound transition. Given the complexity and length of consultation and approval processes, transition strategies often take several years to develop; therefore, the absence of change in a given year does not necessarily indicate limited progress but rather reflects the long‑term nature of transition planning. |
REPORTING EXAMPLE(S) | In 2024, the Government of Atlantica developed a comprehensive transition strategy for school meals, with technical support from WFP and in close coordination with the Ministries of Education, Health, and Agriculture. The strategy outlines a phased approach to strengthening national ownership of the school feeding programme, including clear milestones related to policy integration, institutional capacity development, financing arrangements, and supply chain improvements. It also defines the roles and responsibilities of relevant government entities at national and sub‑national levels and incorporates measures to enhance the nutrition sensitivity of the programme, including improved menu standards, increased use of micronutrient‑rich foods, and strengthened meal delivery. The transition strategy was validated through a multi‑stakeholder consultation workshop and formally endorsed by the Ministry of Education in November 2024. It provides a structured roadmap for progressively shifting implementation responsibilities from WFP to government leadership over the coming years, aligned with Atlantica’s broader education sector priorities. The strategy is now informing annual operational planning and resource mobilization efforts and serves as a key reference document for coordinating partner support to the national school meals programme. |
INDICATORS COLLECTED & ANALYSED AT THE SAME TIME | This indicator can be analyzed alongside other measures of government capacity strengthening for school meals programmes to provide a more comprehensive picture of national readiness, ownership, and sustainability of school meals systems. |
COMPLEMENTARY QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | Complementary qualitative analysis can document lessons learned from the process of developing the transition strategy, including the effectiveness of government–WFP collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and alignment with national priorities and planning cycles. Interviews and process reviews can also explore how the strategy is perceived and used by government counterparts, including whether it informs decision‑making, coordination, and resource mobilization. In addition, qualitative inquiry can identify gaps, risks, and future opportunities for strengthening WFP’s technical support to governments during transition planning, such as capacity needs, political economy constraints, or sequencing challenges. |
DECISIONS DATA CAN INFORM | This indicator provides a simple signal to guide Country Office decisions on how to position WFP support to national school meals programmes. A value of 1 (transition strategy exists) can inform decisions to adjust the level and modality of engagements, such as shifting from direct implementation toward targeted technical assistance, coordination, or consolidation support—while a value of 0 highlights the need to prioritize transition planning and upstream capacity strengthening. |
VISUALIZATION | NA |
LIMITATIONS | This indicator is limited by its binary format, as it only confirms the existence of a transition strategy and does not capture its quality, comprehensiveness, feasibility, or level of implementation. A value of “Yes” may therefore overstate readiness for sustainability, as the indicator does not reflect the exact progress in executing the strategy or in transferring responsibilities to national institutions. The indicator also represents a snapshot in time and does not account for contextual challenges or setbacks; progress is inherently long‑term and may take several years to materialize. Furthermore, results are highly dependent on government ownership and continuity, and may be affected by political changes, shifting priorities, or external shocks. |
FURTHER INFORMATION | Consult GHQ SBP team. |
92. Transition strategy for school health and nutrition and school meals developed and/or implemented with WFP support
- Published on Mar 31, 2026
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