H.31 Number of government and partner organizations supported by WFP coordination and/or services | |
VERSION | V1.0 - 2026.03 — NEW |
INDICATOR CODE | H.31 |
TECHNICAL OWNER | SCD |
INDICATOR TYPE | Country Level Output Indicator |
INDICATOR CLASSIFICATION | Mandatory |
INDICATOR SCOPE | Programme specific |
APPLICABILITY | The selection of this indicator is mandatory against the following sub-activities in CSP logframes. Selection of the below sub-activities will trigger in COMET the mandatory selection of this indicator:
The selection of this indicator is recommended against the following sub-activities in CSP logframes:
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UNIT OF MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS | Number of organizations |
DEFINITION | This indicator measures number of organizations (government institutions and humanitarian or development actors) that are supported by WFP, including both services administered and/or provided by WFP as well as formal coordination led or co-led by WFP, during the reporting period. Below are some terminologies related to the indicator: Support Services: is work done by WFP to deliver a tangible output (see above Sub-Activity Tags) that enables a government or parter organization to be more efficient and/or effective in their respective areas of work, for example: WFP contracting or operating guest houses, that are used by governments and/or partners to accommodate their personnel; WFP contracting or operating ICT infrastructure, that is used by governments and/or partners to communicate; WFP chartering and/or managing the operations of aircraft, that are used by governments and/or partners to move their personnel and/or cargo; WFP contracting or operating trucks, that are used by governments and/or partners to move their goods. Administered/Provided by: describes all services where WFP is the accountable party vis-à-vis the service user (i.e. the government and/or partner organization); in these cases WFP has either leased facilities and infrastructure, and hired personnel to directly provide the services, or has sub-contracted a service provider that will be tasked by WFP to deliver the service to a government and/or partner organization. Formal Coordination Mechanisms: are those country-level coordination forums established by a UN Country Team, Humanitarian Country Team, or national disaster management agency; having the endorsement of the RC or RC/HC, and the agreement of the UN Country Team and/or Humanitarian Country Team. They include, but are not limited to, country level Clusters (activated by the IASC), HCT and UNCT working groups (incl sectoral working groups and working groups established under the Operations Management Team), etcetera. Lead/Co-lead: describes a formal role assumed by an organization, with the endorsement of the RC/HC and country team, wherein that organization becomes responsible to regularly convene an appropriate group of stakeholders (i.e. a coordination forum) and lead them in working together to achieve the stated objectives endorsed by the RC/HC and country team; including managing a common/joint workplan, maintaining records of any joint work, reporting back and providing secretariat support to the forum. |
RATIONALE | This indicator is used to measure for the overall reach of support that WFP has provided, including both services administered and/or provided as well as formal coordination led or co-led, to governments and partners; in line with both Article II section d (i.e. providing services to bilateral donors, UN agencies and NGOs) and Article III (i.e. consulting with, seeking advice from and cooperating with the UN, FAO and other relevant organizations) of the General Regulations approved by the EB in 2025. |
DATA SOURCE | For the Mandated Logistics Services activity category, the number of organizations supported is reported by Information Management focal point in the CO supply chain function; and is calculated based on records that they maintain for inter-agency coordination (e.g. non-WFP participation in coordination forums, trainings, etcetera), and data extracted from the Relief Item Tracking Application for services provided. For the Mandated Telecommunications Services activity category, the number of organizations supported is reported by Information Management focal point in the CO ICT function; and is calculated based on records they maintain for inter-agency coordination and services provided. For the Aviation Services activity category, the number of organizations supported is extracted from the Takeflite application. For the On-demand Services activity category, the number of organizations supported is extracted from WINGS, based on the non-Donor Grants for the CSP Activity(ies) of this category. |
INDICATOR CALCULATION FOR REPORTING | This indicator is calculated as follows: Σ unique organizations supported in the reporting period for the “relevant” CSP Activity “Relevant” CSP activities include only those of the following categories: Mandated Logistics Services, Mandated Telecommunications Services, Aviation Services, and On-demand Services. No organization can be counted more than once. |
DATA ENTRY AND DISAGGREGATION IN CORPORATE SYSTEMS | This output indicator consists of five detailed indicators. Country Offices are expected to report on at least one of these detailed indicators, based on the CSP design and the operational context, to provide service-specific context in their ACR reporting. Planned and actual values will be entered in the system against each detailed indicator:
In addition to this, each detailed indicator can be disaggregated in COMET by:
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PLANNED FIGURES | |
FREQUENCY OF DATA COLLECTION | This indicator is more useful, in terms of providing feedback on support operations, if it is calculated and reported monthly; but at minimum, if selected, it should be calculated and reported quarterly. |
INTERPRETATION | This indicator is a ‘snapshot’ for the overall reach of support provided by WFP to governments and partners, in the reporting period (i.e. all sub-activities in all relevant activities categories can be measured in this same way, because they all have ‘client’ organizations who are being supported.) Frequent, and/or sudden changes in this value can indicate high degrees of uncertainty and/or instability in the service provision categories; low and/or declining values, particularly in relation to the Coordination (CORD) sub-activity, can indicate insufficient/reduced engagement with WFP support and should prompt a review to identify causes (e.g. reduced support needs, ineffective support operations, etcetera) and inform CO planning accordingly. |
REPORTING EXAMPLE(S) | N/A |
INDICATORS COLLECTED & ANALYSED AT THE SAME TIME | The following indicators may be reported along with this indicator: |
VISUALIZATION | N/A |
LIMITATIONS | This indicator measures the reach of support provided by WFP to governments and partners in one specific dimension; however, counting the number of unique organizations supported by WFP may not necessarily correlate to the overall scale and/or impact of the support itself (e.g. managing the delivery of 3 million mosquito nets to every district health center in country A, at the request of a single organization; compared to managing the delivery of 5000 Hygiene Kits, 5000 Reproductive Health Kits and 5000 Family Tents at the request of 10 different organizations). In addition, the utility of this measurement may be different depending on the sub-activity(ies) included (e.g. it is a more complete measurement for the Coordination (COORD) sub-activity than it is for the Freight Transport, Storage & Handling (LSP) sub-activity). For these reasons, other mandatory Indicators - including objective, service-specific output measures - should accompany this indicator and support a more holistic analysis wherever possible. |
FURTHER INFORMATION | N/A |