01.MR.KPI - WFP Humanitarian Diplomacy

C2629.MR11.K01 - HUMANITARIAN DIPLOMACY
KPI NAME	Number of humanitarian diplomacy engagement plans developed to advance humanitarian outcomes in politically complex
NEW OR EXISTING KPI	New KPI
INDICATOR CODE	C2629.MR11.K01
RESPONSIBLE DIVISION	OED DIP
MR OUTPUT	1.1 Leadership and direction
PURPOSE	The purpose of this KPI is to measure the effectiveness and strategic impact of WFP’s senior leadership’s diplomatic engagement with high-level political decision-makers. It ensures that such engagement is planned, targeted, and monitored to advance humanitarian outcomes—like access, protection of civilians and humanitarian workers —while enabling continuous learning and annual assessment of relevance and impact. For this KPI, the following definitions apply: Engagement plan: A document endorsed by WFP’s Leadership Team, focused on achieving humanitarian diplomacy objectives in support of priority contexts or themes Priority contexts or themes: Contexts or themes identified by DIP and endorsed by WFP senior leadership through the annual work plan Political decision-makers: Official figures from Member States, including de facto authorities, at a level corresponding to the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director Politically complex settings: Settings where international diplomatic engagement by WFP senior leadership is required to complement in-country efforts
CALCULATION FORMULA	Result = ∑ (Humanitarian diplomacy engagement plans endorsed by the WFP Leadership Team during the reference period)
CALCULATION STEPS	Count the number of new humanitarian engagement plans endorsed by the Leadership Team
DATA SOURCE	Data is available from the WFP OED DIP repository
DATA COLLECTION METHOD	Data is collected by downloading from the WFP Office of Executive Director database
AUTOMATION	N/A
BASELINE VALUE	3
ASSUMPTIONS	Continued capacity for humanitarian diplomacy
LIMITATIONS	Limitations include: The engagement plans are confidential and not published Priority context and themes are likely to change over time, thus rendering certain engagement plans unnecessary or less relevant during the CRF 2026-2029
REVIEW FREQUENCY	Annual
QCPR INDICATOR	False
UN COMMON/ COMPLEMENTARY INDICATOR	False
IS THE KPI A UN COMMON OR COMPLEMENTARY INDICATOR	N/A
CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES	N/A
POINT OF CONTACT	wfp.performanceplanning@wfp.org

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01.MR.KPI - WFP Humanitarian Diplomacy