Commodity Management Capacity Building Project Supported by The Office of Food for Peace

Commodity Management

Capacity Building ProjectSupported by

The Office of Food for Peace

Big Picture – FFP in FY 2011

 Value 

($ million)Metric Tons Programs Countries

Emergency Food Assistance $1,457.4 1,224,966 76 41

Development Food Aid $434.2 430,046 57 28

Total Food Assistance

Source: AMEX

$1,891.6 1,655,012 133 69

Management Drivers

Focus

CM Life Cycle Approach

Reinforced learning

Sustainable learning

Planned CM Training

● Total # of training → 10

○ # of International training → 6 (Regional – 5, Start up – 1)

○ # of Domestic training → 4 (Title II Leads – 2, FFPO – 1, Advance Level – 1)

Regional Training Content Will be defined by …..

Self-assessment

Past participant survey

FFP Officers

FHI 360 Evaluations

RIG Audit Reports

Dev. Program Final Evaluations

FAFSA-2 Study & Reg 11

Advanced Training Topics Food Vouchers

Local/Regional Food Purchase Working with Subs/Partners Fraud Prevention in Food Aid Gender & Protection in Distribution Environmental Considerations in

Food Aid Monetization Emergency Food Distributions Do No Harm

Reinforced Learning

Regional Training

Echo Training

Learning Retention & Application Tool

Learning Exchange Platform

Cross Visits

Peer Monitoring

On-Site Tech

Assist

Sustainable Learning

CM Toolkit

E-Learning Module: CM - 101

On-site Technical Support

Learning Exchange Platform

Products & Tools• CM Staff Core Competency• Self Assessment Tool• CM Best Practices• CM Cheat Sheet• Learning Retention & Application

Monitoring Tool• Learning Exchange Platform• Cross Visit Checklist• Peer Monitoring Tool• E-Learning Module• CM Toolkit

Why are we doing all these?

Efficient commodity management

Maximize quantity of food delivered to the intended beneficiaries

Reg 11 compliance

Avoid adverse audit findings

Notable Features

CM Task Force: (Members are Subject Matter Experts from multiple PVOs, FFP, FACG & other stakeholders)

Initiate conversation on a common CTS (Commodity Tracking System)

CM Capacity Building Supporters Adam Reinhart, FFP Agreement Officer

Representative

Judy Canahuati, FPP Activity Manager

Juli Majernik, FFP Grants Manager

FFP Country/Regional Offices

PVO Partners

The TOPS program is funded by the Office of Food for Peace

TOPS CM Contacts:

B. K. De bkde@savechildren.org

Mark Fritzler

mfritzler@savechildren.org

This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace. The contents do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.