ROME – The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), His Excellency Artur Andrzej Pollok, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Poland, has welcomed the a
From October 3-7, the Executive Board Secretariat and WFP Independent Oversight Advisory Committee held its regular meeting in Nairobi and visited WFP operations in Kenya.
A high-level event held on 16 November during the second regular session of the WFP Executive Board
During the Second Regular Session of the Executive Board 2020, WFP had the honour to host the
For a half-day on 29 May, over 600 participants from Rome, New York and other capitals attended the first virtual Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP (J
POSTPONED to 16-17 April
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From 18 to 21 November, the Executive Board will convene for its 2019 second regular session.
In a departure from the norm, the 2019 Second Regular Session will have a heavy policy focus and will ex
UNHRD, Brindisi
On 10 October 2019, a delegation from the Executive Board had a new opportunity to visit the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) and its Innovation Lab in Brindisi, Ita
This year’s participants of the Command and Staff College Course at the military academy of the German Armed Forces greatly enjoyed the insights they gained during a visit to WFP.
On the occasion of the 2019 annual joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP (JMB), the President of the WFP Executive Board, H.E. Mr.
Every year, representatives from the four Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP undertake a joint field visit (JFV) to observe inter-agency collaboration, project implementati
The official Twitter account of the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food & Agriculture (USUN Rome) twitted about today great event.
See the tweet here.
On 1 March 2019, the Fourth Africa Day of School Feeding, 55 countries will celebrate all over Africa under the theme: Investing in home grown school feeding for achieving Zero Hunger and sustaining i
In the context of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and to better respond to the needs of the United Nations Member States, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched in 2016.
The 36 Member States of WFP’s Executive Board will convene for their first regular session from 26 to 28 February.
Here are main highlights to look out for:
The Executive Board Bureau elections
During this First Regular Session of the Executive Board, a number of side events are going to take place over the next few days.
Monday, 25 February
- Launch and ribbon-cutting of the WFP Gul
The Executive Board Platform
The website and the Restricted Membership Area were launched at the beginning of 2018: the website in January and the Membership Area, which uses an encrypted and control
So many side events and exhibitions have marked this Second Regular Session of the Executive Board.
Here are some of them:
Launch and ribbon-cutting of the United Arab Emirates-sponsored “Year of
Rome headquarters hosted the second regular session of the Executive Board over four days from 13-16 November to lay out the foundation for WFP’s work for 2018 and beyond.
Here's a round-up:
Openi
On 16 November 2018, an Executive Board delegation had the opportunity to visit the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) and its Innovation Lab in Brindisi, Italy.
The field visit of the WFP Executive Board took place in Turkey and Lebanon to view WFP’s work in supporting refugees impacted by the crisis in Syria and communities who kindly host them.
On the request of several Rome-based missions, the Executive Board Secretariat, with the support of HQ Services and HQ Security, facilitated several high-level visits including two head of states on M
First Executive Board visit to the WFP Innovation Accelerator in Munich on 8 October 2018
A delegation of 14 WFP Member States representing 13 countries visited the W
Fostering the cooperation between UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP
Agenda and Documents
Related report of the Joint Meeting of the Board which took place in New York, 1st June 2018.
400 high school students learned about diplomacy and multilateralism
From 22 to 25 May 2018, WFP, with support from the Executive Board Secretariat, hosted the piloting of the Global Action Model Uni
The 2018 joint field visit of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN- Women and WFP took place to the Republic of Uganda from 30 April to 4 May 2018.
Meeting Agenda and Documents
The joint field visit to Nepal of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Natio
For the annual joint field visit of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, WFP and UN-Women, a delegation of 21 members visited the Kyrgyz Republic from 2 to 7 May 2016, with the purpose
From 6 to 14 September 2015 members of the WFP Executive Board visited Pakistan to gain a better understanding of WFP’s food assistance programming in one of its largest operations.
The field visit
A delegation of 24 Members of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, WFP, and UN-Women conducted a joint field visit to Amman, Jordan from 24 April to 2 May 2015, with the purpose of enh
Meeting Agenda and Documents
The WFP Board members visit Lao People's Democratic Republic from 7 to 16 September.
The purpose of the visit is to allow Board members to:
provide exposure to WFP
Meeting Agenda & Documents
A delegation comprising 25 Members of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, WFP, and UN Women conducted a joint field visit to Panama and El Salvador fro