In February 2021

WFP and National Observatory of Agriculture (ONAGRI) held a training as part of the launch of the Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS) in WFP early February. Country Brief

February 2021

TOperational Context Operational Updates The strategic direction of the Government of Tunisia currently focuses • WFP Tunisia undertook a follow up mission on the on strengthening democracy, while laying the groundwork for a training for interviewers involved in the nutritional strong economic recovery. Tunisia has a gross national income (GNI) per capita of USD 10,800 at purchasing power parity (UNDP, 2020). study in which seeks to assess the dietary

The 2020 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human habits of school children and their parents in rural Development Index (HDI) ranks Tunisia 95 out 189 countries and 65th southern parts of the region, including , on the Gender Inequality Index (GII). Rouhia and Kasra. The purpose of the mission was

to support the interviewers in their task and gather WFP has positioned itself in a technical advisory role through their early feedback and findings. capacity-strengthening activities, providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Education (ME) and Ministry of Agriculture, Marine • WFP Tunisia conducted a workshop to prepare the Fisheries and Hydraulic Resources (MAPRH), as well as working with launch of the Fill the Nutrient Gap survey, with other ministries and national stakeholders aiming to improve national various national and international stakeholders. school feeding and other social protection programmes in Tunisia. Following this discussion, a steering committee has been established.

• WFP Tunisia’s Line of Sight along with the Theory of Change for Tunisia are under discussion with the Regional Bureau in Cairo, in preparation of the

upcoming Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2021-2025 signed with the Tunisian government in December.

• WFP has participated in all the external consultation panels that are in preparation of the Common Country Assessment (CCA) of Morocco, an essential step in the elaboration of the next UN

Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development (2022-2026). WFP is leading the CCA panel on socio-economic impact of the environment.

2019 Human Development Index: Population: 11.7 million 95 out of 189

Income Level: Lower middle GNI per Capita (PPP): USD 10,800

Contact info: Aziza BOUHEJBA ([email protected]) Photo: The 18 interviewers and six supervisors trained by WFP and WFP Head of Office: Fatimata SOW SIDIBE ONAGRI to conduct the first phase of the FSMS in , Further information: www.wfp.org/countries/Tunisia and . WFP/Aziza Bouhejba

WFP Country Strategy WFP and the Ministry of Education inaugurated the central school canteen of Tunisia Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022) Kerkennah, located in the school Farhat

Total Requirement Allocated Contributions (in USD) Hached, that will procure hot meals to 750 (in USD) children. 4 m 4 m Six-Month Net Funding 2021 Requirements Requirements (in USD) (April - September 2021) 0.7 m 0 m

Strategic Result 5: Developing countries have strengthened capacities to implement the SDGs Strategic Outcome 1: National institutions in Tunisia have strengthened capacity to implement enhanced school meals and social protection programmes which advance food security and nutrition by 2022. Focus area: Root Causes Activity: • Provide policy advice and technical assistance to national institutions implementing school meals and social protection programmes. Photo: School children having their lunch at the central school

canteen of Farhat Hached School in the island of Kerkennah Monitoring (Tunisia) WFP/Aziza Bouhejba • Following the agreement signed between the WFP and the Ministry of Agriculture (ONAGRI), a training of 18 The central canteen of the Farhat Hached school interviewers and six supervisors took place in Kairouan. located in the island of Kerkennah (Tunisia) was The training was followed by a data collection in three inaugurated in early February by the Ministry of governorates: Kairouan, Kasserine and Sidi Bouzid. A total Education and WFP. This second central canteen, part of 1,333 households, in six delegations have been of a series of ten planned canteens by the Tunisian interviewed. Results are being analysed and will soon be government, provides healthy meals to more than 750 shared. students every day. WFP is supporting the Challenges government in its work to strengthen the national school feeding program. The central canteens cater • A few of WFP’s interventions are still on hold due to for the lunches of school children in several satellite COVID-19 health security measures. These interventions canteens in the surrounding schools. This ensures a include mainly the capacity strengthening support to the healthy, nutritious, and hot meal for all school government through trainings, such as the roll out of the children. nutrition and hygiene guidelines as well as the nutrition- sensitive activities conducted by WFP’s cooperating partners at the school level.

Partnerships

• WFP Tunisia has finalized its 2020 Annual Country Report.

The report will be available to the public by the end of the month of March. Funding partners

• Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Ministry of Agriculture - Regional Commissariat for

Agricultural Development of Siliana (CRDA)

• UNAIDS - Unified Budget, Results and Accountability

Framework (UBRAF)

• UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund • Principality of Monaco

WFP Tunisia Country Brief February 2021