Attachments
Highlights
- Strengthening collaboration for effective social assistance, WFP and the National Development Planning Agency co-hosted a workshop to optimize supply chains for Indonesia’s free nutritious meals programme.
- Indonesia recently enacted a national standard for fortified rice kernels, with WFP’s support in shaping policy and implementation.
Operational Updates
Free Nutritious Meals Programme
- In partnership with the National Development Planning Agency, WFP co-hosted an international supply chain optimization workshop to facilitate intra-governmental collaboration in implementing social assistance programmes, with a focus on Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals programme. This government initiative aims to reach 15 million schoolchildren in 2025. Participants reviewed and identified key actions across several thematic areas, including operational scale-up, food fortification, supply chain design, and market linkages, including institutional demand. The workshop findings will be further discussed with the Agency for follow-up actions.
- WFP is providing technical assistance to support the operational scale-up of the Government’s Free Nutritious Meals Programme. This includes expanding partnerships with national organizations, such as the Indonesia Food Security Review (IFSR) for contextual modelling and supporting menu optimization efforts through introduction of evidence-based and globally tested, School Menu Planner (SMP) Plus to the Agency.
- WFP supported the Government of Indonesia in joining the Global School Meals Coalition, highlighting the country’s commitment to global partnerships in advancing nutrition and food security for schoolchildren and reinforcing WFP’s role in supporting national objectives.
Rice Fortification
- The enactment of the National Standard for fortified rice kernels (FRK) establishes the legal framework for voluntary rice fortification. This standard applies to FRK producers and social assistance programmes coordinated by BULOG (Indonesia’s state food procurement agency) or food state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that include fortified rice. The drafting process, led by the National Food Agency in 2024, involved WFP and a technical committee of government agencies, business associations, and academia. WFP's involvement began in 2021, contributing insights and recommendations during key meetings.
Healthy Diet Promotion and School Nutrition
- In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, WFP launched a digital social and behaviour change campaign to promote healthy diets and lifestyles among urban adolescents and youth to prevent noncommunicable diseases. Titled "Si Paling Megang: Menyala dengan Gerak dan Gizi Seimbang" ("Fire Yourself Up with Healthy Diets and Lifestyles"), the campaign began in December 2024 through social media platforms Instagram and TikTok. The workshop also supported the ongoing campaign, with further online and offline activities planned to expand its reach.
Climate Change Adaptation and Anticipatory Action
- WFP collaborated with the Climate Task Force in East Nusa Tenggara Province to develop a template for integrating the results from the Consolidated Livelihood Exercise for Analysing Resilience (also known as CLEAR+) into medium-term development planning documents. This template will serve as a reference for provincial and district governments, particularly development planning agencies, during the drafting process. The Government aims to finalize the medium-term development planning document by August 2025.
- WFP supported the Yogyakarta Provincial Government in achieving a major milestone in disaster preparedness with a tabletop exercise on tropical cyclones. The event involved high-level representatives from key stakeholders and tested the province's Tropical Cyclone Contingency Plan. The exercise strengthened coordination among stakeholders, including local governments, and communities, while reinforcing the integration of anticipatory action into provincial disaster management. Moving forward, the Yogyakarta Government plans to address gaps, train stakeholders, and share best practices at the district level to further institutionalize anticipatory action in Indonesia.
- WFP continued its support to the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government to develop a model for integrating anticipatory action in the Disaster Resilience Village (DESTANA) implementation and the utilization of village funds. The initial draft guidelines for incorporating anticipatory action into DESTANA and village fund usage have been revised for further review. These guidelines aim to assist village leaders in using village funds to anticipate disasters, particularly those that can be predicted through early warning systems.