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

2. Value ($ million) Metric TonsProgramsCountries Emergency Food Assistance $1,457.41,224,9667641 Development Food Aid $434.2430,0465728 Total Food Assistance Source: AMEX $1,891.61,655,01213369

3. Management Drivers

4.  CM Life Cycle Approach  Reinforced learning  Sustainable learning

5. ● 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)

6.  Self-assessment  Past participant survey  FFP Officers  FHI 360 Evaluations  RIG Audit Reports  Dev. Program Final Evaluations  FAFSA-2 Study & Reg 11

7. 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

8. Reinforced Learning

9. CM Toolkit E-Learning Module: CM - 101 On-site Technical Support Learning Exchange Platform

10. 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

11.  Efficient commodity management  Maximize quantity of food delivered to the intended beneficiaries  Reg 11 compliance  Avoid adverse audit findings

12.  CM Task Force: (Members are Subject Matter Experts from multiple PVOs, FFP, FACG & other stakeholders)  Initiate conversation on a common CTS (Commodity Tracking System)

13.  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

14. 1.Ordering & Receiving Commodities at Port 2.Inland Transport & Warehousing 3.Beneficiary Selection & Distribution 4.Handling of Losses & Damages 5.Commodity Accounting & Reporting 6.End-use Monitoring

15.  Discuss Challenges  Identify Capacity Gaps  List Top 3 priorities for CM Capacity Building

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17. Going Forward …..  Encourage CM Staff to be engaged in the Discussion Forum  Share CM materials for hosting in FSN Network “Resource Library”  Nominate senior CM staff for Task Force membership

18.  B. K. De bkumarde@savechildren.org  Mark Fritzler mfritzler@savechildren.org

19. 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.