Clusters and multistakeholder partnerships

Responding efficiently to emergencies, saving lives endangered by famine and ensuring we achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 require the coordinated work of several partners – be they humanitarian agencies, governments or private sector operators – each contributing their unique expertise and know-how.

The importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships to mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is clearly articulated in SDG 17.

For the World Food Programme (WFP), multi-stakeholder partnership is a key opportunity to learn from other actors. To advance the Zero Hunger goal by harnessing the creative power of different actors and leverage their respective experience and expertise, WFP promotes multi-stakeholder partnerships such as the Scale Up Nutrition (SUN) movement and UN Nutrition.  Co-hosted by WFP and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the SUN network brings together private companies, UN agencies, civil society and donors to take global action against malnutrition. UN Nutrition coordinates and leverages the actions of United Nations Member Organizations to effectively address malnutrition in all its forms, as well as its root causes, by maximizing policy coherence, programmatic alignment and harmonized advocacy to governments and partners, leaving no one behind.

Drawing on its operational experience, research and use of innovative tools, WFP is the lead agency in the Logistics Cluster  and co-leads with FAO the Food Security Cluster . Both clusters are hosted at WFP headquarters in Rome and work to coordinate life-saving responses in major emergencies.  WFP also leads the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster , which provides timely and reliable telecommunications services to humanitarians responding to crises.