Draft Revised Food Aid Charter: A Code of Good Conduct in Food Crisis Prevention and Management

Basic information

• Type: Code of Conduct/Ethics
• Year established: 2008
• Status: In development
• Thematic area: Agriculture / food / nutrition, Humanitarian / emergency relief
• Summary: The draft revised Code of Good Conduct in Food Crisis Prevention and Management (2009) has been adapted from the 1990 Food Aid Charter and involves states, intergovernmental organisations, NGOs, OECD technical and financial partners and civil society organisations. It consists of a set of principles and commitments concerning food security, information and analysis systems; a dialogue and consultative framework; and a strategic framework governing response to food crisis.

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Contact details

• Host organisation: Sahel and West Africa Club/OECD
• Website: www.westafricaclub.org
• Email: swac.contact@oecd.org
• Phone: +33 (0)1 45 24 89 87
• Address: Le Seine Saint Germain, Building A 4 boulevard des Iles 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France
• Postal address: Sahel and West Africa Club/OECD 2 rue André-Pascal 75775 Paris Cedex 16 - France

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Areas addressed

• Principles or standards: Principles-based
• Communications / advocacy / fundraising:
  • General commitment to transparency
• Governance and Management:
  • General commitment to good governance
• Beneficiary / client / supporter participation:
  • General commitment to beneficiary participation
  • In evaluation (ex post)
  • In strategic planning
• Monitoring and Evaluation:
  • General commitment to evaluation
  • Dissemination of evaluations
• Cross-cutting thematic areas:
  • CSO collaboration and partnership
  • State - CSO relations

Further info: The Food Aid Charter focuses primarily on the need to coordinate responsibilities between relevant actors to ensure that decisions are made based on sound information and implemented in a coordinated manner.

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